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Use EPA TRI Database To Find Toxic Threats [1]

The Toxics Release Inventory database, refreshed annually, has long been the foundation of many a good environmental news story. The latest release is now out, and this week’s TipSheet reminds journalists why the searchable online TRI can be such a valuable reporting tool in tracking toxic dangers.

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"Destined To Burn" [17]

"From the Oregon border to the hills of San Diego County, California is a state that is destined to burn. Every summer brings new evidence of that in places like Paradise, Malibu and Santa Rosa."

Climate Change [18]
Disasters [6]
Forests [19]
Planning & Growth [20]
Public [16]
California [21]
Source: McClatchy/AP [22], 04/12/2019
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"I Don’t Want to Stay Here’: Half a Million Live in Flood Zones" [23]

"When a deadly rainstorm unloaded on Houston in 2016, Sharobin White’s apartment complex flooded in up to six feet of water. She sent her toddler and 6-year-old to safety on an air mattress, but her family lost nearly everything, including their car."

Climate Change [18]
Disasters [6]
Economy & Business [24]
People & Population [25]
Public [16]
National (U.S.) [13]
Source: NY Times [26], 04/11/2019
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"A New "Bomb Cyclone" Blizzard Hits U.S. Plains and Midwest" [27]

"A “bomb cyclone” blizzard, the second in a month, hit the Rockies on Wednesday and spun into the U.S. Plains and Midwest, bringing fears of more flooding in areas still recovering from last month’s deluge."

Agriculture [28]
Climate Change [18]
Disasters [6]
Water & Oceans [29]
Public [16]
National (U.S.) [13]
Source: Reuters [30], 04/11/2019
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Crude Shipments Quietly Increased In Oregon, With Regulators In the Dark [31]

"If oil is moving through Oregon, it’s Michael Zollitsch’s job to know about it. He oversees the state’s emergency responses to oil spills and other environmental disasters."

Disasters [6]
Energy & Fuel [32]
Journalism & Media [10]
Public [16]
Northwest (OR WA) [33]
Source: Oregon Public Broadcasting [34], 04/09/2019
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"Trump EPA Weighs Reviving Massive Mississippi Flood Project" [35]

"As Mississippi’s governor toured massive flooding in the state, the Trump administration said Wednesday that it is giving another look to a long-dead flood control and drainage project in the Mississippi Delta that had been killed by the George W. Bush administration because of its potential impact on wetlands and wildlife."

Disasters [6]
Environmental Studies [36]
Fish & Fisheries [37]
Water & Oceans [29]
Wildlife [38]
Public [16]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [39]
Source: AP [40], 04/08/2019
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Corps Studies Improving New Orleans Levees To Keep Pace With Hurricanes [41]

"The Army Corps of Engineers is embarking on studies of potential improvements to the east bank and West Bank hurricane levee systems because portions of the post-Katrina levee system are likely to be inadequate to reduce risk from stormwater surges created by a so-called 100-year storm as early as 2023."

Climate Change [18]
Disasters [6]
Water & Oceans [29]
Public [16]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [39]
Source: New Orleans Times-Picayune [42], 04/04/2019
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"Brazil Bans Dams Due to Operational Stability Problems" [43]

"The National Mining Agency (ANM) decided to ban a series of dams throughout the country because of problems of stability in its operations, the Brazilian Agency announced Tuesday."

Disasters [6]
Laws & Regulations [11]
Water & Oceans [29]
Public [16]
South America [44]
Source: Prensa Latina [45], 04/03/2019
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"Massive Disaster Relief Bill Stalls In Senate Over Puerto Rico Dispute" [46]

"A massive emergency aid bill for victims of hurricanes, wildfires, flooding and other natural disasters was defeated in the Senate on Monday amid a fight between Democrats and President Trump over relief for Puerto Rico."

Climate Change [18]
Disasters [6]
Environmental Politics [47]
Laws & Regulations [11]
Public [16]
National (U.S.) [13]
Source: Washington Post [48], 04/02/2019
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"U.S. Disaster Aid Won't Cover Crops Drowned By Midwest Floods" [49]

"The Black Hawk military helicopter flew over Iowa, giving a senior U.S. agriculture official and U.S. senator an eyeful of the flood damage below, where yellow corn from ruptured metal silos spilled out into the muddy water."

Agriculture [28]
Climate Change [18]
Disasters [6]
Water & Oceans [29]
Public [16]
National (U.S.) [13]
Source: Reuters [50], 04/02/2019
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