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"Rail Industry Pushes White House To Ease Oil Train Safety Rules" [1]

"The U.S. rail industry is pushing the White House to drop a requirement that oil trains adopt an advanced braking system, a cornerstone of a national safety plan that will soon govern shipments of crude across the country."

Disasters [2]
Energy & Fuel [3]
Transportation [4]
Public [5]
National (U.S.) [6]
Source: Reuters [7], 03/16/2015

"Relief Teams Report Devastation, Death After Vanuatu Cyclone" [8]

"Reports from the outer islands of Vanuatu on Monday painted a picture of utter destruction after a monster cyclone tore through the South Pacific island nation, flattening buildings and killing at least eight people."

Climate Change [9]
Disasters [2]
Public [5]
Australia & Oceania [10]
Source: Reuters [11], 03/16/2015

"W.Va. Governor Signs Bill Touted By State’s Coal Industry" [12]

"CHARLESTON, W.Va. – Gov. Earl Ray Tomblin has signed a bill lauded by the struggling coal industry and called dangerous by the miners’ union."

Disasters [2]
Environmental Health [13]
Environmental Politics [14]
Natural Resources [15]
Public [5]
Mid-Atlantic (DC DE MD PA VA WV) [16]
Source: AP [17], 03/13/2015

Category 5 Tropical Cyclone Threatens Vanuatu [18]

"A maximum category five tropical cyclone was heading towards the South Pacific island nation of Vanuatu on Friday, packing destructive winds of up to 185 kph (115 mph) and heavy rain, Vanuatu Meteorological Services (VMS) warned."

Disasters [2]
Public [5]
Australia & Oceania [10]
Source: Reuters [19], 03/13/2015

"Canada To Propose Tougher Oil Tank Car Standards" [20]

"The Canadian government has proposed tough new standards for rail tank cars used to transport crude oil in response to a string of fiery crashes."

Disasters [2]
Laws & Regulations [21]
Transportation [4]
Public [5]
Canada [22]
Source: AP [23], 03/13/2015

Coast Guard Spill Database Rendered Almost Useless for Reporters [24]

There used to be a searchable, online database of oil and chemical spill reports that reporters could turn to in an emergency to get insight into important breaking news. But ham-handed security efforts have sabotaged the public's right to know. Right now, emergency responders are working on a spill of a cancer-causing fuel additive known as MTBE. But news reporters probably couldn't get much if any helpful information from the database today (we checked).

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Media Coalition Wins Overturn of Blankenship Gag Order on Appeal [29]

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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Disasters [2]
Laws & Regulations [21]
Natural Resources [15]
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"Fear as Pakistan Builds New Nuclear Reactors in Dangerous Karachi" [30]

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

Disasters [2]
Nuclear Power & Radiation [31]
Public [5]
Asia [32]
Source: Wash Post [33], 03/11/2015

"Fukushima Residents Torn Over Nuclear Waste Storage Plan" [34]

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

Disasters [2]
Nuclear Power & Radiation [31]
Public [5]
Asia [32]
Source: Reuters [35], 03/10/2015

"CN Rail Train Carrying Oil Derails in Ontario" [36]

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

Disasters [2]
Energy & Fuel [3]
Pollution [37]
Public [5]
Canada [22]
Source: CNBC [38], 03/09/2015

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