Private Enterprises and Public Obligations: Achieving Sustainable Development

摘要

In March 1989, I made one of the most significant, far-reaching decisions of my tenure as EPA Administrator. I ordered a full-scale review and recon- sideration of the proposed Two Forks dam in Colorado. That was a half bil- lion-dollar project that threatened a scenic river canyon, characterized by its defendrs, who had the public relations edge on the dam's proponents, as "the St. Peters of trout fishing." My decision was highly controversial, with western Development interests in Congress by and large supporting the project.