Results for keyword: water pollution
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Mining waste dumped in streams — and now lakes
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 25, 2005 -
Factory wants to squeeze cheese underground
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 -
Follow-up
Ag Secretary Mike Johanns says his agency may relax ban on slaughtering "downer" cows for human consumption; California sets official, but nonbinding, goals for perchlorate in drinking water; San Juan Generating Station to cut mercury and other emissions
by Laura Paskus, May 16, 2005 -
Colorado River kisses a toxic mess good-bye
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 -
Follow-up
EPA will investigate allegations that bunk science led to approval of hydraulic fracturing; racketeering lawsuit against environmentalist dismissed; ACLU sues over BLM’s decision to Wyoming’s Martin’s Cove historic site to Mormon Church
by Matt Jenkins, Apr 18, 2005 -
A leak-proof fuel tank? No such thing
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 -
EPA pulls back on fish-killing rule change
The Environmental Protection Agency withdraws a proposed rule change that would have allowed fatal amounts of selenium in fish.
by Gail Binkly, Nov 22, 2004 -
Oceans need a sea change
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 -
California scores a goal for perchlorate cleanup
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 -
State struggling to keep up with CBM
A state task force says pollution regulations for coalbed methane wells are severely under-enforced in Wyoming
by Josh Garrett-Davis, Nov 24, 2003
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