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Because arid Wyoming built landfills without liners, at
least 21 of the state’s dumps are now leaking dangerous
chemicals into groundwater
by Allison Fashek,
Jul 19, 2004
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The writer lauds the human-powered lawn mower
by Paolo Bacigalupi,
Jul 12, 2004
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Chromium 6 is moving from the California desert toward the
Colorado River, and officials fear it might contaminate the
drinking water supply of 20 million people
by Jodi Peterson,
May 24, 2004
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A new report from Earthworks and Oxfam America, Dirty
Metals: Mining, Communities and the Environment, details the waste
and pollution produced by modern mining
by Jodi Peterson,
May 10, 2004
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In their new book, An Air That Kills, reporters Andrew
Schneider and David McCumber tell the shocking story of how
asbestos poisoned Libby, Mont., and continues to harm the
nation
by Alex C. Pasquariello,
Mar 29, 2004
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California decides to set its own new "public health goal"
for perchlorate contamination, but critics point out that it is
both legally unenforceable and lower than the previous
goal
by Laura Paskus,
Mar 29, 2004
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Aerospace and defense company GenCorp wants to build a new
development on its former rocket-testing site near Sacramento,
Calif., but critics are worried about old pollutants in the
groundwater
by Jodi Peterson,
Mar 15, 2004
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If the Bush administration pushes through a rule change to
the Clean Water Act, three-fourths of the West’s rivers would
be unprotected from pollution
by Joshua Zaffos,
Dec 22, 2003
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Outgoing California Gov. Gray Davis signs two bills into
law to protect drinking water from perchlorate
contamination
by Puanani Mench,
Nov 10, 2003
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Artificial snowmaking at Colorado ski resorts can lead to
pollution problems when water is taken from rivers contaminated by
heavy metals from mining
by Puanani Mench,
Oct 27, 2003
