New view at Interior; planting seeds of consensus, Bruce Babbitt is still a fighter

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Bruce Babbitt, Pres Bill Clinton's new Secretary of the Interior, is known as an effective consensus-builder. This quality should be useful as he addresses the sometimes conflicting desires of environmentalists and industry, and seeks to build coalitions for the use of federal lands under his stewardship. Babbitt opponents are glad Clinton decided to keep him at Interior rather than putting him on the Supreme Court, since the latter is a lifetime appointment which would give him many years to influence government policy in favor of environmental concerns.

Officials and employees, Political activity, Land use, United States. Department of the Interior, Babbitt, Bruce

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A lame duck EPA issues compromise rules, proposals

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The Bush administration EPA head William K. Reilly had spent much of his tenure fighting with Administration opponents about environmental regulation, but following the Bush defeat he acted swiftly on numerous priority items. Among steps taken were the elimination of a plan to ease wetland regulation proposed by Dan Quayle's Council on Competitiveness, the speed-up of a process for obtaining financing for Superfund site cleanup and the addition of more animals to the endangered species list.

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EPA: confess and pay less; agency will reduce penalties for companies that find their own violations

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An Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) proposal encouraging companies to audit and report environmental performance does not meet the hopes of industry, which is backing a more sweeping congressional bill. Companies want audit privilege, or the right to keep their internal scrutiny out of the courts where diligent uncovering of problems can lead to penalties. Industry lawyers praise the EPA initiative, but say it does not go far enough to protect proactive companies.

United States, Industry self-regulation, Industry self regulation, Environmental auditing

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