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EPA Announces $79 Million Investment from President Biden’s Bipartisan Infrastructure Law to Protect and Restore the Columbia River Basin

  • Columbia Gorge News
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PORTLAND – Today (Aug. 10) at an event along the Columbia River in Portland, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Michael S. Regan announced the $79 million investment from President Biden’s Bipartisan Infrastructure Law to protect and restore the Columbia River Basin, according to a press release from the EPA.

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Air quality topic of public hearing

  • Neita Cecil
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A vocal opponent of AmeriTies West and the creosote compounds it is permitted to release said of a proposed new air quality rule, “If Cleaner Air Oregon was made for anything, it was made for the city of The Dalles.” Kristina Cronkright spoke at the Dec. 14 hearing in The Dalles on the proposed reform to air quality laws called Cleaner Air Oregon.

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Scaled-back toxics bill faces Washington Senate panel

  • JONATHAN KAMINSKY, Associated Press
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OLYMPIA, Wash. (AP) — A Washington state Senate committee heard testimony Tuesday on a bill that would ban two carcinogenic flame retardants in car seats, strollers and other products made for children.