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• City, air agency could settle fine, upgrade incinerator

  December 28, 2010 in City on Page A5 Spokane would have to pay a $5,000 fine and upgrade its regional trash incinerator under a proposed deal being considered by Mayor Mary Verner. The settlement, proposed by the Spokane … 7

• Mercury emissions too high during incinerator test

    September 17, 2010 in City on Page A1 Spokane’s Waste-to-Energy Plant violated air pollution law during annual air testing in June. April Westby, an environmental engineer for the Spokane Regional Clean Air Agency, said the agency’s director, Bill … 8

• U-Hi administrators destroy papers carrying column

  April 14, 2010 in City Most copies of the student newspaper at University High School in the Central Valley School District have been confiscated and destroyed by school officials after offensive remarks appeared in what … 27

• Neighboring planets to be noticeable in pre-dawn sky

  October 6, 2009 in Outdoors, City, Idaho Three of Earth’s nearest celestial neighbors will be visible as a group in the morning twilight this week, astronomers said.

• Mercury inescapable for fish in U.S. streams, study finds

  August 20, 2009 in Outdoors, Nation/World on Page A1 WASHINGTON – No fish can escape mercury pollution. That’s the take-home message from a federal study of mercury contamination released Wednesday that tested fish from nearly 300 streams across the …

• Washington, Idaho considered for mercury dump

  July 26, 2009 in Business on Page E5 RICHLAND, Wash. – The federal government is trying to find a location to store the nation’s excess mercury deposits, with seven states being considered. But the government is quickly finding …

• Hanford considered for national mercury storage

  July 7, 2009 in Region The Hanford nuclear reservation is one of seven sites the Energy Department is considering as a national, long-term storage site for mercury.

• U.S. calls for treaty on mercury reduction

  February 17, 2009 in City on Page A4 NAIROBI, Kenya – The Obama administration reversed years of U.S. policy Monday by calling for a treaty to cut mercury pollution, which it described as the world’s gravest chemical problem. …

• More charities lacked warning about fish

  January 30, 2009 in City on Page A6 BOISE – Fish given to the region’s poor people by Idaho wildlife officials without a warning about mercury levels were more widely distributed than previously disclosed. One Washington charity that …

• Poor get fish, but not warning

  January 28, 2009 in City on Page A5 BOISE – A North Idaho food bank gave away thousands of pounds of fish donated by the state wildlife agency without knowing about a state health department warning that eating … 1

• Study: Mercury in vaccines is safe

  January 26, 2009 in Nation/World on Page A4 CHICAGO – A new study from Italy adds to a mountain of evidence that a mercury-based preservative once used in many vaccines doesn’t hurt children, offering more reassurance to parents. …