environment

Native cutthroat are the park's most ecologically important fish because it is a food source for grizzly bears, birds of prey and other wildlife.

Instead, DEQ says the state was forced to spend over $3 million to remediate the contamination.

The Casper City Council will consider the matter at its work session at City Hall at 4:30 p.m. Tuesday.

The EPA says Kinder Morgan and Dow Chemical Company/Dowell Schlumberger, Inc., helped clean up the pollution from their facilities.

Activists on Friday were launching a series of climate strikes, with thousands of youths walking out of class in the United States and around the globe.

The executive order reflects many of the public comments collected earlier this year.

The state sued the company over similar violation claims in February 2018.

The consent decree amendment resolves alleged violations of state and federal air emissions limits and monitoring requirements.

Disposing industrial waste is a misdemeanor and punishable by up to a year in jail and a $100,000 fine.

In 2018, daily ozone concentrations at the park exceeded acceptable levels more than 60 times.