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Forest Service wants public comments on old growth forest protections / Public News Service

The timber industry is pushing back against the Biden administration s proposal to limit commercial logging in the nation s last old-growth forests. The move announced last month would put restrictions on harvesting within a small fraction of lands managed by the U.S. Forest Service. .

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After Superfund listing cleanup of Columbia River site progresses slowly / Public News Service

Advocates are making slow but steady progress to clean up a portion of the Columbia River named a Superfund site by the Environmental Protection Agency. Toxic pollution dumped by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers for more than 40 years at Bradford Island contaminated fish in the area, which are used as sustenance by the region s Indigenous people. .

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Report PFAS chemicals contaminate TN rivers lakes / Public News Service

The latest research reveals alarming levels of contamination in northeastern Tennessee waterways, by the chemicals known as per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances or PFAS. Many communities and ecosystems are exposed to PFAS in soil, surface water, groundwater and air. Dan Firth, chair of the solid waste and mining committee for the Tennessee chapter of the Sierra Club, said they collected 20 water samples from lakes and rivers around Kingsport and Johnson City, and about 60% tested positive for the substances, often known as "forever chemicals" because they do not degrade over time. .

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Recent agreement gives Yakama Nation more say over Bradford Island cleanup

Recent agreement gives Yakama Nation more say over Bradford Island cleanup
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Columbia River s highly contaminated Bradford Island listed as a Superfund site

Columbia River s highly contaminated Bradford Island listed as a Superfund site
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