Resolution Urges Study of California Air Pollution
Sen Kennick calls for immediate interdepartmental study of air pollution in California after a Sen Kennick resolution praising a Press Telegram series on the Los Angeles Basin air quality. He states current programs are inadequate and urges action by the Senate Rules Committee.
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Senate Rules Committee
California
Kenrick
Independent, Press-Telegram
Hickel backs balanced approach on Santa Barbara oil
Secretary Hickel testifies before a Senate subcommittee defending the Nixon plan for oil pollution response while resisting broader offshore protections. He backs a case by case sanctuary decision and supports a Murphy bill to close 20 leases seaward of the California coast, opposing Cranston Murphy sanctuary broadening.
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Washington
Thtérier
Walter Hickel
Santa Barbara Channel
California
Ser
Alan Cranston
D-Calif
Hickel
Interior
Cranston
George Murphy
R-Calif
Senate
Santa Barbara
Nixon
Cranston-Murphy
Hicke
Murphy
Pauley Petroleum Inc
Southern California Oil Company
Assembly Passes Antismog Bill
SACRAMENTO AP S report says the assembly, 66 to 0, approved a plan to require the State Air Resources Board and local antismog boards to set standards for lead compounds from nonvehicular sources. The measure follows deaths of valuable horses in the Benicia area due to grass containing lead from a Shelby smelter.
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Sacramento
APS
Assembly
State Air Resources Board
Solon Attacks Nixon Plan For Environmental Agency
Washington hearing rooms heard Rep Blatnik and others sharply critique the Nixon administrations plan to reorganize federal environmental control. They called it superficially drawn and too limited, arguing the proposal reshuffles agencies rather than improves pollution control. Train defended the plan as a step toward better coordination, while Blatnik pressed for stronger authority and clearer scope.
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Congress
Capitol
House
Environmental Protection Agency
Blatnik
Train
Roy Ash
Litton Industries
Atomic Energy Commission
National Aeronautics’ and Space Administration
Rosenthal
Lac Wardia
Bit
EPA
A Blainik
Ash
Smog Linked to Traffic Accidents in UC Findings
A UC scientists task force connected smog to traffic accidents and studied whether airborne carbon monoxide causes heart attacks and related diseases. The report formed part of Project Clean Air, a major university effort to fight air pollution presented at a gathering of engineers and scientists.
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Santa Cruz
UPI
University of California
Gasoline Lead Ban Advances After Assembly Vote
In Sacramento the Assembly approved a bill banning lead additives in gasoline by a 62-5 vote and sent it to the Senate. The long fight featured multiple roll calls and shifts between a two pump and three pump approach amid oil lobby pressure led by Union, Shell, and Standard. Peter Schabarum led the bill, but a punitive lead tax was rejected 4-18.
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Sacramento
Assembly
Senate
Union
Shell
State Air Resources Board
Peter Schabarum
R-Covina
Failed offshore drilling ban falls short by one vote
In Sacramento a proposed constitutional amendment to ban offshore oil drilling in state waters of the Santa Barbara Channel failed by one vote in the Assembly. Democratic candidate Aaron Spell teen faced criticism as Assemblyman Alan Seroty of Beverly Hills offered to present the measure but Missed the required 41 votes.
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Santa Barbara
Assénblyman
Alan Seroty
Deverly Hills
Slavoty
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