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Water-quality standards unfairly burden rural communities

The plight of a small water and sewer association in rural Mora, N.M -- caught in a tangle of federal and state clean water rules it can’t afford to meet -- echoes experienced by other rural communities around the West.

by Judith Lewis Mernit, Dec 21, 2011
Feds Link Water Contamination to Fracking for the First Time

The Environmental Protection Agency finds a connection between fracking and water pollution

by Abrahm Lustgarten and Nicholas Kusnetz, ProPublica, Dec 09, 2011
Thanks to Obama, cattlemen lose out

Proposed rule changes that would have made it easier for small-scale ranchers to compete with giant meatpacking corporations just went down in flames.

by Stephanie Paige Ogburn, Nov 22, 2011
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
Real hunters get the lead out

Lead bullets are harmful to hunters as well as to the environment.

by Paul W. Hansen, Jan 13, 2011
Oklahoma vs. the West

Oklahoma Republican Sens. Tom Coburn and Jim Inhofe have a way of riding roughshod over the West's environmental politics.

by Denver Nicks and Ray Ring, Nov 08, 2010
The life and death of Desert Rock

The Navajo Nation's proposed 1,500-megawatt coal plant always rested on shaky ground. Now, it may collapse entirely.

by Laura Paskus, Aug 13, 2010
Our dirty past, our dirty present

Soon after the EPA was founded 40 years ago, it began photographing American environmental problems for its Documerica Project.

by Staff, Apr 12, 2010
The EPA rides again

Under Lisa Jackson, the Environmental Protection Agency swings into action, much to the dismay of ranchers and industry.

by Jodi Peterson, Jan 13, 2010
Midnight cowboying

As Bush prepares to leave office, his "midnight regulations" are mostly gifts to big business.

by Jodi Peterson, Dec 16, 2008