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  • A Texas town welcomes dairies; a New Mexico activist fights them

    A Texas town welcomes dairies; a New Mexico activist fights them

    Jana Hughes, of Hobbs, N.M., does not find dairies to be good neighbors. Janet Claborn, of Muleshoe, Texas, has recruited 14 dairies to her town and sees them as an economic development blessing.

    by Stephanie Paige Ogburn, Nov 28, 2011
  • Remediating a Superfund sacrifice zone on Montana's Clark Fork river

    Remediating a Superfund sacrifice zone on Montana's Clark Fork river

    The town of Opportunity, Mont., is weighed down by pollution from old copper mining and a modern-day river restoration project.

    by Brad Tyer, Sep 25, 2011
  • Hope and redemption

    Hope and redemption

    The story of the West is a story of the quest for redemption - not just for individuals, but for an entire landscape.

    by Jodi Peterson , Sep 19, 2011
  • Crowdsourcing helps tackle environmental injustice in California's Imperial Valley

    Crowdsourcing helps tackle environmental injustice in California's Imperial Valley

    The Imperial Visions Action Network is an interactive website that involves locals in reporting - and helping solve - environmental problems.

    by Sierra Crane-Murdoch, Mar 07, 2011
  • Farming's Toxic Legacy

    Farming's Toxic Legacy

    Long-banned pesticides linger in the soils of neighborhoods built on former agricultural land in central Washington.

    by Rebecca Clarren, Dec 13, 2010
  • Backyard poisons?

    Backyard poisons?

    Soil samples from the yards of two Yakima families showed intriguing but not always comforting results.

    by Rebecca Clarren, Dec 06, 2010
  • What lies beneath

    What lies beneath

    When pesticide chemicals were found underneath the houses of Barber Orchard, N.C., it aroused fears nationwide about the risks of building on former agricultural land.

    by Sarah Gilman, Dec 06, 2010
  • Oil in the swimming pool

    Oil in the swimming pool

    The BP oil spill exemplifies the worst kind of corporate arrogance.

    by Jaime O'Neill, Jul 06, 2010
  • Sinclair flare up

    Sinclair flare up

    The Sinclair, Wyo., oil refinery has long been one of the state's most notorious polluters, but until recently, no one seemed to care.

    by Cally Carswell, Apr 23, 2010
  • Our dirty past, our dirty present

    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
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