Results for keyword: Pollution
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Floyd brings on a hurricane of hog waste
Hurricane Floyd showed the downside of factory farming when flooding in North Carolina created a nasty soup of agricultural waste and hog and chicken carcasses.
by Andrew G. Wright, Nov 08, 1999 -
An ancient ditch hits a glitch
Farmers in San Luis, Colo., are upset that pollution from a defunct gold mine owned by Battle Mountain Gold is leaking into Rito Seco Creek, which feeds their irrigation ditches.
by Catherine Lutz, Oct 11, 1999 -
Life in the dead zone
Scientists are studying the microbes found in the Berkeley Pit at Butte, Mont., to see if their survival in water that is like battery acid can lead to a way to clean up the pit.
by Mark Matthews, Aug 02, 1999 -
Beware of orange clouds
Explosions set off in the course of coal mining in Wyoming's Powder River Basin create poisonous clouds of nitrogen oxide gases, which sometimes linger over the homes and schools of area residents.
by Eric Whitney, May 10, 1999 -
Mining: There's a reform-blocking rider
A rule buried in the BLM's mining regulations directs the secretary of the Interior to avoid "undue degradation" of public lands by mining, and the Mineral Policy Center wants to see it revised and made tougher.
by Michelle Nijhuis, Sep 28, 1998 -
Mined-over region resents EPA scrutiny
Some locals are upset over the EPA's desire to expand its mining cleanup in Idaho's Coeur d'Alene Basin.
by Paul Larmer, Mar 30, 1998 -
League of Women Voters
The League of Women Voters plans to survey the public about their knowledge of the causes of water pollution.
by Staff, Nov 10, 1997 -
Heavy metals move
One hundred years of heavy metals left from mining in Idaho's Silver Valley are migrating through Lake Coeur d'Alene and entering Washington via the Spokane River.
by Mark Matthews, Sep 15, 1997 -
Judge tells EPA to hurry up in Idaho
Judge William Dwyer orders Idaho and the EPA to develop clean-up plans for 962 polluted rivers, streams and lakes.
by John Rosapepe, Dec 09, 1996 -
Logging, floods push metals downstream
Heavy-metal mining pollution in Idaho worries people downstream in Spokane, Wash.
by Mark Matthews, Nov 25, 1996
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