http://www.hcn.org These are the search results for the query, showing results 1 to 11. http://www.hcn.org/issues/44.22/a-mining-rush-in-canadas-backcountry-threatens-alaska-salmon/canadian-government-cuts-pollution-research-thats-crucial-in-the-u-s Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper's administration has defunded the Experimental Lakes Area, where Canadian and U.S. scientists have made important discoveries regarding acid rain, mercury deposition and other pollutants. No publisher Peter Andrey Smith mercury Experimental Lakes Area Stephen Harper acid rain phosphates 2012-12-20T22:43:55Z News Article http://www.hcn.org/issues/44.21/as-it-goes-high-tech-wildlife-biology-loses-its-soul/a-sampler-of-wildlife-tech The gadgets we attach to wild animals and fish include radio transmitters, microchips, acoustic tags, geolocators and accelerometers. No publisher Ray Ring mercury transmitter accelerometer satellite geolocator PIT tag acoustic tag osprey Pacific Ocean Shelf Tracking 2012-12-06T19:25:28Z News Article http://www.hcn.org/issues/42.1/mountains-of-mercury The EPA has failed to regulate the mercury discharged from cement plants like the one in Durkee, Ore. No publisher Jeremy Miller mercury Clean Air Act air pollution Idaho Conservation League Portland cement Justin Hayes Ash Grove cement plant methymercury EPA 2010-02-05T09:14:45Z News Article http://www.hcn.org/issues/41.13/the-same-old-sen.-reid Year after year, Nevada Sen. Harry Reid has stood squarely in the path of every attempt to reform the 1872 Mining Law. Plus: The Energy Department wants to dump tons of deadly mercury, most likely in the West. No publisher Ray Ring mercury 1872 Mining Law mineral royalties toxic wastes hardrock mining reform Harry Reid Nick Rahall Energy Department Jeff Bingaman 2010-02-05T09:39:25Z News Article http://www.hcn.org/articles/17361 Wildfires across the West release surprising amounts of mercury No publisher Kat Leitzell forest fires western wild fires mercury 2010-02-05T09:40:28Z News Article http://www.hcn.org/issues/311/15942 Richard Pombo wants new offshore drilling; Nevada gold mines spew mercury across West; grazing fees don’t pay for program; judge slams Forest Service over refusal to look at environmental impacts of fire retardant No publisher Matt Jenkins Richard Pombo offshore drilling drilling royalties gold mining mercury Nevada mining Idaho Department of Environmental Quality Salmon Falls Creek Reservoir water pollution grazing fees public lands grazing Government Accountability Office Fore 2010-02-05T08:31:55Z News Article http://www.hcn.org/issues/265/14454 EPA boss Mike Leavitt approves Bush’s Clear Skies Initiative; Bush signs Healthy Forests Restoration Act; Forest Service lays off workers to privatize jobs; and former government officials form Environment 2004 to criticize Bush’s environmental policies No publisher Laura Paskus Mike Leavitt EPA Environmental Protection Agency Clear Skies Initiative mercury Bush Administration Bush environmental policy Healthy Forests Restoration Act Forest Service Environment 2004 Carol Browner Bruce Babbitt 2010-02-05T09:55:41Z News Article http://www.hcn.org/issues/306/15782 Forest Service accidentally cuts a designated botanical area in southwest Oregon; California, New Mexico and Oregon sue Bush administration over repeal of Roadless Rule; Utah won’t let group test Great Salt Lake fish for mercury; BLM admits grazing regs need more work No publisher Jodi Peterson Forest Service Biscuit Fire designated botanical area Brewer spruce Siskiyou Project logging Fiddler sale salvage logging Roadless Area Conservation Rule Mark Rey forest protection Great Salt Lake Great Salt Lakekeeper mercury fish water po 2012-03-05T22:49:23Z News Article http://www.hcn.org/issues/344/16956 In Big Coal: The Dirty Secret Behind America’s Energy Future, Jeff Goodell reveals how the sausage is made when it comes to the primary source of America’s electricity. No publisher Allen Best mercury Bush administration power energy use electricity pollution coal mines greenhouse gases global warming Coal America’s Energy Future Jeff Goodell coal appliances carbon dioxide climate change Big Coal: The Dirty Secret Behind power plants 2010-08-06T22:44:57Z News Article http://www.hcn.org/issues/303/15686 Utah’s Great Salt Lake is loaded with mercury, and scientists are trying to figure out whether Nevada’s gold mines are part of the problem No publisher Patrick Farrell Mining Gold Pollution Great Salt Lake mercury methylmercury pollution toxins eared grebes brine shrimp gold mining Environmental Protection Agency David Jones waste management Nevada Division of Environmental Protection Barrick Goldstrike Mine Placer Dome Cortez 2012-04-09T19:10:38Z News Article http://www.hcn.org/issues/366/17576 Nasty chemicals in the Western air; drilling dust; EPA gets tougher on mercury; wildlife agency reconsiders habitat for Canada lynx and protection for sage grouse and white-tailed prairie dogs; and Grand Canyon gets a man-made flood. No publisher Sarah Gilman mercury Air pollution in national parks Grand Glen Canyon Dam gas drilling Canyon floods endangered species lynx habitat pollution 2010-10-27T19:48:14Z News Article