"North Sea Oil Platform Closed Down While Leak Investigated"
"An oil platform in the North Sea has been shut down following a leak."
Source: Scotsman, 10/03/2016
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VW Reaches $1.2 Billion Settlement With U.S. Dealers Over Emissions
"Volkswagen has agreed to pay its U.S. dealers up to $1.2 billion to compensate them for losses suffered as a result of the company's emissions cheating scandal, according to a settlement agreement filed Friday in federal court in San Francisco."
Source: LA Times, 10/03/2016
State Finds No Injustice With New Coal Ash Landfills; Activists Do
"The U.S. Commission on Civil Rights says coal ash ponds and landfills disproportionately affect poor and minority communities across the U.S. But that’s not what North Carolina officials found when they conducted their own 'environmental justice reviews' of two sites this year."
Source: WFAE, 09/30/2016
"Coal: $1B Cleanup And Aid Bill Attempts To Bridge East-West Divide"
"Workers are finally moving a mountain eyesore that has towered above Ehrenfeld, Pa., for decades. The coal refuse piles — polluting remnants of a mine that opened in 1903 in the borough of roughly 200 people just north of Johnstown, Pa. — are part of a $10 billion inventory of long-pending abandoned mine site cleanups around the country."
Source: Greenwire, 09/30/2016
Impaired Waters Lists: A Tool for Water Pollution Reporting
Summer algal blooms, seafood advisories, and beach closures remind us that water pollution has not gone away, and environmental journalists can still find loads of local and regional stories about it — if they dig. Here's a tool that can help. Image: © Clipart.com.
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Pork Producers Win Appeal in CAFO Disclosure Case
In addition to nuisance smells, confined animal feeding operations (aka CAFOs) can present serious air and water pollution problems. They are weakly regulated. Now a federal appeals court says information on who owns those feedlots can be kept secret. Image: © Clipart.com.
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"Polluted Air Affects 92% Of Global Population, Says WHO"
"Some 92% of the population live in places where air pollution exceeds WHO limits, which can contribute to lung cancer, heart disease, and strokes."
Source: BBC News, 09/28/2016
"House Panel Tees Up Debate On Water Bill Without Flint Funding"
"House lawmakers on Monday teed up debate on a major waterways bill, which is expected to draw Democratic opposition for not including emergency funding for lead-stricken communities such as Flint, Mich., or a provision related to the Harbor Maintenance Trust Fund."
Source: The Hill, 09/27/2016
"Toxic Algal Bloom Explodes In Chesapeake Bay This Summer"
"Toxic algae that first turned up in the York River in 2007 hasn't merely taken hold — its bloom has exploded this summer in the Chesapeake Bay and beyond, expanding farther and lasting longer than scientists have ever seen before."
Source: Hampton Roads Daily Press, 09/26/2016
"Black Caucus Demands Flint Funding From GOP"
"The Congressional Black Caucus is berating GOP leaders for not including funding for Flint, Mich., in the latest government spending bill unveiled this week."
Source: The Hill, 09/26/2016
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