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<br /> ROBERT COCI-LNAR : JERRY CEPP : -OS JENNIE BUClur4c;
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<br /> lot of people were surprised about five "liadustry •is increasingly trinertied'about,
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<br /> , years ago when leaders of the most having a high quality of life in trfaceS Where it
<br /> dynamic industries in the Santa Clara locates in order to attract high-quality priifeS-
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<br /> i-: Valley began arguing that protecting and pre- sional people to work for them,"said Cbristo-, ....„,."
<br /> . k serving the environment was good for busi- pher Duerksen, author of the study.
<br /> • - ness. . The foundathin also "failed to turn..up.an/
<br /> An earlier generation of local businessmen, credible evidence That environmental regula•
<br /> many of them homebuilders, and the politi- tlons have precipitated or are'about to precipl-
<br /> clans allied with them bad acted as if they torte d exodus of American Indus-,
<br /> believed just the opposite — that strong envi- try abroad. Neither have they caused inigi-a-
<br /> i- r-onrnental regulations were damaging to job tion of industry from one state to another in
<br /> growth and economic prosperity. search of pollution havens." . :.' •
<br /> But the new generation of industrialists, It's an important lesson.. We've listened tO
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<br /> ... acting through]the Santa Clara County Mann- more than our share of Cassandra§InbusirteiS
<br /> facturing Group, recognized that they could and politics who have sounded dire warnings
<br /> • 5. not continue t, draw employees to an area that strict environmental eontrols,in San Jose
<br /> • i where the air,water and and were detetiorat- and Santa Clara County endanger the regirm's
<br /> ing. . economic prdsperity.And Gov_George Deuk-
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<br /> 1.' Now,a fouriyear study by the Conservation mejian has suggested that in order to unleash
<br /> Foundation has shown the empirical basis for r_alifornia's economy, various'environmental
<br /> i•-• that enlightened viewpoint.. According to the reviews should be speeded up. •..„7, .: .:
<br /> f- study, strong lenvironmental laws have not Certainly there's room.for improvement
<br /> inhibited industrial growth. In fact, some and perhaps some srri4nirig,Even the Coo-
<br /> states with tb4 most stringent envirmmental servation Foundation agrees with that_But it's
<br /> regulations —I including California — have clear that Weakening our strict-Standards'that
<br /> been among the most successful at attracting protect the air,water and 'other aspects of the
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<br /> The study found that states that have inten--
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<br /> tionally relaxed environmental standards as '
<br /> part, of a "strategy of smoke stack chasing" In short, the study shows we don't have to
<br /> have not been successful-in attracting mdus- sell out the environment to.hey..inthistrial
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