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• Study ties Asia to West’s smog

  January 21, 2010 in Nation/World on Page A3 GRANTS PASS, Ore. – Ozone blowing over from Asia is raising background levels of a major ingredient of smog in the skies over California, Oregon, Washington and other Western states, …

• State phosphorus restrictions could spread to lawn fertilizer

  January 20, 2010 in City on Page A5 OLYMPIA – Washington, which already has restrictions on laundry and dishwasher detergents, could ban phosphorus in lawn fertilizers. A bill before the state Senate would require low- or no-phosphorus fertilizers … 1

• Is lawn fertilizer next for phosphorus ban?

  January 19, 2010 in City, Idaho Washington, which already has restrictions on laundry and dishwasher detergents, could ban phosphorus in lawn fertilizers. 9

• Coeur d’Alene Basin mining cleanup hastened

  January 15, 2010 in Idaho on Page A5 BOISE – Cleanup of contaminated residential yards and other properties in the Coeur d’Alene Basin is so far ahead of schedule that Idaho lawmakers on Thursday authorized speeding up spending …

• Environmentalists scale back

  January 4, 2010 in City on Page A6 SEATTLE – With the Legislature facing a $2.6 billion budget deficit, Washington environmentalists have a modest agenda for the upcoming session and hope to avoid further cutbacks they say have …

• Gregoire wants state to shrink carbon footprint

  December 24, 2009 in City on Page A6 OLYMPIA – Gov. Chris Gregoire wants state government to be carbon-neutral by 2020 and announced Wednesday that the state Department of Ecology would be the first agency to start enacting …

• Nature agencies asked to share

  December 3, 2009 in Outdoors, City Plans announced Wednesday to streamline how state natural-resource agencies deliver services to the public did not include consolidation of any state agencies. 1

• China says it will cut greenhouse gases

  November 27, 2009 in Nation/World on Page A3 BEIJING – China pledged Thursday to increase its efforts to limit greenhouse gases and said that Premier Wen Jiabao would attend the Copenhagen climate summit next month. The announcements came …

• EPA hopes coal cleanup lets U.S. breathe easier

  November 25, 2009 in Nation/World on Page A1 WASHINGTON – The Environmental Protection Agency is continuing its crackdown on coal pollution with a new plan to cut sulfur dioxide – a move that would clean up the air …

• Joint climate statement hazy

  November 18, 2009 in Nation/World on Page A3 BEIJING – A joint statement by the U.S. and Chinese presidents on climate change is encouraging as pressure builds in the last few weeks before a 192-nation conference in Copenhagen, …

• China leads increase in global carbon pollution

  November 18, 2009 in Nation/World on Page A3 WASHINGTON – Pollution typically declines during a recession. Not this time. Despite a global economic slump, worldwide carbon dioxide pollution jumped 2 percent last year, most of the increase coming … 1

• EPA issues fines in Sand Creek Byway project

  October 14, 2009 in Idaho The federal Environmental Protection Agency has fined the Idaho Transportation Department and a contractor the state hired for work on the Sand Creek Byway in northern Idaho. 1

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  Out & About

  October 11, 2009 in Outdoors on Page C16 Fly fishers take on steelhead Lewiston fly-tier Leroy Hyatt and Spokane fishing guide Sean Visintainer will present a free program about steelheading on the Clearwater and Grande Ronde rivers Wednesday, …

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  ‘Forest offsets’ would aid bottom line, report finds

  October 8, 2009 in Nation/World on Page A12 U.S. companies could save tens of billions of dollars by investing in efforts to combat deforestation in developing nations instead of cleaning up their own domestic carbon dioxide emissions, according …

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  Lecturer calls for action

  October 7, 2009 in City on Page A6 A former California congressman who co-chaired the first Earth Day celebration in 1970 said Tuesday that today’s young people need to stand up more for what they believe in. “In …

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  Co-chair of first Earth Day calls on youth to act

  October 6, 2009 in Idaho A former California congressman who co-chaired the first Earth Day celebration in 1970 said Tuesday that today’s young people need to stand up more for what they believe in. 1

• Toxic algae in Long Lake

  September 30, 2009 in Idaho on Page A5 The discovery of toxic algae blooms in Long Lake has prompted authorities to warn residents to stay out of the water and keep their pets and livestock away, too. A … 1

• Senate bill tougher on emissions

  September 30, 2009 in Nation/World on Page A10 WASHINGTON – Senate Democrats are pushing for a 20 percent cut in greenhouse gases by 2020 – deeper than what the House has passed and what President Barack Obama wants …

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  Cleanup of Palouse River murky

  September 26, 2009 in City on Page B1 PULLMAN – Wilda Patton knew there was something wrong with the water in the Palouse River. “I didn’t know what it was in it that made it poor quality,” said …

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  Palouse River cleanup plans questioned

  September 25, 2009 in City PULLMAN – Wilda Patton knew there was something wrong with the water in the Palouse River. “I didn’t know what it was in it that made it poor quality,” said …

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  Alaskan activist recounts battle to protect land, native ways

  September 23, 2009 in City on Page A5 Dune Lankard was a commercial fisherman in Prince William Sound when the Exxon Valdez spilled millions of gallons of oil in March 1989. A native Athabaskan Eyak of the Eagle … 1

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  Group grades cruise pollution

  September 17, 2009 in City on Page A6 ANCHORAGE, Alaska – An environmental group released its report card Wednesday on how well cruise ship companies operating in American waters are doing to reduce pollution, and not one received …

• Greenhouse gas limits targeted

  September 11, 2009 in Nation/World on Page A3 WASHINGTON – Two industry groups have filed suit in federal court in an attempt to keep the federal government and the state of California from moving ahead with new greenhouse …

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  Path to prosperity

  August 16, 2009 in Outdoors on Page C10 A successful Montana fly-fishing shop owner is proving that building environmental stewardship for fish and rivers into his business model is more than just the right thing to do. For …

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  Phosphate detergent ban seems to be working

  August 16, 2009 in City on Page A1 The storyline of the near-ban on phosphorus in dish detergent in Spokane County has focused on scofflaws sneaking Cascade across the state line in a dogged attempt to keep their … 9

• Diesel spills in Lake Pend Oreille

  August 13, 2009 in Idaho HOPE, Idaho — A 32-foot tugboat dropped from a crane spilled about 80 gallons of diesel fuel into Lake Pend Oreille.

• Pot grower ordered to pay for environmental damage

  August 6, 2009 in City A Mexican national arrested last August when federal and state agents shut down a large marijuana growing operation in the Okanogan and Wenatchee national forests was sentenced to 75 months …

• Waste plan draws concern

  July 27, 2009 in City on Page A6 POST FALLS – The mayor of Post Falls says concerns about the environment and public health should prevent 20 acres near the Coeur d’Alene River from becoming a dumping ground … 1

• Chemicals that eased ozone woes add to another threat

  July 21, 2009 in City on Page A1 This is not the funny kind of irony: Scientists say the chemicals that helped solve the last global environmental crisis – the hole in the ozone layer – are making …

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  Exhibit explores link between water, human rights

  July 1, 2009 in City on Page A5 An exhibit opening tonight at the Human Rights Education Institute in downtown Coeur d’Alene will ask visitors to consider what happens to human rights in a world of increasingly limited … 2

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