Description: Nantucket shore sunset. Several takes of reporter standup. Reporter interviews John Clay, engineering officer who was working on the Argo Merchant oil spill. Clay points out the effects of the oil spill on the major fishing areas off the coast of Massachusetts, including the Georges Bank. Nantucket shore with ice and snow, seagulls.
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 12/22/1976
Description: Argo Merchant oil spill. Aerials of Nantucket.
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 12/22/1976
Description: "The Wreck of the Argo Merchant" documentary. Oil spill.
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 12/30/1976
Description: Public health commissioner Bailus Walker talks about cleaning up Boston Harbor and the risk of contamination from sludge and toxic effluents. MWRA meeting chaired by secretary of environmental affairs James Hoyte. They discuss options for waste water treatment plants. Attendees drink coffee from Dunkin' Donuts cups.
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 07/01/1985
Description: Boston skyline. Waterfront buildings from boat moving across harbor. Marina, rows of piers, drain pipe dripping into harbor, oily surface of water, pollution.
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 09/22/1987
Description: Water Resources Authority uses appeals to carry out Boston Harbor cleanup in a slower, cheaper fashion. EPA regional administrator Michael Deland.
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 02/10/1987
Description: Politicians pledge sewage treatment to clean up Boston Harbor. Boat in harbor to measure pollution.
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 11/26/1986
Description: George Bush tours Boston Harbor, purporting to be guardian of the environment, and criticizes Dukakis' lack of early attention to the polluted conditions.
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 09/01/1988
Description: MAN FROM ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH GROUP TESTS WATER AT CARSON BEACH. pollution
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 07/03/1985
Description: Silber and Bellotti oppose secondary treatment plant for harbor cleanup. Julie Belaga explains it is mandated by Clean Water Act. Murphy wants more federal support to alleviate burden on ratepayers.
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 07/13/1990