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• Pollution can sneak into your home in variety of ways

  July 18, 2011 in Features on Page C7 We bring dangerous chemicals into our homes every day. It could be from our shoes, new furniture, or even our vinyl shower curtain. Here are my Top Five ways chemicals …

• State money funds video telling people to clean up pet waste

  July 14, 2011 in City on Page A1 OLYMPIA – Pollution in the Puget Sound is such a problem that a group trying to protect the ecosystem spent $27,000 in state money to make a catchy video, complete … 7

• Do Your Part: Use electricity wisely, lessen unsafe waste

  February 21, 2011 in Features on Page C1 Spring is almost in the air – but that’s not all, unfortunately. Mercury and a whole host of other hazardous pollutants are present, too. One of the best ways to … 2

• Mining firm pays $6.8 million for N. Idaho pollution

  February 15, 2011 in Idaho A big mining company whose activities polluted North Idaho’s Silver Valley must pay federal, state and tribal governments nearly $6.8 million in a settlement over natural resource damages. 9

• Five-year plan to clean Columbia basin toxins

  September 24, 2010 in Idaho on Page A8 State, federal and tribal leaders pledged support Thursday for restoring Columbia River watersheds through programs that reduce toxic compounds in the water. The nation’s fourth-largest river basin contains mercury, PCBs, …

• Comment sought on rail yard cleanup

  September 23, 2010 in City on Page A6 The public can weigh in on a proposed cleanup of a rail yard along Trent Avenue through Oct. 4.

• Appeals court: mud from logging roads is pollution

  August 17, 2010 in Region A federal appeals court today decided that mud washing off logging roads is pollution and ordered the Environmental Protection Agency to write regulations to reduce the amount that reaches salmon … 3

• States struggle to curb pollution by cruise ships

  August 15, 2010 in City on Page B1 After a week aboard the Carnival Spirit, its passengers can’t help but hit the Seattle pier a little tired. They’re grinning too. With its 16 lounges and bars, 13 decks, … 2

• EPA: Clean-air rule would overturn Bush-era plan

  July 6, 2010 in Nation/World The Obama administration is proposing new rules to tighten restrictions on pollution from coal-burning power plants in the eastern half of the country, a key step to cut emissions that …

• Transportation panel opposes tax increase

  February 23, 2010 in City on Page A12 OLYMPIA – Leaders of the Senate Transportation Committee added their voices Monday to the chorus opposing a tax increase that could add 3 cents to a gallon of gasoline. A … 1

• 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, …

• 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

• 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 …

• 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 …

• 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 …

• Officials move to overturn mine waste dumping rule

  April 28, 2009 in Business on Page A8 WASHINGTON – The Obama administration took steps Monday to reverse a last-minute Bush-era rule that allows mountaintop mining waste to be dumped near streams, saying it was bad public policy. …

• EPA moves toward regulating carbon dioxide

  April 17, 2009 in Nation/World WASHINGTON (AP) — The Environmental Protection Agency has concluded that carbon dioxide and five other greenhouse gases are a danger to public health and welfare, taking the first step to … 1

• Lower Snake River on group’s endangered list

  April 8, 2009 in City on Page A6 Four dams that are blamed for damaging salmon runs on the lower Snake River in Washington place the waterway third among the nation’s most endangered rivers, according to an annual …

• Long-term ozone pollution can be lethal, study finds

  March 12, 2009 in Nation/World on Page A3 Ozone pollution is a killer, increasing the yearly risk of death from respiratory diseases by 40 percent to 50 percent in heavily polluted cities in Southern California and by about … 1

• Oil fee would fund pollution cleanup

  February 20, 2009 in City on Page A8 SEATTLE – Storm water runoff is a leading source of water pollution in the state, but who should pay to keep rivers, lakes and waters clean? Some lawmakers and environmentalists …

• 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 …

• Washington state to ban flame retardant

  January 21, 2009 in City, Region Following the lead of European nations, Washington state will ban the use of toxic flame retardants in TVs, computers and other household products by 2011.

• Dirty snow speeds runoff in mountains

  January 13, 2009 in City on Page A6 SEATTLE – Soot on snow causes winter snowpacks in the Cascades and other Western mountain ranges to melt faster, leading to runoffs earlier in the spring, scientists say. Researchers at …

• Spokane River reflecting a new image

  July 13, 2008 in Idaho on Page A1 Don’t go down to the river. Generations of local kids heard that warning. Parents didn’t want their children playing on the Spokane River’s polluted banks. Chris Donley’s dad was one …

• Bill would delay phosphate ban in two counties

  March 2, 2008 in City on Page A1 With just four months until strict limits on phosphates in dishwasher detergents take effect in three Washington counties, legislation is on the move in Olympia that some fear could delay …

• Rumors of flood inundate Oroville

  August 3, 2007 in City on Page B1 The world did not end in Oroville, Wash., on Thursday, but many residents panicked as rumors spread that the Similkameen River would surge and flood the town. About 2:45 p.m., …

• Basin Scoured For Dead Birds Official Cites Lead Poisoning As ‘Highest Cause Of Death In This System’

  March 29, 1998 in Idaho on Page B1 Hal Rowe surveys Kilarney Lake Saturday looking for any dead waterfowl. Photo by Craig Buck/The Spokesman-Review

• Smoky Singapore Pays A High Price

  March 15, 1998 in Nation/World on Page A12 As the first signs of new haze appear over this usually pristine city-state, a study released Saturday says Singapore lost $61 million in tourism and other revenues because of smoky …

• Proposal Would Let Hecla Put More Metals In River Epa Poised To Reject Lenient Standards For Zinc In South Fork Of Cda River

  March 2, 1998 in Nation/World on Page A7 At the boat launch near the Cataldo Mission, a large sign warns people to stay away from dirt and water in the contaminated Coeur d’Alene River basin. File/The Spokesman-Review

• Radioactive Water Leaked From N Reactor But ‘There Is No Health Hazard,’ Says Cleanup Spokesman

  January 9, 1998 in City on Page B5 More than 36,000 gallons of water contaminated with radioactivity leaked from a nuclear weapons reactor at Hanford, a federal contractor said Thursday. The water leaked from a filtration system inside …

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