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EPA Inspector General Rips Risk Management Plan Follow-Up [1]

A new Office of Inspector General report found many chemical facilities storing large amounts of dangerous chemicals had not filed their required RMPs -- and that EPA was not checking often for compliance.
SEJ Publication Types:
WatchDog TipSheet [2]
Topics on the Beat:
Chemicals [3]
Disasters [4]
Government [5]
Region:
National (U.S.) [6]
Visibility:
Public [7]
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CSB Reschedules W.VA. Meeting After Bayer Secrecy Demands [8]

A public meeting regarding the U.S. Chemical Safety Board's investigation of the August 2008 explosion at Bayer CropScience which killed two workers, originally scheduled for March 19, was postponed to April 23, 2009.
SEJ Publication Types:
WatchDog TipSheet [2]
Topics on the Beat:
Disasters [4]
Chemicals [3]
Region:
Mid-Atlantic (DC DE MD PA VA WV) [9]
National (U.S.) [6]
Visibility:
Public [7]
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New Tool Available For Localizing Coal Ash Controversy [10]

A new map and report by the Center for Public Integrity make it easier to pinpoint exact locations of coal-ash deposits, a waste product of coal-fired power plants.
SEJ Publication Types:
TipSheet [11]
Topics on the Beat:
Disasters [4]
Energy & Fuel [12]
Pollution [13]
Region:
National (U.S.) [6]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [14]
Visibility:
Public [7]
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New Fire Plan Proposed, Old One Not Quite Working Yet [15]

On Aug. 13, 2001, President Bush and Interior Sec. Norton endorsed a 10-year fire plan proposed by the Western Governors Assoc. that would grant Western states and localities more discretion in preventing and fighting wildfires.
SEJ Publication Types:
TipSheet [11]
Topics on the Beat:
Disasters [4]
Region:
National (U.S.) [6]
Visibility:
Public [7]
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Feds Find Big Flaws in Current Flood Maps [16]

Flood maps for riparian areas and coastal zones are in need of significant improvement, according to a new National Academies report. The benefits of implementing the improvements would substantially outweigh the costs.
SEJ Publication Types:
TipSheet [11]
Topics on the Beat:
Disasters [4]
Water & Oceans [17]
Government [5]
Region:
National (U.S.) [6]
Visibility:
Public [7]
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Scientists Call for Safer Coal Waste Impoundments [18]

After the disastrous collapse of a Kentucky coal waste impoundment in October 2000, Congress asked the National Research Council to recommend ways to help reduce the potential for future calamities at about 700 U.S. facilities.
SEJ Publication Types:
TipSheet [11]
Topics on the Beat:
Disasters [4]
Energy & Fuel [12]
Region:
National (U.S.) [6]
Visibility:
Public [7]
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Recommended For All Journalists Covering Sep 11 Attacks and Tragedies [19]

The Poynter Institute Web site has published an array of resources and advice for journalists who are covering the attacks and tragedies of September 11, 2001.
SEJ Publication Types:
TipSheet [11]
Topics on the Beat:
Disasters [4]
Region:
National (U.S.) [6]
Visibility:
Public [7]
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SPECIAL ISSUE: Terror and Environment-Introduction [20]

A few lessons were buried in the rubble of the World Trade Center. Humans change the environment -- and build environments -- in ways that make them vulnerable to catastrophe.
SEJ Publication Types:
TipSheet [11]
Topics on the Beat:
Disasters [4]
Region:
National (U.S.) [6]
Visibility:
Public [7]
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Drinking Water Systems [21]

Drinking water sources, purification, and distribution systems are essential to public health, and failures could be catastrophic.
SEJ Publication Types:
TipSheet [11]
Topics on the Beat:
Disasters [4]
Water & Oceans [17]
Region:
National (U.S.) [6]
Visibility:
Public [7]
- Read more about Drinking Water Systems [21]
Nuclear Plants and Materials [22]

Security of nuclear power plants was definitely on people's minds as the WTC burned and nobody knew where the next plane would hit.
SEJ Publication Types:
TipSheet [11]
Topics on the Beat:
Disasters [4]
Energy & Fuel [12]
Region:
International [23]
National (U.S.) [6]
Visibility:
Public [7]
- Read more about Nuclear Plants and Materials [22]

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