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  • A citizen activist forces New Mexico's dairies to clean up their act

    A citizen activist forces New Mexico's dairies to clean up their act

    When a giant dairy proposed building near Jerry Nivens' beloved New Mexico home, the chain-smoking Texas hermit became an activist who organized other locals to fight the industry.

    by Stephanie Paige Ogburn, Dec 04, 2011
  • A river again?

    A river again?

    The EPA extends Clean Water Act protection to L.A.'s urban watershed.

    by Judith Lewis Mernit, Jul 27, 2010

  • Brace yourselves for the counterrevolution

    Don’t worry so much about what President Bush will do to the environment; worry instead about the three new justices he might put on the Supreme Court

    by Jon Margolis, Dec 06, 2004

  • Clean water changes could sully Western streambeds

    If the Bush administration pushes through a rule change to the Clean Water Act, three-fourths of the West’s rivers would be unprotected from pollution

    by Joshua Zaffos, Dec 22, 2003

  • Developers push ahead with mammoth ski village

    Federal agencies say they’re largely powerless to stop a massive and unpopular ski resort village planned for an inholding in Colorado’s Wolf Creek Ski Area.

    by Alex Pasquariello, Feb 07, 2005

  • Energy bill would pry open public lands

    If Bush’s energy bill passes, it will put major emphasis on public-lands energy development with a number of its provisions

    by Matt Jenkins, Jan 19, 2004

  • Excremental gains?

    Kern County, Calif., is trying to prevent Los Angeles sludge from entering the county, where it is used to fertilize farmland, and the resulting stink is raising all kinds of questions about how we handle human waste

    by Matt Jenkins, Dec 25, 2006

  • Follow-up

    Bush administration backs off on removing "isolated wetlands" from Clean Water Act protection; EPA’s Bruce Buckheit and J.P. Suarez leave for different reasons; Wal-Mart cracks down on protest; New Mexico vs. Los Alamos National Laboratory

    by Laura Paskus, Jan 19, 2004

  • Good Samaritan bill could clean up old mines

    A bill introduced by Colorado Rep. John Salazar could make it easier for environmental groups and others to clean up pollution at thousands of orphaned hardrock mines

    by Sarah Gilman, May 29, 2006

  • Leaky border

    Efforts to stop wastewater pollution from Tijuana have bogged down in a nasty mess.

    by Rob Davis, Sep 12, 2008
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