"Minnesota's Mining Boom: New Riches Or New Threat?"
"The North Woods is being targeted for lucrative, but dangerous, mineral mining."
Source: Minneapolis Star Tribune, 09/29/2011
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Indiana GOPer Reintroduces Federal Shield Law
Rep. Mike Pence (R-IN) has reintroduced a bill that would establish a limited federal protection for journalists when prosecutor and courts seek to compel them to disclose their confidential sources. A similar measure died on the Senate floor at the end of the last Congress.
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Water Testing in Chicago Raises Concerns on Screening Process for Lead
"Nationwide, water is screened for lead by checking the first sample of water from homeowners' faucets. But results of recent federal testing in Chicago show that although all homes passed that first test, nearly 45 percent had lead levels spike when more water samples were taken directly afterward."
Source: Chicago Tribune, 09/15/2011
"Health Worries Stalk Neighborhoods in Detroit's 'Sacrifice Zone'"
"DETROIT -- A fire at the Marathon Petroleum Corp. refinery here late last month caused little structural damage, but its timing could not have been worse for the plant's owner. The blaze, which was quickly extinguished by the refinery's emergency personnel, occurred on the morning that U.S. EPA and advocacy groups were touring the plant's industrial neighborhood as part of a national environmental justice conference at a downtown conference center."
Source: Greenwire, 09/13/2011
Urban Forest Projects Address Energy, Health, Education, More
Organizations in IL, NY, and TX received substantial funding from the US Forest Service so they can work on projects related to urban forests. The products and efforts are available for use by others around the country, making them of interest to any journalist covering urban environmental or health issues.
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No Water No Life
Founded in 2006 by SEJ member Alison M. Jones, No Water No Life photography teams document historic, current and potential management issues of six case-study watersheds: North America’s Columbia, Mississippi and Raritan River Basins and northeastern Africa’s Nile, Omo and Mara River Basins.
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"Feds Indict 2 Over Tainted Crestwood Well"
"Unwilling to fix leaky water mains in Crestwood, a south suburb known for its penny-pinching ways, village leaders secretly supplemented their supplies for more than two decades with a community well they knew was contaminated with cancer-causing chemicals."
Source: Chicago Tribune, 08/16/2011
"'The Lake Left Me. It's Gone.'"
"As mussel numbers explode and fish vanish from Lake Michigan, the last in a long line of Milwaukee commercial fishermen sets course for Alaska."
Dan Egan reports for the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel August 13, 2011.
Source: Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 08/15/2011
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