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Oregon panel approves tough new clean water rules
Posted by Reuters: Teresa Carson on June 17th, 2011
Reuters: Oregon's environmental regulators on Thursday approved new health-based water quality standards, touted as the toughest in the nation, for curtailing toxic pollutants in rivers and streams.
The rules, subject to approval by the Environmental Protection Agency, are up to 10 times more stringent than current national standards and are designed in part to account for comparatively large amounts of fish in the diets of Oregonians, especially Native Americans.
Five years in the making, the regulations...
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Humane Society sues to halt sea lion killings
Posted by Reuters: Teresa Carson on May 21st, 2011
Reuters: The Humane Society of the United States filed suit on Friday seeking to stop Oregon and Washington state from euthanizing sea lions caught feasting on endangered salmon in the Columbia River at the Bonneville Dam.
Last week, the National Marine Fisheries Service gave the two states permission to resume capturing and killing California sea lions deemed to be the most egregious offenders.
Only one sea lion has been euthanized by Washington state since then, said Guy Norman, a regional director...