New York environmental groups want Gov. Kathy Hochul to sign a bill making it easier to know where lead pipes are located. The Lead Pipe Right to Know Act would require information about the location of lead pipes be made accessible online for New Yorkers to easily access. .
Conservation groups are concerned about a mining exploration project proposed near the headwaters of the Boise River. The Idaho Copper Corporation is seeking approval from the U.S. Forest Service to look for copper and molybdenum, used in steel alloys, about 50 miles north of Boise. .
A coalition of tribal nations is calling for a meeting with the U.S. and Canadian governments after the two countries failed to meet their own deadline of addressing toxic water contamination that flows into Montana from Canadian mines.
“If all goes to plan. (it) has the potential to jeopardize one of Boise’s primary sources of drinking water,” said Nick Kunath, a Boise conservationist.
(The Center Square) – U.S. Rep. Dan Newhouse, R-Wash., says a memorandum released last week by the Biden Administration on restoring salmon and other native fish populations in eastern Washington’s