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Clean air regulations protect park views by targeting coal plants

The Environmental Protection Agency is attempting to reduce haze from air pollution near national parks and wilderness; some coal-fired power plants are cleaning up their act and others will shut down.

by Cally Carswell, Nov 14, 2011
The foul air outside my window

A small -- and impoverished -- tribe in Nevada suffers from the health impacts of a nearby pollution-spewing coal-fired power plant.

by William Anderson , Oct 20, 2011
This Earth Day, it's all about the air

If you can take a nice deep breath and enjoy a clear blue sky, thank the Clean Air Act.

by Tim Lydon, Apr 21, 2011
Only 40 years ago, the Earth got its day

Earth Day, which was first celebrated 40 years ago, was largely created by Gaylord Nelson, a Democratic senator from Wisconsin who fought hard for environmental laws.

by Tim Lydon, Apr 13, 2010
Mountains of mercury

The EPA has failed to regulate the mercury discharged from cement plants like the one in Durkee, Ore.

by Jeremy Miller, Jan 20, 2010
A poisoned Montana town gets its shot at justice

The W.R. Grace executives whose company poisoned Libby, Mont., with asbestos from a vermiculite mine finally meet their victims face-to-face in a Montana courtroom.

by Andrea Peacock, Apr 09, 2009
States tighten rules, challenge feds to follow

The state of California pioneered pollution-control efforts decades ago in response to L.A. smog, and today, the Western states are hoping to set the course for national action on climate change

by Michelle Nijhuis, Mar 06, 2006
Oil and gas drilling clouds the West's air

Air pollution from oil and gas drilling is on the increase in the Rocky Mountain West, and environmentalists and energy companies are trying to prevent it from getting any worse

by Ray Ring, Oct 31, 2005
California's farmers ditch dirty diesel pumps

California’s two largest utility companies are encouraging farmers to switch from polluting diesel irrigation pumps to electric ones

by J.M. McCord, Feb 07, 2005
Bush's second-term shake-ups

Some of the less-publicized political appointments of George W. Bush’s second term will have huge effects on the West. Meet the people who will direct the EPA and the departments of Energy, Agriculture and the Interior.

by Laura Paskus, Feb 07, 2005