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U.S. Department of EnergyThousands of gallons of liquid nuclear waste are slated to be removed from the Hanford nuclear site in Washington via train through Oregon. -
Miguel Gutierrez Jr.
/CalMattersState lawmakers held a joint oversight committee hearing Wednesday to question officials from California鈥檚 Department of Toxic Substances Control about how it鈥檚 going with various reform efforts.
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The state Air Resources Board voted today to ban the substance known as chromium 6, giving platers several years to switch to an alternative the platers say won鈥檛 produce the same chrome shine. -
A similar bill failed to pass the chamber in 2019. -
California sends toxic soil to landfills in Utah and Arizona, including sites near Native American reservations. Will lawmakers step in to keep the waste in state? -
California environmental experts worry that smashing old TVs, monitors and laptops in so-called 鈥榬age rooms鈥� may release hazardous waste or potentially harm customers鈥� health. -
An investigation by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers found buried waste that could include barrels containing chemicals at the site of the scrapped Elk Creek Dam along a tributary of the Rogue River. -
Investigators said inspections of trash compactors from Walmart stores over the last six years found dozens of items classified as either hazardous waste or customer records with personal information. -
A hazardous waste landfill in rural Oregon illegally dumped about 2.5 million pounds of radioactive fracking waste. -
Environmental laws and regulations exist for a reason; often, it's because some ecosystem, creatures, or people once suffered for the lack of protection.鈥� -
The soil in the old Ashland railroad yard has been contaminated for so long, some of it came from steam locomotives. The site of the old roundhouse is鈥� -
An emergency effort has begun to remove millions of gallons of toxic liquids from an abandoned pulp mill that poses a pollution threat to Humboldt Bay.The鈥�
