A look back at the first 100 days of the Environmental Protection Agency.
Pollution
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California isn’t accounting for this major emitter
Even though large reservoirs emit methane, the state doesn’t off-set their impact.
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What the West was like before the EPA
The agency’s legacy isn’t perfect, but the region’s air and water are cleaner now than they once were.
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Nogales has a sewage problem
In the borderlands, members of Congress work to resolve wastewater woes.
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Latest: At Hanford, allegations of worker intimidation
The Superfund site has been in clean-up since 1989.
Posted inMarch 20, 2017: The Tree Ring
What the Navajo Generating Station will leave behind
Cleaner air, wounded economies.
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California prepares for war over emission rules
What’s at stake as Trump administration takes aim at the state’s tailpipe regulations.
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EPA cuts will hit minority communities hardest
Trump proposes an end to the office that protects low-income areas from pollution.
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Across party lines, Western governors see a partner in Pruitt
A bipartisan group couldn’t get what they wanted from the old EPA.
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Jordan Downs’ toxic legacy
A public housing project in Los Angeles seeks to redevelop without a proper cleanup.
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Western cities try to cut light pollution
Hitting the dimmer switch on city light helps animals and skygazers, too.
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7 things you need to know about Navajo Generating Station’s 2019 closure
The West’s coal giant is going down.
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What will President Trump’s attack on government regulations do?
Trump orders agencies to kill two rules for every one they issue.
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It’s wrong to blame the EPA for the Gold King spill
Without the private sector, neither the mine nor its toxic legacy would exist.
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The arguments for methane regulations
‘Tailings wars’ of the past provide perspective on today’s flaring rules.
Posted inDecember 26, 2016: Obama and the West
Latest: Snow geese die in a toxic lake in Montana
Thousands of the birds died during a winter storm.
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Through the years: Here’s what to read on Obama’s presidency
High Country News stories show how Obama wrangled the West.
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‘May the flock be with you’
History repeats itself on the poisonous waters of the Berkeley Pit.
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Feds withheld key documents from Standing Rock Sioux
Still, Trump’s election reduces chances that the Dakota Access pipeline will be permanently blocked.
Posted inDecember 12, 2016: How the Park Service is Failing Women
Plans falter for West Coast coal terminals
Coal companies look to Asia, but face port challenges.