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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
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The Hilmar Cheese Company near Modesto, Calif., wants to
dig a deep well to dispose of its salty, milky wastewater
by Tony Barboza,
Jun 27, 2005
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The Department of Energy finally agrees to move the Atlas
uranium mine tailings pile away from Moab, Utah, and the flood risk
of the Colorado River.
by Matt Jenkins,
May 02, 2005
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The writer says environmentalists cared so much about
wildlife and public lands that they missed a deadly mess in Libby,
Montana
by Ray Ring,
Apr 25, 2005
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A recent study from the U.S. Geological Survey finds
traces of pharmaceuticals, pesticides and personal care products in
Colorado’s streams and groundwater
by Michelle Nijhuis,
Jul 16, 2008
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The writer says without a miracle, it’s all over:
Yucca Mountain in Nevada will never become a waste dump for nuclear
waste from power plants and Cold War bomb production
by Bob Loux,
Mar 21, 2005
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Following a controversial study, the Environmental
Protection Agency decides to raise the drinking water standards for
perchlorate to a dosage environmentalists say is dangerously
high
by J.M. McCord,
Mar 21, 2005
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Diesel fuel – leaking from a massive railroad
refueling depot –slips into a major drinking water aquifer on
the Idaho-Washington border.
by Kevin Taylor,
Mar 21, 2005
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The story of Libby, Montana, where hundreds have died from
mining pollution, raises questions about the environmental movement
itself.
by Ray Ring,
Jul 16, 2008
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New reports from the United States Commission on Ocean
Policy and the Pew Oceans Commission agree that America’s
oceans are over-fished, polluted, and in desperate need of new
management policies
by Jodi Peterson,
Jul 19, 2004
