EPA tells Bureau of Indian Affairs to clean up tribal schools
ListenThe Environmental Protection Agency says hazardous contaminants that most schools have gotten rid of remain in more than 160 government-operated tribal schools. That includes six in the...
View ArticleWork begins on Slip 4 'hotspot' in Duwamish River
It’s one of the most polluted waterways in all of the Pacific Northwest. The lower five miles of Seattle’s Duwamish River were listed as a Superfund site a decade ago. This week, cleanup work has begun...
View ArticleDemand that Duwamish River be cleaned up enough to eat the fish
There’s a major milestone this week in the cleanup of Seattle’s Duwamish River. Excavators are removing toxic sludge from one of the most polluted spots in the city’s industrial core. Completion of...
View ArticleLower Duwamish Waterway plan open for public comment
Seattle’s Duwamish River was once a meandering estuary in the heart of the city. A century ago, it was transformed into an industrial waterway and used as a dumping ground for decades.Now it’s a...
View ArticleSeattle, King County to spend $1.5 billion on wastewater upgrades
The city of Seattle and King County will spend $1.46 billion on upgrades to public sewer systems aimed at reducing the amount of polluted water entering the Puget Sound and other waterways, according...
View ArticleHow much fish is healthy? Wash. tribes push for updated standard
How much fish should you eat? The state Department of Health recommends two meals of fish a week. But the Department of Ecology assumes people eat far less, about the equivalent of one meal per...
View ArticleEPA tells Bureau of Indian Affairs to clean up tribal schools
http://stream.publicbroadcasting.net/production/mp3/kplu/local-kplu-983441.mp3The Environmental Protection Agency says hazardous contaminants that most schools have gotten rid of remain in more than...
View ArticleWork begins on Slip 4 'hotspot' in Duwamish River
It’s one of the most polluted waterways in all of the Pacific Northwest. The lower five miles of Seattle’s Duwamish River were listed as a Superfund site a decade ago. This week, cleanup work has begun...
View ArticleDemand that Duwamish River be cleaned up enough to eat the fish
There’s a major milestone this week in the cleanup of Seattle’s Duwamish River. Excavators are removing toxic sludge from one of the most polluted spots in the city’s industrial core. Completion of...
View ArticleEarthday founder reflects on environmental activism in Obama’s second term
Though they say it’s better than any Republican alternative, many activists have been disappointed in the environmental policies of the Obama administration.Now that the election’s over, we caught up...
View ArticleLower Duwamish Waterway plan open for public comment
Seattle’s Duwamish River was once a meandering estuary in the heart of the city. A century ago, it was transformed into an industrial waterway and used as a dumping ground for decades.Now it’s a...
View ArticleSeattle, King County to spend $1.5 billion on wastewater upgrades
The city of Seattle and King County will spend $1.46 billion on upgrades to public sewer systems aimed at reducing the amount of polluted water entering the Puget Sound and other waterways, according...
View ArticleHow much fish is healthy? Wash. tribes push for updated standard
How much fish should you eat? The state Department of Health recommends two meals of fish a week. But the Department of Ecology assumes people eat far less, about the equivalent of one meal per...
View ArticleEPA Put on Notice over Wash. State's Fish Consumption Rate
The official estimate of how much fish people eat dictates the levels of pollution that are allowed, and a statewide coalition of clean water advocates says an accurate standard is long...
View ArticleBiodiesel Industry Puzzled By Loosening Of Alternative Fuel Standard
As the biodiesel industry convenes for a national conference in San Diego today, one of the topics of discussions will be the loosening of the renewable fuel standard.
View ArticleAt Idaho Superfund Site, Pavement Used To Help The Environment
With the weather warming up, work has resuming at one of the largest Superfund sites in the nation. The EPA is trying to clear decades of mine pollution from Idaho's Coeur d'Alene River Basin and the...
View ArticleFarmers Object To EPA's Proposed Changes To Clean Water Act
Farmers across the country are riled up over the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s plan to revise the 1972 Clean Water Act.Depending on who you talk to, these revisions are either a “land grab”...
View ArticleHead Of EPA Tours Puget Sound, Supports Congressional Cleanup Caucus
She’s been called President Obama’s “green quarterback.” Gina McCarthy is the head of the Environmental Protection Agency, and she's known for tackling sources of climate change. And now she’s shining...
View ArticleEPA Orders Navy To Fix Gorst Creek Landfill
The Environmental Protection Agency has ordered the U.S. Navy to reroute a creek and clean up a decades-old dump in Kitsap County.The EPA says contamination from the Gorst Creek Landfill is posing...
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