http://www.hcn.org These are the search results for the query, showing results 1 to 15. 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/321/16266 Mining company allowed to dump waste into Alaskan lake; Colorado split-estate bill unravels; Arizona’s Oak Flat may become a copper mine No publisher Jodi Peterson Mining waste Army Corps of Engineers Alaska Coeur Clean Water Act mining pollution gold mining Lower Slate Lake Alaska water pollution split-estate bill Kathleen Curry energy industry property rights landowners oil and gas drilling coalbed 2011-11-10T23:44:29Z News Article http://www.hcn.org/issues/318/16175 EPA abandons attempt to regulate hydraulic fracturing; BLM briefly cuts forestry school funding and Republican Rep. Greg Walden grills logging critic Dan Donato; California regulator tries to stop ecological crash in San Francisco Bay-Delta No publisher Matt Jenkins EPA coalbed methane hydraulic fracturing frac’ing whistleblowers toxic chemicals Clean Water Act Mark Udall Nikki Tinsley groundwater contamination Oregon State University school of forestry BLM Dan Donato 2011-12-15T16:53:13Z 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/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/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/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/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/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/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 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/issues/323/16328 A bill introduced by Colorado Rep. John Salazar could make it easier for environmental groups and others to clean up pollution at thousands of orphaned hardrock mines No publisher Sarah Gilman Pollution Mining pollution hardrock mining gold mining silver mining mine reclamation abandoned mines John Salazar mine cleanup Clean Water Act Animas River Stakeholders mining industry environmental groups groundwater water pollution acid mine draina 2011-11-11T23:18:34Z 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/337/16757 Kern County, Calif., is trying to prevent Los Angeles sludge from entering the county, where it is used to fertilize farmland, and the resulting stink is raising all kinds of questions about how we handle human waste No publisher Matt Jenkins Shaen Magan Honey Bucket Farms biosolids sanitation Management Act Environmental Steve Schuett California Measure E fertilizer Integrated Waste Protection Agency California human waste Dean Florez sludge Kern County Sewage/Sludge Clean Water Act sewage 2010-09-01T23:36:29Z 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