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Spokane Residents Smuggling Banned Phosphate Soaps

The most common substance smuggled over the border between Idaho and Washington isn’t cocaine, marijuana or methamphetamines. It’s dishwasher soap. Spokane County, Washington residents are willing to drive nearly an hour just to hit up the Costco in Coeur d’Alene for the contraband products.
The ban is in place for a good reason. A flood of [...]

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Featured Change Agent: Chad Pregracke is Cleaning Up America’s Rivers

Each week, EarthFirst.com will be featuring a new ‘Change Agent’ from Changents.com, a social media site that connects people who are doing good in the world with a support system of advocates, donors, publicity generators and fans.
This week we’re putting the spotlight on Chad Pregacke, a change agent who set out to free the rivers [...]

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Young British Adventurer to Sail the Mississippi on Juice Carton Boat

Is it just me, or are there a lot of people deemed ‘British adventurers’ in the press? I rarely hear the term ‘American adventurer’, ‘Italian adventurer’ or, you know, ‘Kazakhstani adventurer’. Rhys Jones, a 22-year-old ‘British adventurer’ is set to sail the Mississippi River on a boat made of juice cartons. Jones is [...]

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Clean Rivers in Maine Lead to Black Fly Swarms

Maine struggled with polluted rivers for years, and it took a lot of effort to get them cleaned up. After the Clean Water Act was passed in 1972, the clean-up tasks in rivers such as the Penobscot and Kennebec began, and now Maine residents are enjoying dozens of species that weren’t seen while the rivers [...]

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