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"Natural Gas: Landslides, Explosions Spark Fear In Pipeline Country" [1]

"MOUNDSVILLE, W.Va. — TransCanada Corp. CEO Russ Girling pledged "years of safe, reliable and efficient operation" last year when his company launched the Leach Xpress natural gas pipeline. Five months later, it blew up, snapped by a landslide."

Source: EnergyWire [2], 06/05/2019

Keystone, W. Va. Water Woes Worsened by Lack of Money [3]

"One of the only things standing between the residents of Keystone, in McDowell County, and more reliable water service is access to a backhoe, said Vondalere Scott, the town clerk and current acting mayor."

Source: Charleston Gazette-Mail [4], 06/05/2019

"Ex-Michigan Governor's Electronic Devices Seized In Flint Water Probe" [5]

"Michigan authorities investigating contamination of the city of Flint’s water supply obtained a search warrant to seize former Governor Rick Snyder’s cell phone and hard drive, according to court documents made public on Monday."

Source: Reuters [6], 06/05/2019

"Carnival Will Pay $20 Million Over Pollution From Its Cruise Ships" [7]

"Carnival Corp. reached a settlement Monday with federal prosecutors in which the world’s largest cruise line agreed to pay a $20 million penalty because its ships continued to pollute the oceans despite a previous criminal conviction aimed at curbing similar conduct."

Source: ap [8], 06/05/2019

Companies Leave Some Residents In The Dark After Chemical Emergencies [9]

"Mary Gonzalez wanted to know why there wasn’t an alarm when a tank holding toxic chemicals caught fire in Deer Park in March."

Source: Houston Chronicle [10], 06/05/2019

Satellites Show Amazon Deforestation Rising Under Brazil's Bolsonaro [11]

"Deforestation of the Amazon rainforest in Brazil sped up in May to the fastest rate in a decade, according to data from an early-warning satellite system, as experts pointed to activity by illegal loggers encouraged by the easing of environmental protections under President Jair Bolsonaro."

Source: Reuters [12], 06/05/2019

Judges Grill Both Sides in Youth Climate Case Against the Government [13]

"Three federal judges heard arguments Tuesday about whether young people have a constitutional right to be protected from climate change. In the lively, hourlong hearing, the judges, from the Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, pushed skeptically on the arguments of both sides."

Source: NY Times [14], 06/05/2019

"Climate Change Takes Center Stage as Biden and Warren Release Plans" [15]

With new plans by Joe Biden and Elizabeth Warren, Democratic presidential candidates are making climate change a central issue in the primary and cranking up ambitions for acting on climate.

Source: NY Times [16], 06/05/2019

FED Tool Tracks Pollution on Federal Lands [17]

A revamped Reporter’s Toolbox begins today with a new focus on data resources for environmental journalists. The now biweekly column starts with a look at a massive database designed for federal land managers that reporters can use to scan dozens of pollution data sets about air quality and more in parks, forests and other federal lands.

“Ocean Outbreak: Confronting the Rising Tide of Marine Disease” [18]

Marine ecologist Drew Harvell’s new book makes the case that the world’s oceans are sick and that few are paying enough attention. According to our latest BookShelf review, her “Ocean Outbreak” takes readers on a panoramic journey through the deep, while equipping reporters to better report problems that go well beyond climate change.

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