http://www.hcn.org These are the search results for the query, showing results 1 to 12. http://www.hcn.org/issues/44.9/coping-with-two-headed-fish-and-other-effects-of-selenium Researchers try to determine if unhealthy amounts of selenium are entering Western soil and water due to energy development. No publisher Danielle Venton Kesterson reservoir oil and gas development irrigation wildlife deformities groundwater pollution riparian soil disturbance fish JoAnn Holloway Selenium J.R. Simplot BLM U.S. Geological Survey water pollution Muddy Creek, Wyoming wildlife birds reptiles 2012-05-30T17:41:17Z 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/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/43.20/a-citizen-activist-forces-new-mexicos-dairies-to-clean-up-their-act/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. No publisher Stephanie Paige Ogburn Hobbs, N.M. dairy pollution groundwater pollution Janet Claborn Jana Hughes CAFOs High Country Views CAFO pollution dairies manure pollution podcast Concentrated Animal Feeding Operations Muleshoe, Texas pollution 2011-11-23T22:30:19Z Audio http://www.hcn.org/wotr/gas-drilling-has-blighted-my-life We need energy -- but not at the cost of clean water No publisher Louis Meeks Encana groundwater pollution ranchers energy industry Oil and gas drilling hydraulic fracturing Louis Meeks 2010-10-12T17:49:51Z News Article http://www.hcn.org/wotr/montanans-close-to-yellowstone-better-wake-up The oil and gas industry -- and its many environmental side effects -- are coming to Montana's Yellowstone country. No publisher Andrea Peacock Yellowstone River energy industry groundwater pollution hydraulic fracturing Oil and gas drilling 2010-09-14T17:04:58Z News Article http://www.hcn.org/issues/41.20/frack-2-scene-1 New York City fights drilling in its watershed, and even some energy executives say the industry needs to be more transparent about the chemicals used in hydraulic fracturing. No publisher Sarah Gilman groundwater pollution Marcellus Shale fracking hydraulic fracturing oil and gas drilling FRAC Act Chesapeake Energy 2010-02-05T09:27:17Z News Article http://www.hcn.org/issues/291/15264 A recent court ruling denying a proposed cat-litter mine in Nevada’s Washoe County could give local communities more control over mining projects on federal land. No publisher Hilary Watts 1872 Mining Law Reno-Sparks Indian Colony James Hardesty public lands mining Oil-Dri Corporation Arlan Melendez Western Mining Action Project Bureau of Land Management groundwater pollution Roger Flynn 2010-02-05T09:23:11Z News Article http://www.hcn.org/issues/278/14859 Because arid Wyoming built landfills without liners, at least 21 of the state’s dumps are now leaking dangerous chemicals into groundwater No publisher Allison Fashek Water Pollution Landfills Wyoming Department of Environmental Quality landfills groundwater pollution contaminated aquifers dumps toxic chemicals nitrates chlorides pesticides dry-cleaning solvents 2010-02-05T09:58:04Z News Article http://www.hcn.org/issues/329/16523 The nation’s nuclear infrastructure is aging, and in need of very expensive – and very complicated – retooling just to survive No publisher Judith Lewis Nuclear Energy Nuclear energy nuclear reactors San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station Bechtel Corporation Three Mile Island nuclear engineers Southern California Edison Ray Golden tritium Camp Pendleton groundwater pollution Mihuma Japan nuclear accidents p 2011-12-01T19:47:41Z News Article http://www.hcn.org/issues/307/15814 Perchlorate, a toxic chemical used in rocket fuel, has been found in drinking water wells, but that won’t stop the development of West Creek, a planned community northeast of Los Angeles No publisher Patrick Farrell Water Pollution Land Use And Planning Los Angeles County West Creek perchlorate planned communities development Newhall Land and Farming Co. Valencia Water Co. groundwater pollution drinking water wells water supply Whittaker-Bermite Lynne Plambeck Marlee Lauffer environmental ac 2012-02-14T17:34:22Z News Article