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Monsanto scores a win as the Supreme Court rules federal pesticide laws limit state lawsuits over health risks, impacting claims around Roundup herbicide.

An effort is underway to try and reform the Endangered Species Act after over a half-century of what some have called an “abysmal failure”.  House Natural Resources Chair Bruce Westerman of Arkansas, and Central Washington’s Dan Newhouse, have introduced the ESA Amendment Act.   “Which is a produc...

It's an effort within our nation going on almost a decade now.  “In 2015, USDA and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency set a national goal to cut food loss and waste in half by 2030,” noted Jean Busby who has been involved in these efforts for several years now as USDA’s Food Loss and Waste Liaison.    That include...

Rep. Newhouse criticizes Biden administration's Columbia River Taskforce, citing disconnect with local needs.

Lead pipe goes all the way back to Roman times, but even the Romans knew that drinking water from lead pipe might make you sick. It wasn't until the early 1900s that we realized the danger of lead poisoning. By 1930 most people were using copper instead of lead pipe for their homes, but it wasn't until 1986 that lead pipe was actually banned from use in the United States for transporting water...

Numerous reports indicate a number of wastewater plants dumping excess sewage in to Puget Sound, and othe water quality issues.

The FDA, USDA, and EPA have published a draft of a national strategy to reduce food loss and waste in the United States by 50% by 2030.

An exhaust defeat device allows a vehicle to bypass the emissions sytem to get better performance or power.

The Smoke Management Plan regulates prescribed burning on forest land aimed at reducing fuel loading, restoring forest ecosystems, and potentially reducing the risk to communities from catastrophic wildfires, while minimizing air quality impacts from smoke.

The City of Moses Lake is taking action after the discovery of unwanted chemicals in its domestic water system. The substances were found after water from several of the City's wells was tested. "We tested the wells and four of them came back with detections for certain chemicals," explained the City's Water Division manager Chad Strevy...