"The Nuclear Regulatory Commission was hacked three times in the last three years, according to a new report, and two of the attacks were tied to a foreign government."
"CHARLESTON, W.Va. — The state Department of Health and Human Resources lacks a program and properly trained staff to assess community-wide chemical exposures like those that followed the Elk River chemical leak in January, federal public health officials said in a new review made public Tuesday."
"A 15-mile stretch of the Ohio River closed after a fuel oil spill reopened to river traffic on Tuesday with some restrictions as containment and cleanup continued."
"Mexico's environment secretary said on Tuesday that Grupo Mexico gave false information about a toxic spill at its Buenavista mine in northern Mexico, a day after the environmental authority said it would file a criminal complaint against the company."
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"Lisa Feldt wasn't the obvious candidate to replace Bob Perciasepe as U.S. EPA's second in command."
"CHESAPEAKE, Va. -- Dominion Virginia Power's plan to close its coal-fired power plant on the Elizabeth River would leave nearly a million tons of fly ash in a waste dump that has leaked arsenic and other contaminants into groundwater for more than a decade, company documents show.:"
"THE HAGUE, The Netherlands – All 581 metric tonnes of a precursor chemical for sarin gas that were removed from the Syrian Arab Republic and loaded onto the U.S. Maritime Vessel Cape Ray in early July, have been destroyed with neutralization technology aboard the ship while sailing in international waters of the Mediterranean Sea."
"Eric Knapp breaks apart a burned pine cone, looking for seeds — in his line of work this is considered a clue."
"More than 1 million gallons of manure flowed from a small farm for months, say Marathon County officials, quickly filling a storage tank the size of a small basement, then trickling into a wetland and eventually entering the Little Eau Pleine River on the far western edge of the county."
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[2] http://thehill.com/policy/technology/215488-report-nuke-regulator-hacked-three-times-in-three-years
[3] https://www.sej.org/headlines/us-agency-west-virginia-dhhr-can%E2%80%99t-handle-chemical-incidents
[4] http://www.wvgazette.com/article/20140819/GZ01/140819151/1101
[5] https://www.sej.org/headlines/fuel-oil-spill-closes-15-mile-stretch-ohio-river-near-cincinnati
[6] http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/08/19/ohio-river-fuel-oil-spill-cincinnati_n_5691343.html?utm_hp_ref=green
[7] https://www.sej.org/headlines/minister-says-grupo-mexico-account-toxic-spill-totally-false
[8] http://planetark.org/enviro-news/item/72083
[9] https://www.sej.org/calendar/asja-presents-new-avenues-journalism
[10] https://www.sej.org/headlines/epa-low-key-staffer-jumps-political-hot-seat
[11] http://www.eenews.net/greenwire/stories/1060004607
[12] https://www.sej.org/headlines/fly-ash-plan-involves-dump-history-leaks
[13] http://hamptonroads.com/2014/08/fly-ash-plan-involves-dump-history-leaks
[14] https://www.sej.org/headlines/us-completes-destruction-syrian-chemical-weapons-sea
[15] http://ens-newswire.com/2014/08/18/u-s-completes-destruction-of-syrian-chemical-weapons-at-sea/
[16] https://www.sej.org/headlines/one-year-after-calif-rim-fire-debate-simmers-over-forest-recovery
[17] http://www.npr.org/2014/08/18/341391128/one-year-after-calif-rim-fire-debate-simmers-over-forest-recovery
[18] https://www.sej.org/headlines/fine-months-manure-spilling-less-500
[19] http://www.jsonline.com/news/statepolitics/manure-spill-of-1-million-gallons-nets-farmers-464-fine-b99331168z1-271412511.html
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