Environmental Conservation And Preservation
SPOKANE, Wash. - State and federal agencies asked a federal judge Wednesday to approve a new cleanup schedule for the Hanford nuclear reservation, the nation's most polluted nuclear weapons site.
GRANTS PASS, Ore. - Longtime adversaries in the bitter battle over Northwest logging have come together to support legislation to restore timber jobs and protect old growth in Eastern Oregon's six national forests.
GRANTS PASS, Ore. - Sen. Ron Wyden is preparing to introduce his long-awaited bill balancing protection for old growth forests in Oregon with restoring unhealthy forests and creating timber jobs.
OKLAHOMA CITY - Oklahoma officials declared victory when a federal judge dismissed part of a North Texas water district's lawsuit that claimed it had the right to buy billions of gallons of water from basins in southern Oklahoma.
INDIANAPOLIS - Indiana's electric utilities are being told they need to push conservation programs, with the goal of annual statewide energy savings of 2 percent within a decade.
