Washington: "Teck, Colville Tribe Go To Trial Over Slag"
"In the early 1990s, anglers in the Upper Columbia River reported seeing beads of liquid mercury floating in the water."
Source: Spokane Spokesman-Review, 08/13/2012
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"Caffeinated Seas Found off U.S. Pacific Northwest"
"The Pacific Northwest may be the epicenter of U.S. coffee culture, and now a new study shows the region's elevated caffeine levels don't stop at the shoreline."
Source: NatGeo News, 07/31/2012
EPA Withdraws CAFO Database Rule
EPA says it could instead compile a database partly from information collected by some states. But that information is often spotty and inconsistent — which will make it hard for EPA to compile it and even harder to make useful conclusions from it. And the withdrawal may make it harder to get the information disclosed.
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"Northwest States Declare War on Wild Pigs"
"When a bunch of wild pigs showed up around C.J. Strike in 2009, Idaho wildlife officials began to sweat."
Source: McClatchy, 07/25/2012
"Tea Party Blocks Pact to Restore a West Coast River"
After decades of conflict over the Klamath River, stakeholders including farmers, tribes, environmentalists, fishermen, governors, and federal officials, struck an agreement they thought served everybody. Then the Tea Party scotched it.
Source: NY Times, 07/19/2012
"Oregon Town Weighs a Future With an Old Energy Source: Coal"
"BOARDMAN, Ore. -- A new link in the world's future energy supply could soon be built here on the Columbia River, and it would have nothing to do with the vast acres of wind turbines or the mammoth hydroelectric dams that give this region's power sources one of the cleanest carbon footprints in the nation."
Source: NY Times, 04/19/2012
Scientists Map Red Tide Algae To Prevent Shellfish Poisoning
"Public health officials have their hands full keeping your clam chowder and raw oysters safe. That's due, in part, to red tides."
Source: NPR, 03/29/2012
"Federal Government Sanctions Limited Sea Lion Killings"
"The states of Oregon and Washington can kill sea lions that have feasted on endangered Columbia River salmon, under an authorization given on Thursday by the federal government.
The decision by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) marked the latest reversal in the federal government's position on sanctioned killing of California sea lions. It upset animal rights advocates, who argue the creatures are unfairly blamed for low fish stocks.
Source: Reuters, 03/16/2012
Despite High Court, Navy Keeps WA Town in Dark on Explosion Threat
A landmark Supreme Court decision awarded Port Townsend residents the right to know about the potential location of explosives on the Indian Island Naval Magazine near their town. After losing the case, the Defense Department bolstered its legal grounds for secrecy by asking Congress to slip into the 2012 Defense Authorization an amendment creating a new statutory exemption to FOIA for the DOD.
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"Seattle Officials Ban Single-Use Plastic Bags"
"The Seattle City Council voted Monday to ban single-use plastic bags from groceries and other retail stores, joining a growing trend among cities that embrace green values."
Source: AP, 12/21/2011
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