http://www.hcn.org These are the search results for the query, showing results 1 to 15. http://www.hcn.org/issues/45.6/how-the-amount-of-fish-you-eat-impacts-water-quality Idaho is updating its standards for water pollutants based on how much fish residents eat. No publisher Sarah Jane Keller methylmercury consumption fish Dioxin Washington Alaska Oregon DDT PCB water contamination Idaho EPA 2013-04-16T20:11:36Z News Article http://www.hcn.org/issues/44.15/cracking-the-ozone-code-in-the-gas-fields Can gas drilling and clean air co-exist? No publisher Cally Carswell Winter ozone Natural gas wells Air pollution Energy industry Uintah Basin Winter Ozone Study National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Oil and gas drilling Uintah Basin, Utah Upper Green River Basin Western smog Ozone production Volatile organic compounds Nitrogen oxides EPA 2012-09-10T14:35:15Z News Article http://www.hcn.org/issues/44.15/the-recent-bay-area-chevron-explosion-shows-gaps-in-refinery-safety Oil refineries pose serious health hazards for nearby residents as well as workers, as the recent explosion in Richmond and other incidents, like one in Sinclair, Wyo., have made clear. No publisher Jeremy Miller Oil refinery worker safety Chemical Safety Board Refinery safety Air pollution Oil refineries Refinery explosions OSHA Toxic releases EPA Oil refinery safety Green Justice Public health Chevron Richmond refinery fire 2012-09-10T19:23:25Z News Article http://www.hcn.org/issues/44.15/cracking-the-ozone-code-in-the-gas-fields/beyond-ozone Researchers attempt to tease out the health effects of emissions from oil and gas drilling. No publisher Cally Carswell Human health effects of gas drilling Natural gas wells Air pollution Oil and gas drilling Ozone production Methane EPA 2012-09-04T15:59:33Z News Article 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/wotr/pity-the-sacketts-not-much An Idaho couple are getting a lot of sympathy because the EPA has halted construction of their planned home on a wetland, but if the agency would be more open with the facts, it would come out looking better. No publisher Judith Lewis Mernit wetlands protection development U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Sackett v. Environmental Protection Agency Kaniksu National Forest Idaho wetlands Obama environmental policy Supreme Court cases Mike and Chantell Sackett EPA 2012-01-31T17:35:58Z News Article http://www.hcn.org/wotr/let-the-epa-finish-its-work-in-pavillion-wyoming The gas industry and its political partners are going to great lengths to try to derail and discredit an EPA report that blames Pavillion, Wyoming’s polluted water on hydraulic fracking. No publisher John Fenton groundwater pollution ranchers fracking chemicals Wyoming fracking hydraulic fracturing Pavillion drinking water oil and gas industry water pollution toxic chemicals EPA 2012-01-25T16:55:03Z News Article http://www.hcn.org/wotr/fixing-what-aint-broken-in-foggy-bottom The U.S. House of Representatives is wasting its time passing unnecessary and absurd laws, but at least that’s helping to keep it out of trouble. No publisher Ed Quillen U.S. House of Representations light bulb efficiency farmers In God We Trust national mottos unnecessary laws black helicopters agricultural pollution stupid legislation political pandering politicians incandescent light bulbs lobbyists Light Bulb Choice Protection Act right wing politicians Marlite Mining Prohibition Act oil shale Western Republican representatives Farm Dust Regulation Act Lisa Jackson EPA 2012-01-11T15:15:11Z News Article http://www.hcn.org/issues/43.17/obama-message-control-blocks-journalists-covering-the-environment The Obama administration makes it harder for its environmental message to be heard when it sets up roadblocks to information and blocks media access. No publisher Judith Lewis Mernit government scientists Obama administration Obama environmental policy journalism Interior Department transparency in government reporters freedom of information EPA 2011-10-25T00:44:26Z News Article http://www.hcn.org/wotr/the-foul-air-outside-my-window A small -- and impoverished -- tribe in Nevada suffers from the health impacts of a nearby pollution-spewing coal-fired power plant. No publisher William Anderson Clean Air Act asthma Reid Gardner power plant air pollution climate change ozone levels particulate pollution Green Justice Moapa River Indian Reservation coal pollution lung disease Moapa Band of Paiutes carbon emissions EPA 2011-10-25T20:45:06Z News Article http://www.hcn.org/issues/43.16/remediating-the-countrys-largest-superfund-site-on-the-upper-clark-fork-river-in-montana The town of Opportunity, Mont., is weighed down by pollution from old copper mining and a modern-day river restoration project. No publisher Brad Tyer William Andrews Clark company towns cancer mine tailings George Niland Anaconda Company Clark Fork River restoration project copper mining Huguette Clark Montana Silver Bow Creek EPA Butte ARCO Opportunity pollution 2011-09-26T14:56:26Z News Article http://www.hcn.org/issues/43.15/epa-aims-to-clean-up-polluted-air-in-western-gas-fields The federal government sets its sights on clearing the air above gas operations No publisher Cally Carswell air pollution sulfur dioxide hydraulic fracturing ozone energy industry Natural gas wells volatile organic compounds EPA 2011-09-06T15:53:07Z News Article http://www.hcn.org/issues/43.12/the-fight-over-a-much-needed-pesticide-methyl-iodide California places tough restrictions on the pesticide methyl iodide, but opponents believe that's not enough to protect workers and the environment. No publisher Nathan Rice California Department of Pesticide Regulation methyl iodide California agriculture weed-killers fumigants pesticides EPA 2011-08-29T17:46:35Z News Article http://www.hcn.org/wotr/this-earth-day-its-all-about-the-air If you can take a nice deep breath and enjoy a clear blue sky, thank the Clean Air Act. No publisher Tim Lydon Clean Air Act Republicans air pollution climate change Earth Day greenhouse gases Democrats environmental movement EPA 2011-04-19T18:10:13Z News Article http://www.hcn.org/issues/43.2/the-latest-biomass-emissions The EPA will not regulate greenhouse gas emissions from biomass facilities for the next three years. No publisher Jodi Peterson Biomass energy alternative energy greenhouse gas emissions EPA 2011-02-03T17:44:46Z News Article