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Pipeline Corrosion Caused Santa Barbara Oil Spill: Federal Officials [1]

"Federal regulators say corrosion on the outside of an oil pipeline was the cause of a major crude spill on the Santa Barbara coast last year."

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California [6]
Source: AP [7], 02/18/2016
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"Oklahoma Cracks Down On Injection Wells After Earthquake Spike" [8]

"The Sooner State has switched strategies, limiting not just the depth, but amount of wastewater than oil and gas producers can pump back underground."

Disasters [2]
Energy & Fuel [3]
Laws & Regulations [9]
Public [5]
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [10]
Source: Christian Science Monitor [11], 02/18/2016
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Maine Law Hid Threats to Public from Oil Trains [12]

Maine passed a law in 2015 that allowed railroads to keep oil-train routing information from the public — over the governor's veto. In the Maine Center for Public Interest Reporting's Pine Tree Watchdog, Dave Sherwood reports how the provision was a bait-and-switch.

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Northwest (OR WA) [21]
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Failure to Disclose Lead Threats in Drinking Water: Widespread Problem [22]

Bad as it is, the Flint drinking water disaster is hardly uncommon. Even though the law requires authorities to tell the public of dangerous levels of lead in drinking water, they often don't.

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"Oklahoma Hit By Its Third-Strongest Earthquake Ever: USGS" [27]

"Oklahoma was struck by a magnitude 5.1 earthquake on Saturday morning, the third-strongest quake ever recorded in the state, which has experienced a surge in seismic activity in recent years, the U.S. Geological Survey reported."

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Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [10]
Source: Reuters [28], 02/15/2016
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"Drought May Affect 49 Million In Southern Africa: WFP" [29]

"As many as 49 million people in southern Africa could be affected by a drought that has been worsened by the most severe and longest El Nino weather pattern in 35 years, the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) said on Monday."

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Source: Reuters [33], 02/15/2016
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"Ex-Exec Sentenced To 1 Month In West Virginia Chemical Spill" [34]

"A former Freedom Industries executive was sentenced Thursday to one month in federal prison for a chemical spill that fouled the drinking water supply of 300,000 West Virginians."

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Pollution [4]
Water & Oceans [26]
Public [5]
Mid-Atlantic (DC DE MD PA VA WV) [19]
Source: AP [35], 02/12/2016
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"Massive Gas Leak At LA Suburb Plugged After 16 Weeks, Utility Says" [36]

"A utility says it has stopped the leak from a ruptured well that gushed massive amounts of natural gas near Los Angeles for 16 weeks."

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Environmental Health [37]
Public [5]
California [6]
Source: AP/CBS [38], 02/12/2016
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"Maine Rail Cargo Secrecy Law Bypassed Public Access, Safety Defenses" [39]

"After a runaway oil train killed 47 people in Lac-Megantic, Quebec, just miles from the Maine border in 2013, Mainers demanded to know more about the state’s railways."

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Laws & Regulations [9]
Transportation [16]
Public [5]
Northeast (CT MA ME NH NJ NY RI VT) [41]
Source: Maine Ctr for Public Interest Reporting [42], 02/11/2016
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"Dengue Fever an ‘Emergency’ on Hawaii’s Big Island" [43]

"HILO, Hawaii – Hawaii County Mayor Billy Kenoi has declared a state of emergency over a dengue fever outbreak on the island of Hawaii, commonly called the Big Island."

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Alaska and Hawaii [44]
Source: ENS [45], 02/11/2016
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