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"Losing Ground" [3]

"In just 80 years, some 2,000 square miles of its coastal landscape have turned to open water, wiping places off maps, bringing the Gulf of Mexico to the back door of New Orleans and posing a lethal threat to an energy and shipping corridor vital to the nation’s economy."

Energy & Fuel [4]
Water & Oceans [5]
Public [6]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [7]
Source: The Lens/ProPublica [8], 08/29/2014
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"America’s Coal Heartland Is in Economic Freefall" [9]

"LOGAN, W.Va. — For 51 years he’d lived in the same hollow and for two decades he’d performed the same job, mining coal from the underground seams of southern West Virginia. Then, on June 30, Michael Estep was jobless. His mine shut down, and its operator said “market conditions” made coal production unviable.

Economy & Business [10]
Energy & Fuel [4]
People & Population [11]
Public [6]
Mid-Atlantic (DC DE MD PA VA WV) [12]
Source: Wash Post [13], 08/28/2014
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"Flares in Eagle Ford Shale Wasting Natural Gas" [14]

"Oil and gas companies rushing to drill in the Eagle Ford Shale since 2009 have burned and wasted billions of cubic feet of natural gas — enough to meet the needs for an entire year of every San Antonio-area household that relies on the fossil fuel."

Climate Change [15]
Energy & Fuel [4]
Public [6]
National (U.S.) [16]
Source: San Antonion Express-News [17], 08/25/2014
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"Navajos Must Drive Miles To Get Drinking Water" [18]

After uranium mining poisoned their wells, thousands of Navajos must drive long miles to get water that is safe to drink.

Nuclear Power & Radiation [19]
People & Population [11]
Pollution [20]
Water & Oceans [5]
Public [6]
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [21]
Source: Arizona Republic [22], 08/11/2014
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"U.S. Lawmakers Got Cash From Alberta’s Keystone Lobbyists" [23]

"One of Washington’s most influential lobbying firms made thousands of dollars in political contributions to U.S. lawmakers as it worked on behalf of the Alberta government to promote Keystone, documents reveal."

Environmental Politics [24]
Public [6]
National (U.S.) [16]
Canada [25]
Source: Toronto Star [26], 07/30/2014
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"How Invasive Species Changed the Great Lakes Forever" [27]

"June 1, 1988, the day everything changed for the Great Lakes, was sunny, hot and mostly calm — perfect weather for the young researchers from the University of Windsor who were hunting for critters crawling across the bottom of Lake St. Clair."

Biodiversity [28]
Water & Oceans [5]
Public [6]
Great Lakes (IL IN MI MN OH WI) [29]
Source: Milwaukee Journal Sentinel [30], 07/28/2014
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"Under Water: The EPA’s Struggle to Combat Pollution" [31]

"For years, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has been frustrated in its efforts to pursue hundreds of cases of water pollution — repeatedly tied up in legal fights about exactly what bodies of water it has the authority to monitor and protect. Efforts in Congress to clarify the EPA's powers have been defeated. And two Supreme Court decisions have done little to decide the question."

Agriculture [32]
Environmental Politics [24]
Laws & Regulations [33]
Natural Resources [34]
Pollution [20]
Water & Oceans [5]
Public [6]
National (U.S.) [16]
Source: ProPublica [35], 07/25/2014
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Is This US Coal Giant Funding Violent Union Intimidation in Colombia? [36]

"BOGOTA, Colombia — Cesar Florez is often hesitant to answer his phone because there might be another death threat at the end of the line. Sometimes the threat comes in a phone call, other times in a text message or an email. In April, flyers were posted in the restroom stalls at Florez’s workplace, declaring him and his colleagues 'permanent military targets.'"

Activism [37]
Energy & Fuel [4]
Military [38]
Public [6]
National (U.S.) [16]
South America [39]
Source: Center for Public Integrity [40], 07/22/2014
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"How Oil And Gas Firms Gained Influence And Transformed North Dakota" [41]

"North Dakota’s Heritage Center makes for a jarring sight in this Midwestern prairie capital. The newly-expanded museum consists of four interlocking cubes of stone, steel and glass, a gleaming architectural statement poking out of the otherwise drab Capitol grounds. Each cube features a gallery devoted to an era of North Dakota’s history, but the state’s present is everywhere."

Energy & Fuel [4]
Environmental Politics [24]
Public [6]
National (U.S.) [16]
Source: Center for Public Integrity [42], 07/22/2014
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Battling Over the Brazos: Dwindling River, Reservoirs Spark Disputes [43]

"In 1957, author John Graves decided to take a canoe trip down the upper Brazos River before a series of dams would turn his favorite stretch of river into a string of lakes. Graves feared that his beloved river would be squeezed dry if five proposed flood-control dams were built in the upper Brazos."

Agriculture [32]
Climate Change [15]
Disasters [44]
Economy & Business [10]
Water & Oceans [5]
Public [6]
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [21]
Source: Denton Record-Chronicle [45], 06/23/2014
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"Saving the Sage-Grouse: Can Oil And Conservation Work Together?" [46]

"PINEDALE, Wyo. — The anticline is a tableland of nearly 200,000 acres, the Tetons visible in the distance and, in June, still covered with snow. The plateau is filled with sagebrush that barely reaches the knee, short grass, dirt roads and the occasional oil drill. Beneath its rocky surface are 25 trillion cubic feet of natural gas, one of the richest concentrations in the entire United States."

Energy & Fuel [4]
Environmental Politics [24]
Natural Resources [34]
Wildlife [47]
Public [6]
Great Plains (IA KS ND NE MO SD) [48]
Source: Aljazeera America [49], 06/19/2014
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"Louisiana Lawsuits Seek Oil & Gas Industry Money To Restore Coastline" [50]

"Louisiana Republicans work to quash lawsuits seeking oil and gas industry funds to restore the coastline."

Energy & Fuel [4]
Environmental Politics [24]
Natural Resources [34]
Public [6]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [7]
Source: LA Times [51], 05/21/2014
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"Youngstown, Ohio, Is a City Changed By Fracking" [52]

"Controversial as fracking is, Youngstown, Ohio, embraces it as an economic savior – eager to take risks that have even caused the earth to tremble."

Energy & Fuel [4]
Environmental Politics [24]
Public [6]
Mid-Atlantic (DC DE MD PA VA WV) [12]
Source: Buffalo News [53], 05/19/2014
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People of Tangier Fear Their Life, Land, and Heritage Could Wash Away [54]

"TANGIER ISLAND, Va. — As in many places, conversations on this remote island in the Chesapeake Bay tend to steer toward the weather. But here it's not just small talk."

Climate Change [15]
Fish & Fisheries [55]
Natural Resources [34]
People & Population [11]
Water & Oceans [5]
Public [6]
Mid-Atlantic (DC DE MD PA VA WV) [12]
Source: Aljazeera America [56], 05/13/2014
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"For Obama, a Renewed Focus on Climate" [57]

"After years of putting other policy priorities first — and dismaying many liberal allies in the process — Obama is now getting into the weeds on climate change and considers it one of the key components of his legacy, according to aides and advisers."

Climate Change [15]
Environmental Politics [24]
Science [58]
Public [6]
National (U.S.) [16]
Source: Wash Post [59], 05/05/2014
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