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An obscure legal ruling muddied U.S. water-protection standards, leaving Western intermittent streams and rivers unprotected.
by Tony Davis,
Feb 02, 2009
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As Bush prepares to leave office, his "midnight regulations" are mostly gifts to big business.
by Jodi Peterson,
Dec 16, 2008
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Efforts to stop wastewater pollution from Tijuana have bogged down in a nasty mess.
by Rob Davis,
Sep 12, 2008
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Idaho Power Company needs permits from Idaho, Oregon and
the federal government
by Ken Olsen,
Jan 30, 2008
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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,
Jul 16, 2008
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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
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Mining company allowed to dump waste into Alaskan lake;
Colorado split-estate bill unravels; Arizona’s Oak Flat may
become a copper mine
by Jodi Peterson,
May 01, 2006
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EPA abandons attempt to regulate hydraulic fracturing; BLM
briefly cuts forestry school funding and Republican Rep. Greg
Walden grills logging critic Dan Donato; California regulator tries
to stop ecological crash in San Francisco Bay-Delta
by Matt Jenkins,
Mar 20, 2006
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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
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The Bush administration has reclassified mining waste as
"fill," and now a gold mine plans to dump its waste directly into
an Alaskan lake
by Tony Barboza,
Jul 16, 2008
