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Coal Ash: "When the Rivers Run Black" [3]

"America’s largest industrial accident tore apart the town of Kingston, Tennessee. Five years later, has the industry learned anything?"

Disasters [4]
Energy & Fuel [5]
Government [6]
Laws & Regulations [7]
Pollution [8]
Public [9]
National (U.S.) [10]
Source: MATTER [11], 03/21/2014
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"Cleanup of Silicon Valley Superfund Site Takes Environmental Toll" [12]

"Below some of the world’s most expensive real estate, in the heart of Silicon Valley, pipes and pumps suck thousands of gallons of contaminated water every hour from vast underground toxic pools."

Pollution [8]
Public [9]
National (U.S.) [10]
Source: CIR/Guardian [13], 03/18/2014
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"Duke Energy’s Dirty Water" [14]

"The U.S. Department of Justice is investigating the company for evidence of criminal wrongdoing in a massive coal ash spill. But this comes too late for some North Carolina residents, who feel abandoned by regulators."

Disasters [4]
Energy & Fuel [5]
Environmental Politics [15]
Laws & Regulations [7]
Public [9]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [16]
Source: Aljazeera America [17], 03/06/2014
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"The Battle of Belo Monte" [18]

"In the Brazilian state of Pará, an army of 25,000 workers is building the world’s third largest hydroelectric plant, a controversial construction project –because of the dam’s low efficiency, its environmental impact and its effects."

Water & Oceans [19]
Environmental Politics [15]
Public [9]
South America [20]
Source: Folha de Sao Paulo [21], 12/23/2013
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"Troubled Water: The Indian River Lagoon in Peril" [22]

"A crisis grips the Indian River Lagoon. Record numbers of manatees, dolphins and pelicans died in the past year — often from mysterious maladies. Sea grass flats are decimated. Unprecedented algae blooms have formed."

Pollution [8]
Water & Oceans [19]
Public [9]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [16]
Source: Daytona Beach News-Journal [23], 12/20/2013
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"Sea Change: The Pacific's Perilous Turn" [24]

"NORMANBY ISLAND, Papua New Guinea -- Katharina Fabricius plunged from a dive boat into the Pacific Ocean of tomorrow."

Water & Oceans [19]
Climate Change [25]
Public [9]
International [26]
Source: Seattle Times [27], 09/18/2013
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Special Investigation: "The Lobbyist In The Henhouse" [28]

Part 1: "Whose Interests Is Maine’s DEP Commissioner Serving?"

"For two years, public servant Patricia Aho has overseen Maine's environmental protection. But whom does she really serve? A seven-month investigation by the Telegram points to her former corporate clients. ... Overseen by a former chemical industry lobbyist, Maine’s Department of Environmental Protection resists regulations on substances that may be harmful to children and fetuses."

Environmental Health [29]
Environmental Politics [15]
Government [6]
Laws & Regulations [7]
Public [9]
Northeast (CT MA ME NH NJ NY RI VT) [30]
Source: Portland Press Herald [31], 06/18/2013
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Documents: "Syngenta's Campaign To Protect Atrazine, Discredit Critics" [32]

"To protect profits threatened by a lawsuit over its controversial herbicide atrazine, Syngenta Crop Protection launched an aggressive multi-million dollar campaign that included hiring a detective agency to investigate scientists on a federal advisory panel, looking into the personal life of a judge and commissioning a psychological profile of a leading scientist critical of atrazine."

Journalism & Media [33]
Environmental Politics [15]
Environmental Health [29]
Chemicals [34]
Public [9]
National (U.S.) [10]
Source: EHN/100Reporters [35], 06/18/2013
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"Schools, Hospitals and People Near Ammonium Nitrate Storage" [36]

"At least 800,000 people across the United States live near hundreds of sites that store large amounts of potentially explosive ammonium nitrate, which investigators are blaming as the source of last month's deadly blast at a fertilizer plant in West, Texas, a Reuters analysis shows."

Disasters [4]
People & Population [37]
Public [9]
National (U.S.) [10]
Source: Reuters [38], 05/23/2013
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"America's Climate Refugees" [39]

"The people of Newtok, on the west coast of Alaska and about 400 miles south of the Bering Strait that separates the state from Russia, are living a slow-motion disaster that will end, very possibly within the next five years, with the entire village being washed away." ... "Climate change has accelerated the normal process of erosion along Alaska's rivers and coasts - especially near the shores of the Bering and Arctic seas."

People & Population [37]
Climate Change [25]
Public [9]
Alaska and Hawaii [40]
Source: Guardian [41], 05/17/2013
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"'Chemicals of High Concern' Found in Thousands of Children's Products" [42]

"Cobalt in plastic building blocks and baby bibs. Ethylene glycol in dolls. Methyl ethyl ketone in clothing. Antimony in high chairs and booster seats. Parabens in baby wipes. D4 in baby creams. An Environmental Health News analysis of thousands of reports from America’s largest companies shows that toys and other children’s products contain low levels of dozens of industrial chemicals, including some unexpected ingredients that will surprise a public concerned about exposure."

Chemicals [34]
Consumer [43]
Environmental Health [29]
Public [9]
National (U.S.) [10]
Source: EHN [44], 05/06/2013
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"With Help From Nature, a Town Aims to Be a Solar Capital" [45]

"LANCASTER, Calif. — There are at least two things to know about this high desert city. One, the sun just keeps on shining. Two, the city’s mayor, a class-action lawyer named R. Rex Parris, just keeps on competing."

Environmental Politics [15]
Energy & Fuel [5]
Economy & Business [46]
Public [9]
National (U.S.) [10]
Source: NY Times [47], 04/10/2013
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"High-Altitude Ice Reveals a Climate on the Rocks" [48]

"Ohio State scientist Lonnie Thompson tests the limits of science -- and his health -- to unlock climate secrets frozen at the top of the world's highest mountain ranges."

Science [49]
Climate Change [25]
Public [9]
International [26]
Source: Daily Climate [50], 04/09/2013
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"The Long, Tragic Trail of Failed General Electric Nuclear Plants" [51]

"Newly found court documents from long ago are raising fresh questions about the safety of nuclear reactors made by General Electric."

Nuclear Power & Radiation [52]
Disasters [4]
Public [9]
International [26]
Source: Cascadia Times [53], 04/08/2013
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Battle Lines Form as Coal-Ash Dump Leaks Into W.Va. Neighborhood [54]

"CHESTER, W.Va. -- The ground here is leaking. Several neighbors have moved away to escape seeps coming out of the hillside. They say the leaks have dampened their backyards and infested their homes with mold. ..."

Energy & Fuel [5]
Pollution [8]
Public [9]
National (U.S.) [10]
Source: Greenwire [55], 01/15/2013
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