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OPINION: Coffin Butte Landfill is already a problem. It doesn’t need to get bigger

In rural Oregon, residents are pushing back against a garbage giant’s plan to expand a controversial landfill

Jun 19, 2025
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11-minute read

OPINION: Coffin Butte Landfill is already a problem. It doesn’t need to get bigger

In rural Oregon, residents are pushing back against a garbage

Jun 19, 2025
11-minute read

Major agreement reached over nuclear waste

Wash. Dept. of Ecology says deal outlines an “achievable course for cleaning up millions of gallons of radioactive waste” at Hanford

Feb 6, 2025
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6-minute read

Major agreement reached over nuclear waste

Wash. Dept. of Ecology says deal outlines an “achievable course

Feb 6, 2025
6-minute read

How a composting crusader is changing waste disposal in unexpected places

A retired marine biologist is tackling methane emissions where state laws don’t apply—rural areas

Oct 24, 2024
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9-minute read

How a composting crusader is changing waste disposal in unexpected places

A retired marine biologist is tackling methane emissions where state

Oct 24, 2024
9-minute read

Oregon’s ‘thermal trading’ program is popular. Also expensive and unproven

The state lets polluters plant trees to keep river water temps cool. No one knows if the trade-offs actually work

Feb 29, 2024
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14-minute read

Oregon’s ‘thermal trading’ program is popular. Also expensive and unproven

The state lets polluters plant trees to keep river water

Feb 29, 2024
14-minute read

Spent naval nuclear reactor compartments: Part of Hanford’s complicated issues

Retired reactors from Navy subs are also going to nuclear waste sites on top of Idaho’s Snake River Aquifer

Jul 20, 2023
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10-minute read

Spent naval nuclear reactor compartments: Part of Hanford’s complicated issues

Retired reactors from Navy subs are also going to nuclear

Jul 20, 2023
10-minute read

How a box of dirt earned a $67,000 EPA grant

In Vancouver, Grattix containers have been filtering toxic runoff for years. Now a federally funded program aims to spread the good earth

Jan 26, 2023
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7-minute read

How a box of dirt earned a $67,000 EPA grant

In Vancouver, Grattix containers have been filtering toxic runoff for

Jan 26, 2023
7-minute read

Washington law aims to break link between warming climate, food waste

The Organics Management Law brings big changes in the ways residents and businesses get rid of organic trash

Jan 17, 2023
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5-minute read

Washington law aims to break link between warming climate, food waste

The Organics Management Law brings big changes in the ways

Jan 17, 2023
5-minute read

‘Slap in the face’: Critics say Biden’s Hanford policies mimic Trump’s

Critics react with anger to a recent federal downgrading of legally mandated cleanup rules on nuclear waste

Mar 9, 2022
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4-minute read

‘Slap in the face’: Critics say Biden’s Hanford policies mimic Trump’s

Critics react with anger to a recent federal downgrading of

Mar 9, 2022
4-minute read

City of Sandy considers dumping treated wastewater into Sandy River

Influx of millions of gallons could increase temperature of namesake river. Critics worry about city's history of water violations

Nov 18, 2021
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11-minute read

City of Sandy considers dumping treated wastewater into Sandy River

Influx of millions of gallons could increase temperature of namesake

Nov 18, 2021
11-minute read

Birds, trash, poison: Plans to disperse nuisance birds spark controversy

Swarms of crows and gulls attracted to a landfill in Oregon’s Wasco County are damaging nearby fruit crops. Orchardists are demanding a solution

Sep 16, 2021
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9-minute read

Birds, trash, poison: Plans to disperse nuisance birds spark controversy

Swarms of crows and gulls attracted to a landfill in

Sep 16, 2021
9-minute read

Pollution from aluminum still an issue in The Dalles

"Part of why the fine was so high was because they’re supposed to up front come to us and show us they can meet the applicable emissions for the dirty charge..."

Apr 23, 2020
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7-minute read

Pollution from aluminum still an issue in The Dalles

"Part of why the fine was so high was because

Apr 23, 2020
7-minute read

Ordenanza sobre la bolsa de White Salmon, probable pero incierta

Parece probable que la Ciudad de White Salmón sea el 34° municipio del Estado de Washington en promulgar alguna variación de la prohibición de las bolsas de plástico...

Jan 14, 2020
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6-minute read

Ordenanza sobre la bolsa de White Salmon, probable pero incierta

Parece probable que la Ciudad de White Salmón sea el

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