Article: MAINE SENATOR BACKS DOWN ON ACID RAIN

Article: 5 Lawmakers to Seek `Action,' Not Research, on Acid ...
The Washington Post;  April 4, 1987 ;     700+ words ... ... asked to study the solution to acid rain to death, and at taxpayer ... Washington on the question of acid rain." But Mulroney's willingness ... pressure point for supporters of acid-rain controls. Senate Majority Leader Robert C. Byrd (D), from ...

Article: KERRY INTRODUCES NEW ACID RAIN BILL
The Boston Globe;  January 26, 1989 ;     300 words ... ... Kerry yesterday introduced legislation to curtail acid rain through a surcharge that would be levied on most ... President Bush has promised to take action on acid rain and Senate Majority Leader George Mitchell has been a prime sponsor of clean ...

Article: DUKAKIS A FACTOR IN ACID RAIN PLAN CUOMO-CELESTE ...
The Boston Globe;  June 7, 1988 ;     700+ words ... ... compromise approach to reducing acid rain. That realism, he added ... another supporter of acid rain controls, will be Senate majority leader. The Cuomo-Celeste proposal ... the emissions that become acid rain. The reductions are slightly ...

Article: VERMONT EX-SENATOR STAFFORD SEES SUCCESS FOR ACID ...
The Boston Globe;  September 20, 1989 ;     670 words ... ... efforts to win passage of acid rain controls. Bush's bill ... D-Maine), a backer of acid rain controls, was elected Senate majority leader to succeed Sen. Robert C ... coal considered a cause of acid rain pollution. On a day where ...

Article: NO BUSH PLAN YET ON ACID RAIN, AIDE SAYS
The Boston Globe;  May 21, 1989 ;     614 words ... ... aggressive approach against acid rain. Such an approach would ... responsible for much of the acid rain. Sen. George Mitchell, the Democratic majority leader from Maine and a strong advocate for acid rain reductions, has urged ...

Article: FOES OF ACID RAIN COMPROMISE PLAN THEIR ATTEMPTS TO ...
The Boston Globe;  March 3, 1990 ;     700+ words ... ... fall largely on New England as acid rain. Even at the Senate press conference ... were not entirely in accord on acid rain. Sen. Robert Byrd, Democrat ... Virginia, who as former Senate majority leader killed acid rain legislation for nearly a decade ...

Article: Aid Rejected for Miners Hurt by Acid Rain ...
The Washington Post;  March 30, 1990 ;     700+ words ... ... their jobs because of acid rain controls. The 50 ... officials and Senate Majority Leader George J. Mitchell ... from cars and curb acid rain. Bush has threatened ... Dole. Byrd, who as majority leader blocked acid rain legislation introduced ...