Bruce Babbitt

Steve talks with Washington Post reporter Tom Kenworthy about the political implications of the Clinton administration’s decision to raise the fee for grazing livestock on public lands. Kenworthy says the move by Interior Secretary Bruce Babbitt, in the face of strong opposition from important political allies, shows that Babbitt has emerged as one of the […]

Living on Earth host Steve Curwood talks with US Interior secretary Bruce Babbitt who will be one of the key players at the forest conference. Babbitt believes a compromise protecting the spotted owl as well as allowing some logging to begin by all is possible.

Steve talks with veteran environmental reporter Phil Shabecoff about the rest of the new environmental officials taking the reins in Washington. The new administration’s top environmental policy-makers will include Interior Secretary-designate Bruce Babbitt, Energy Secretary-designate Hazel O’Leary and Agriculture Secretary-designate Mike Espy, along with Vice President-elect Al Gore.

Former Interior Secretary Bruce Babbitt says despite the major environmental landmarks of the 1990s, it will take a new vision to preserve what is left of America’s open spaces.

Given that most of southern Lousiana is going to be under water in the next century, reconstruction of New Orleans needs to encompass a new vision. So says Bruce Babbitt, former Secretary of the Interior. Babbitt believes the Big Easy should be made into