by Editor | Mar 21, 2014 | War on the West, Water Issues
Sean Ellis | Capital Press Published: March 19. 2014 Idaho lawmakers are asking the U.S. State Department to respect Idaho’s sovereignty over its water rights in the Columbia River Treaty negotiations with Canada. BOISE — The Idaho Legislature will...
by Editor | Mar 21, 2014 | WA State DOE, WA State News, War on the West, Water Issues
Matthew Weaver | Capital Press Published: March 19. 2014 9:23AM The Washington Department of Ecology is developing an instream flow rule to protect water in the Spokane River. There’s supposed to be little impact to agriculture, according to the department,...
by Editor | Mar 21, 2014 | Govt Agencies
by Sean Ellis for Capital Press Published: March 19. 2014 Pioneer Irrigation District and the city of Caldwell are closer to ending their long-running dispute over stormwater discharges and other issues after Caldwell dismissed its eminent domain case against...
by Editor | Mar 19, 2014 | Accountability, Dams, EPA, Property Rights
Rep. Darrell Issa calls for Pebble Mine probe House Republicans are calling for an investigation into whether the Environmental Protection Agency planned to kill a controversial Alaska Copper-and-gold mine from its inception, according to documents obtained by the...
by Editor | Mar 18, 2014 | Accountability, EPA, Govt Agencies, WA State DOE, Water Issues
The Whatcom Excavator Posted 3/18/2014 In the dark of night, while most folks were sleeping – oblivious – a piece of legislation that only had its “first reading” in Olympia twelve days ago passed by a vote of 93-5. This little slip of a...
