Pollution

Senate Bill 1154 centralizes the state’s response to groundwater pollution, but hundreds of private well owners oppose it.

In January, Georgia Baxter-Krause pleaded guilty to violating the federal Clean Air Act and the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act, as well as making false statements to federal regulators.

Advocates push for darker skies in Central Oregon, hoping to address Bend's "sky glow" or ambient light pollution.

An Oregon bill to prohibit expanding or building new large dairies and livestock farms in the state's three groundwater management areas was tabled after a hearing in Salem drew strong support and opposition.

The states have collectively registered 3.3 million new electric vehicles in the last 12 years, fulfilling a 2013 agreement to do so by 2025.

Well owners are on their own to fund solutions while regulators probe accusations against a mining company.

A closed landfill just outside Pasco, Washington, is leaking harmful chemicals into the groundwater. However, regulators say the leak seems to be slowing down, and it won’t harm drinking water. 

The Heritage Foundation’s blueprint proposes reclassifying radioactive waste as something less dangerous so it can be disposed of more cheaply.

The government in Lahore has closed schools and public spaces and shut down factories. Environmental lawyer Ahmad Rafay Alam shares his perspective: "frustrated" but still fighting.

Plans for cleanup of the Hanford nuclear reservation’s 56 million gallons of radioactive waste near Richland, WA are moving slowly forward. A public comment period for the latest plan ended this summer.