About a month ago, a federal judge blocked plans to ship garbage from Hawaii, through the Columbia Gorge, to a landfill in Eastern Washington.
It was a victory for environmental groups and the Yakama Nation. They said the federal government didn’t do a good enough job evaluating the risks of invasive species that might be hidden in the piles of trash.
Too bad for Hawaii that they didn’t have a back up plan. The garbage pile is growing to monster size. They’re trying to find other ways to get rid of it.
See the full story on Yahoo News.
