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    El Nino sweeps across the West

    El Nino's impacts on the West have varied widely and unpredictably.

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    A giant plume into the air

    The controversial Mohave power plant in Laughlin, Nev., is a huge operation that provides pollution as well as power to the Southwest.

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    A Nevada power plant earns itself a lawsuit

    The Mohave Generating Plant in southern Nevada is blamed for much of the air pollution that shrouds Grand Canyon, but the plant's owners say cleaning it up will force the plant to close and lay off Navajo workers.

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    Superfund strives for accountability

    The Superfund Law was created to make sure companies clean up the messes they make, but the system has glitches.

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    Idaho chokes Spokane

    Activists try to end crop burning by farmers in eastern Washington and northern Idaho, saying the resulting air pollution is harming the health of area residents.

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    Park may get trashy neighbor

    Park officials and environmentalists protest a proposed landfill at Eagle Mountain, Calif., right next to Joshua Tree National Park.

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    Floods hammer Southwest

    Severe thunderstorms have caused flash floods in Arizona, killing people near Douglas and in Antelope Canyon, derailing a train and leading to the evacuation of residents and tourists from a Havasupai Indian village just outside Grand Canyon.

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    The West weathers unusually wet times

    Although the Southwest remains too dry, most of the West rejoices in an unusually wet year - and is grateful to have avoided much flooding.

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    Uh, oh - the glaciers are growing

    The unusually high snowpack in Montana this winter may actually be a sign of global warming.

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    Mount Zirkel's acid trip

    Air pollution from coal-fired power plants in Craig and Hayden, Colo., is harming wildlife in the Mount Zirkel wilderness.

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    The West braces for the big melt

    The West has had one of its wettest winters ever, and as the snow keeps falling in the high country, fear of flooding arises.

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    Montana train accident derailed a small town

    One year after a train derailment spewed chlorine gas and other dangerous chemicals, residents of Alberton, Mont., say their town is unsafe and their health still impaired.

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    Burning for a buck

    People burning old industrial-gauge wire in the Utah desert to get at the raw copper left to sell are breaking the law and creating a serious health hazard, BLM officials warn.

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    Cars kill trees

    California scientists say air pollution from the San Joaquin Valley is killing thousands of trees in the Sierra Nevadas.

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    Burning for a buck

    People burning old industrial-gauge wire in the Utah desert to get at the raw copper left to sell are breaking the law and creating a serious health hazard, BLM officials warn.

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