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Media Coalition Wins Overturn of Blankenship Gag Order on Appeal [1]

After opposing gag and sealing orders in the trial of former Massey coal CEO Don Blankenship on charges of conspiracy to violate federal mine safety and health standards — and cover-up — a news media coalition led by Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press won access to the trial from a federal appeals court March 5, 2015.

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"Fear as Pakistan Builds New Nuclear Reactors in Dangerous Karachi" [8]

"The Karachi Nuclear PowerComplex is on an earthquake-prone seafront less than 20 miles from downtown Karachi."

Disasters [3]
Nuclear Power & Radiation [9]
Public [7]
Asia [10]
Source: Wash Post [11], 03/11/2015
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"Fukushima Residents Torn Over Nuclear Waste Storage Plan" [12]

"Norio Kimura lost his wife, father and 7-year-old daughter Yuna in the March 2011 tsunami."

Disasters [3]
Nuclear Power & Radiation [9]
Public [7]
Asia [10]
Source: Reuters [13], 03/10/2015
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"CN Rail Train Carrying Oil Derails in Ontario" [14]

"A train carrying oil derailed in Ontario, the company that owns the train said Saturday, which sparked a fire but no casualties."

Disasters [3]
Energy & Fuel [15]
Pollution [16]
Public [7]
Canada [17]
Source: CNBC [18], 03/09/2015
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Okla. Linked Quakes To Oil in 2010, But Kept Mum Amid Industry Pressure [19]

"Oklahoma's state scientists have suspected for years that oil and gas operations in the state were causing a swarm of earthquakes, but in public they rejected such a connection."

Disasters [3]
Energy & Fuel [15]
Public [7]
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [20]
Source: EnergyWire [21], 03/04/2015
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LAFD Failed To Properly Inspect Hundreds of Hazardous Sites, State Says [22]

"The Los Angeles Fire Department has failed to properly inspect hundreds of hazardous sites scattered across the city, exposing the public to increased risks from potential spills and mishandling of toxic substances, according to a state report released Friday."

Chemicals [23]
Disasters [3]
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Public [7]
California [24]
Source: LA Times [25], 03/02/2015
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Many Of Oregon's Schools, Hospitals And Fire Stations At Tsunami Risk [26]

"About a third of all schools, hospitals and fire stations along the Oregon coast are in the tsunami zone. That is, they'd likely be washed away in the event of a massive earthquake and tsunami. There are similar fears in Northern California and Washington State."

Disasters [3]
Public [7]
Northwest (OR WA) [27]
Source: NPR [28], 02/27/2015
  • Read more about Many Of Oregon's Schools, Hospitals And Fire Stations At Tsunami Risk [26]

Fishermen Blast Tepco Over Failure To Disclose Radioactive Water [29]

"Fukushima fishermen appear to have finally run out of patience with Tokyo Electric Power Co. They lambasted TEPCO at a meeting on Feb. 25 over the utility’s failure for half a year to disclose the flow into the ocean of water contaminated with radioactive materials from the Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant."

Disasters [3]
Nuclear Power & Radiation [9]
Pollution [16]
Public [7]
International [30]
Source: Asahi Shimbun [31], 02/26/2015
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News Media Coalition Appeals Gag Orders in Blankenship Case [32]

After a judge refused to reverse most of the secrecy ruling around the 2010 Upper Big Branch mine disaster caused by Massey Energy's safety violations, including indictment of the company's former CEO, media outlets appealed. Now a coalition of many more media groups, led by the Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press, have filed a friend-of-the-court brief opposing the secrecy ruling as unconstitutional.

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Is Your Audience in an Oil Train Blast Zone? [33]

After a February 16, 2015, oil train derailment and explosion in West Virginia, new concerns have arisen over the public's right to know about the dangers oil trains pose to communities. Now trackside communities have some data and maps to help them protect themselves. Image: AP Photo/ Office of the Governor of West Virginia, Steven Wayne Rotsch.

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