Latest from The Spokesman-Review

• EPA will slash CdA River Basin cleanup plan

  February 15, 2012 in Idaho on Page A1 BOISE – The proposed $1.3 billion Superfund cleanup of a century of mining contamination in North Idaho’s Coeur d’Alene River Basin is being scaled back significantly, Idaho lawmakers were told … 5

• Flooding spiked lead levels in Lake Coeur d’Alene

  March 24, 2011 in City, Idaho on Page A1 An estimated 352,000 pounds of lead washed into Lake Coeur d’Alene on Jan. 18 after flooding related to a rain-on-snow event. That’s the weight equivalent of 70 Dodge Ram 1500 … 13

• Editorial: EPA should shorten its Superfund time frames

  March 6, 2011 in Opinion on Page B8 Since the late 19th century, mining has contributed richly to the economic health of North Idaho. But its legacy for the region’s physical and environmental health has been decidedly harmful. … 2

• Residents, officials knock Silver Valley mine cleanup plan

  August 9, 2010 Too far-reaching, too costly. Another knock for the Silver Valley. That was the consensus of public testimony Monday evening at a town hall meeting on the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s … 1

• Rail site cleanup slated for summer

  April 21, 2010 in Idaho on Page A6 Union Pacific and BNSF Railway have agreed to clean up historic mining waste at old rail sites in Idaho’s Silver Valley.

• Court OKs dumping gold mine waste in lake

    June 22, 2009 in Idaho, Region, Environmental quality The Supreme Court on Monday upheld a federal permit to dump waste from an Alaskan gold mine into a nearby lake, even though all its fish would be killed. Environmentalists … 2