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Pulling back the curtains on wage-theft enforcement in MN; Trump's latest attack is on RFK, Jr; NM LGBTQ+ equality group endorses 2024 'Rock Star' candidates; Michigan's youth justice reforms: Expanded diversion, no fees.

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Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg says rebuilding Baltimore's Key Bridge will be challenging and expensive. An Alabama Democrat flips a state legislature seat and former Connecticut senator Joe Lieberman dies at 82.

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Historic wildfires could create housing and health issues for rural Texans, a Kentucky program helps prison parolees start a new life, and descendants of Nicodemus, Kansas celebrate the Black settlers who journeyed across the 1870s plains seeking self-governance.

ID: Waste Reduction

Ten of the 112 wastewater facilities in Idaho accounted for nearly half of all discharge violations. (MarekPhotoDesign.com/Adobe Stock)
Something Smells: ID Wastewater Treatment Violations Widespread

BOISE, Idaho - Wastewater facilities in Idaho are flush with pollution violations. The Idaho Conservation League's fourth annual wastewater …

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Boise is partnering with a Salt Lake City company to turn some hard-to-recycle plastics into diesel. (Sustainable Initiatives Fund Trust/Flickr)
Boise Forges New Partnership to Turn Plastics into Fuel

BOISE, Idaho – Boise has found a new destination for some plastics after China announced it will no longer accept certain recyclables. China …

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In 2015, the EPA identified more than 220 mines that would have been affected by a rule requiring companies to pay for the cleanup. (Pete Markham/Flickr)
Mining Companies Won't Be Required to Pay to Clean Up

BOISE, Idaho – The Environmental Protection Agency has announced it's scrapping rules drafted during the Obama administration that require hard-…

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The Bureau of Land Management is holding public informational open houses all this week to explain the controversial proposed Gateway West Transmission Line project. (lauramusikanski/morguefile)
Public Meetings This Week on Gateway West Transmission Lines Project

BOISE, Idaho - This week, the public can learn more about the massive 1,100 mile Gateway West Transmission Line project at several open houses hosted …

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Idaho's delegation in Washington scored very low on the annual League of Conservation Voters Scorecard. (ostephy/Morguefile)
Idaho Senators Get Lowest Possible Rating on Environmental Scorecard

BOISE, Idaho - Nada. Zip. Zero percent. That's the score received by Idaho Senators Mike Crapo and James Risch on the annual Environmental Scorecard …

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Clean-power groups are pushing for more renewables and full compliance with the federal Clean Power Plan in 2016. (xandert/morguefile)
Clean-Power Groups to Push for More Renewables in 2016

BOISE, Idaho - As 2016 draws near, clean-power groups are looking ahead to the work still to be done to implement new federal mandates and move …

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Coal vs. energy efficency and renewables is the topic for discussion at a public meeting in Boise on Thursday night. Credit: eyemark/iStock
Public Hearing Tomorrow on Regional Power Plan

BOISE, Idaho - Should Idaho, Montana, Oregon and Washington build more power plants, or rely more on energy efficiency and renewables? Issues like …

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Home gardening is a self-sufficiency strategy being discussed at the Northwest Permaculture Convergence this weekend. Credit: Pixabay.com.
Perma-what? NW Permaculture Conference Explores Self-Sufficiency

EUGENE, Ore. - Turning front lawns and rights-of-way into gardens is one tenet of permaculture being discussed today and this weekend at the …

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PHOTO: A new report, “Turning Up the Heat II,” finds voluntary mercury thermostat recycling programs aren't keeping enough of the devices out of Idaho landfills. Photo credit: Stephen Cummings
Going Digital? Don't Toss the Old Thermostat in the Trash

BOISE, Idaho - Voluntary efforts to keep mercury thermostats out of the trash in Idaho aren't keeping enough of them out of the landfill, according …

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Environmental Health Risks: Not Just Cancer

WASHINGTON, D.C. - A recent report delivered to President Obama by a special panel appointed by President Bush warned that the risk of cancer from …

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Report: “Generation E” Emerges on College Campuses in ID

BOISE, Idaho - There've been baby boomers, Generation X, and now there's Generation E, where the "E" ties into ecology, clean-energy economics and …

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A Green Political Machine: Dems Aim For "Greenest" Convention

Denver, CO - The stage is set, security is in place - and so are the compost bins. The Democratic National Convention opens in Denver today, with …

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