http://www.hcn.org These are the search results for the query, showing results 1 to 15. http://www.hcn.org/issues/44.12/oregon-ignores-logging-road-runoff-to-the-peril-of-native-fish Oregon has long refused to regulate sediment runoff from logging roads as pollution under the Clean Water Act. Now, the U.S. Supreme Court will decide what the state should do. No publisher Joshua Zaffos State Forests Logging roads Coho salmon National Alliance of Forest Owners Oregon environmental laws Tillamook State Forest Clean Water Act Water pollution Timber industry Forest road runoff Endangered fish EPA 2012-07-27T14:29:15Z News Article http://www.hcn.org/issues/43.21/water-quality-standards-unfairly-burden-rural-communities The plight of a small water and sewer association in rural Mora, N.M -- caught in a tangle of federal and state clean water rules it can’t afford to meet -- echoes experienced by other rural communities around the West. No publisher Judith Lewis Mernit total maximum daily loads Mora River Montana River Action groundwater pollution agricultural runoff Mora Mutual Water and Sewer Association northern New Mexico communities water quality laws TMDLs James Bearzi Clean Water Act New Mexico Environment Department California Clarence Aragon Environmental Protection Agency Mora, New Mexico water pollution Los Angeles County septic tanks 2011-12-21T15:57:22Z News Article http://www.hcn.org/issues/43.20/a-citizen-activist-forces-new-mexicos-dairies-to-clean-up-their-act When a giant dairy proposed building near Jerry Nivens' beloved New Mexico home, the chain-smoking Texas hermit became an activist who organized other locals to fight the industry. No publisher Stephanie Paige Ogburn groundwater pollution CAFOs manure ParaSol Dairy Concentrated Animal Feeding Operations Safe Drinking Water Act Bill Olson Jerry Nivens Clean Water Act New Mexico Environment Department Percha Creek New Mexico Water Quality Congrol Commission factory farming animal waste management Amigos Bravos Susana Martinez environmental activists American dairy industry John McCatharn Rio Grande New Mexicans for Dairy Reform dairy industry 2011-12-05T18:33:23Z News Article http://www.hcn.org/issues/42.13/a-river-again The EPA extends Clean Water Act protection to L.A.'s urban watershed. No publisher Judith Lewis Mernit Compton Creek navigable waterways Obama environmental policy Rapanos case rivers Clean Water Act Los Angeles River Lisa Jackson EPA 2010-07-27T20:32:02Z News Article http://www.hcn.org/issues/41.2/non-navigable-river-blues An obscure legal ruling muddied U.S. water-protection standards, leaving Western intermittent streams and rivers unprotected. No publisher Tony Davis Heather Wylie Rapanos v. United States Army Corps of Engineers L.A. River Intermittent streams Clean Water Act Santa Cruz River Western rivers Developers 2010-02-05T09:19:23Z News Article http://www.hcn.org/issues/40.23/midnight-cowboying As Bush prepares to leave office, his "midnight regulations" are mostly gifts to big business. No publisher Jodi Peterson Clean Water Act Last-minute rule changes Environmental Protection Agency Congressional Review Act Genetically modified food 2010-02-05T09:31:48Z News Article http://www.hcn.org/issues/40.17/leaky-border Efforts to stop wastewater pollution from Tijuana have bogged down in a nasty mess. No publisher Rob Davis Polluted beaches Bajagua Clean Water Act Water pollution Sewage Tijuana 2010-02-05T09:15:05Z News Article http://www.hcn.org/articles/17505 Idaho Power Company needs permits from Idaho, Oregon and the federal government No publisher Ken Olsen Relicensing Snake River Clean Water Act bull trout steelhead salmon Water – dams and water supply projects 2010-02-05T08:40:08Z News Article http://www.hcn.org/issues/317/16149 The state of California pioneered pollution-control efforts decades ago in response to L.A. smog, and today, the Western states are hoping to set the course for national action on climate change No publisher Michelle Nijhuis Air Air Pollution Politics State Legislatures Climate Change Los Angeles smog Clean Air Act Clean Water Act Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act state laws Western governors state legislatures federal government pollution control greenhouse gas emissions Arnold Schwarzenegger Ted Kulongoski Janet Science 2010-02-05T08:57:10Z News Article http://www.hcn.org/issues/302/15655 The Bush administration has reclassified mining waste as "fill," and now a gold mine plans to dump its waste directly into an Alaskan lake No publisher Tony Barboza Pollution Bush administration Clean Water Act mining wastes water pollution Lower Slate Lake Coeur Alaska Coeur d’Alene Mines Corp. Kensington Mine Juneau Empire Southeast Alaska Conservation Council Kat Hall mine tailings Bush environmental policy 2010-02-05T09:25:37Z News Article http://www.hcn.org/issues/291/15266 Federal agencies say they’re largely powerless to stop a massive and unpopular ski resort village planned for an inholding in Colorado’s Wolf Creek Ski Area. No publisher Alex Pasquariello Ski Industry Wolf Creek Ski Area Village at Wolf Creek Bob Honts Billy Joe McCombs Robert Dalrymple Rio Grande National Forest Alberta Park Canada lynx Kurt Broderdorp Army Corps of Engineers Houston Hannafious Clean Water Act fen wetlands 2010-02-05T09:23:13Z News Article http://www.hcn.org/issues/288/15167 Don’t worry so much about what President Bush will do to the environment; worry instead about the three new justices he might put on the Supreme Court No publisher Jon Margolis Judicial System Elections George W. Bush Bush environmental policy Supreme Court Bush Supreme Court environmental law oil and gas drilling Roe v. Wade Douglas Ginsberg Randy Barnett U.S. Constitution right wing conservative judges Clean Water Act Clean Air Act End 2010-02-05T09:22:14Z News Article http://www.hcn.org/issues/266/14499 If Bush’s energy bill passes, it will put major emphasis on public-lands energy development with a number of its provisions No publisher Matt Jenkins Energy Policy Energy bill Bush energy policy oil and gas drilling public lands Federal Permit Streamlining Pilot Project Statement of Adverse Energy Impact Clean Water Act Safe Drinking Water Act 2010-02-05T09:55:56Z News Article http://www.hcn.org/issues/266/14495 Bush administration backs off on removing "isolated wetlands" from Clean Water Act protection; EPA’s Bruce Buckheit and J.P. Suarez leave for different reasons; Wal-Mart cracks down on protest; New Mexico vs. Los Alamos National Laboratory No publisher Laura Paskus EPA Environmental Protection Agency Clean Water Act isolated wetlands Bush Administration Bush environmental policy Bruce Buckheit J.P. Suarez Wal-Mart Joe Chumley Roswell New Mexico Los Alamos National Laboratory nuclear cleanup Bill Ric 2010-02-05T09:55:55Z News Article http://www.hcn.org/issues/263/14401 A recent court ruling and a new California law could curtail stream pollution by the logging industry No publisher Josh Garrett-Davis Logging stream pollution Clean Water Act California Environmental Protection Agency sediment in streams logging runoff Earthjustice Pacific Lumber Company 2010-02-05T09:55:23Z News Article