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Show v w t r , ."V'T T- - tt; m t T - t DESERET NEWS, WEDNESDAY, America has to begin living within its environmental income by realizing it has run out of alternatives in the enerexcept to cut back gy crisi? on waste and demands. That was the opinion Tuesday of David Brower, whom many Americans regard as the leader of conservation forces dedicated to the proteca tion of the environment, man w'ho constantly knocks heads with those whose ideology is centered on rapid Industrial growth and expansion. Brower, president of Fnends of the Earth and former executive director of the Sierra Club, was in Salt Lake City to testify at a hearing on Federal Judge Willis W. Ritters order to keep Lake Powell water out of Rainbow Bridge National Monument. spoke in a Brower apparance hastily-arrange- d the In University of Utah Union ballroom and also expressed his views at a press conference at theU. of U. Brower said he had once championed one or another form of energy as the safest, most efficent and least dam-- ' aging to the environment or the energy dram hydroelectric, atomic, solar, etc, but that it gradually became clearer that none would ultimately solve the crisis Even solar energy by tne year 2000 will only be supplying 30 per cent of our needs, Brower said. There is no way out without cutting back on the amount of energy we use and waste The safe operation of nu- clear reactors is based on an assumption of totally infallible scientists, infallible factones Forest Service alteration : draws protest from Moss Deseret News Woshinoton Bureau WASHINGTON -,- Sen. Frank E. Moss, the realignment of the Forest Service in a Senate speech today. In an attempt to make the agency conform to the 10 standard federal regions, the regional Forest Service offices would be moved from Ogden to Denver. Sen-- , ate majority leader Mike MansfiPld, also spoke against the changes Sen. Moss said the changes would split the mtermoun-taiarea and settter the work of the Ogden office. He called it and environmentally unwise, unwise. pro-teste- d ( n short-sighte- The legional office should be maintained where the resources are," he said. western state lawmakers have had a flood of mail protesting the changes, and Forest Service employes at Ogden have sent petitions to Sen Moss, Sen. Wallace F. and Rep. Gunn McKay, proBennett, testing the move proposed by the Office of Management Most, and Budget. Import quota move Deseret News Washington Bareau WASHINGTON joined Rep. Gunn McKay, in an effort today to have imports of Japanese steel to the west coast restricted. The Utahn, whose district includes the Geneva Steel plant of U.S. Steel, said the West has of the burden" of Japanese steel borne too much imports. He estimated that 36 percent of the steel used m the West is Imported, against a 16 percent imported steel use nationwide. Voluntary import restrictions have met with some success, he said, but are not equitable to the West Imports should be spread geographically and according to a product mix formula to spread the unpact equally, he added. ifWi, and an absence of acts of God, Brower said. A nuclear reactor mishap involving the loss of coolant could be at the cost of thousands or millions of lives, he said. Turning to Glen Canyon Dam and Rainbow Bridge, Brower said that Lake Powell should be stabilized at its present water level or lower. acre-foo- Placing a value of $10 an t on water, the finan- Deseret News staff writer Possible disposal in Utah of some 2 million gallons of herbicide leftover from the Vietnam war was discussed at a closed meeting Tuesday between state officials and Pentagon representatives. A team of Air Force person- headed by Dr. B.E. special assistant for environmental quality to the secretary of the Air Force, briefed representatives of the State Health, and Agriculture Departments on technical aspects of the plant killing EAST 2100 SOUTH 3733 SOUTH SOO BAHT BUS cial Mss of Colorado River water by evaporation and seepage when the lake Is brought to its maximum reservoir level would be far greater than the projected gain m electric power revenue, he said. 3 PRICES EFFECTIVE... V, The Bureau of Reclamation , originally estimated the loss frotm evaporation and seepage would only be 15 percent but it is new running at 33 percent, Brower held. To those who are so anxious to raise the water level, Brower would say cool it get nd of the idea of storing large amounts of water leaky tank and losing it." m a FASHION RITE PANTY HOSE Herbicides cache to be buried here? By Rod Decker D n resources and that they should convince their elected representatives that there j no need to keep Lake Powell at such a high level. This will mean a drop in power resources, but a saving m water, which is a more important resource m the West, he contended. We can live without power at least without the amount we are used to wasting, but we cant live without water. "We may reach a point where we have destroyed a nver for a few billion kilodo we really want to watts see that happen? Brower said Utahns have the option not to destroy their 28, 1973 n Ecology leader folks at U. By Paul Swenstm Deseret News staff writer MARCH other locations to kill foliage and deprive enemy soldiers of concealment. The use of the defoliants was controversial as critics charged they had an adverse affect on the Vietnamese environment. Vis. MEDIUM HARD a I SOFT 1 PRO CREST TOOTHBRUSHES ITWTHPASTE 1 IrVAUU CANNON TOWELS el ? i iir. 20 BATH SIZE SIZE LISTERINE Agent Orange has been sold commercially in the United States as a weed killer. nel, Weich, Dr. Welch said the Air Force Is conducting extensive not possible in research on environmental Utah effects of the disposal of the herbicide of the stockpile is called Agent Orange. But the excess, part of which is m the United States and part in the Pacific area, also includes one other agent, Dr. Welch said. Most Ln Vietnam, the herbicides were sprayed along roads, around military bases and in are considering sites and different We of disposal, Welch said. Commercial sales, burning,-chemicneutralization and buryial are the methods of disposal under consideration. al The discussions with state were officials exploratory. The Air Force as yet has no specific sites in mind for dumping the herbicides, nor has it a plan for disposal i A statement issued by the office of Gov. Calvin L. 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