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California places tough restrictions on the pesticide methyl iodide, but opponents believe that's not enough to protect workers and the environment.
by Nathan Rice,
Jul 24, 2011
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The Environmental Protection Agency’s quiet efforts
to dismantle its own technical libraries are likely to hamstring
scientific research – and freedom of thought – across
the nation, Jeff Ruch warns.
by Jeff Ruch,
Apr 09, 2007
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In Fields That Dream: A Journey to the Roots of
Our Food, Jenny Kurzweil illustrates how agricultural
injustices can be combated by purchasing food from socially
conscious local producers
by Annie Dawid,
Mar 20, 2006
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Gale Norton blasts environmentalists; California
farmworkers sprayed with pesticides; ranchers have to keep paying
beef checkoffs
by Laura Paskus,
Jun 13, 2005
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Ski resorts become a tool for real estate speculation and
development across the West.
by Mark Matthews,
Apr 18, 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,
Apr 18, 2005
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Honeybees are in trouble, and so are the farmers who
depend on them for pollination, especially in California’s
almond orchards
by J.M. McCord,
Mar 07, 2005
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In Colorado and elsewhere in the West, the fear of West
Nile Virus brings the controversy about spraying pesticides to a
boil
by Gail Binkly,
Sep 13, 2004
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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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Wallace Stegner Center celebrates 40th birthday of
Wilderness Act; Casper Star-Tribune’s Charles Levendosky
dies; visitors Stanley Dodson, Dorothy Kehmeier, Jim Low;
correction on Pahreah townsite photos
by Matt Jenkins,
Mar 29, 2004
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Logging to be allowed on California’s Giant Sequoia
National Monument; rules relaxed on checking contents of containers
shipped to WIPP; environmental and public health groups sue EPA for
approving pesticides that harm wildlife; and Alaska’s
National Petr
by Laura Paskus,
Feb 02, 2004
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