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Blizzard Kills Thousands of Cattle; Shutdown Leaves Ranchers on Ice [1]

"Last Wednesday, the weather was sunny and warm at Bob Fortune's cattle ranch in Belvidere, S.D. On Thursday, it started raining. By Friday night, the rain had turned to snow. By the weekend, the snow turned to a blizzard with 60 mile an hour winds. By the weekend, Fortune says, 'the cattle just couldn't stand the cold anymore, and they just started dying.'"

Disasters [2]
Public [3]
National (U.S.) [4]
Source: Mother Jones [5], 10/11/2013

"USDA Won't Close Plants in Salmonella Outbreak" [6]

"The Department of Agriculture will not close the California chicken-processing plants linked to a nationwide outbreak of antibiotic-resistant salmonella, officials said."

Agriculture [7]
Disasters [2]
Food [8]
Government [9]
Public [3]
National (U.S.) [4]
Source: USA TODAY [10], 10/11/2013

"Latest Leak at Japan's Fukushima Plant Contaminates Six Workers" [11]

"Six workers at Japan's crippled Fukushima nuclear plant were exposed to a leak of highly radioactive water on Wednesday, the latest in a string of mishaps the country's nuclear watchdog has attributed to carelessness, saying they could have been avoided."

Disasters [2]
Nuclear Power & Radiation [12]
Public [3]
International [13]
Source: Reuters [14], 10/10/2013

Toxic Tank Cars? There's an App for That [15]

When the Oregon government refused to tell her about oil trains, Eugene Weekly environment reporter Camilla Mortensen (pictured) learned about them from a train-hopping local cinematographer. Now you can roam the freight yards with your camera and know what you are looking at. And/or download the UN Number app.

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Transportation [17]
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"Stranded Cargo Ship Spills Oil in Vietnam Fishing Grounds" [20]

"HANOI -- Oil is spilling from a cargo vessel that ran aground on the reefs off Vietnam’s Ly Son island, roughly 730 kilometers (450 miles) south of the Vietnamese capital, Hanoi."

Disasters [2]
Fish & Fisheries [21]
Pollution [22]
Public [3]
Asia [23]
Source: ENS [24], 10/09/2013

"The Shutdown Could Make This Serious Salmonella Outbreak Even Worse" [25]

Food poisoning outbreaks, chemical explosions, seafood inspections -- none of these will be effectively addressed by the federal government during the ongoing shutdown. Some people are starting to ask if public health and safety are at risk.

Disasters [2]
Government [9]
Public [3]
National (U.S.) [4]
Source: Mother Jones [26], 10/09/2013

"Concern for Health of Greenpeace Activists Detained in Russia" [27]

"Some activists and two journalists held in solitary confinement while others are being kept in extremely cold cells while awaiting piracy charges."

Activism [28]
Disasters [2]
Public [3]
International [13]
Source: Guardian [29], 10/08/2013

"BP Spars With U.S. Government Over Size of Gulf of Mexico Spill" [30]

"NEW ORLEANS -- Lawyers for BP Plc and the federal government sparred on Monday over the methods competing teams of scientists used to estimate the size of the company's 2010 oil spill in the U.S. Gulf of Mexico."

Disasters [2]
Energy & Fuel [31]
Pollution [22]
Public [3]
National (U.S.) [4]
Source: Reuters [32], 10/08/2013

"Company Fires Scientist Who Warned of Hanford Waste Site Problems" [33]

"When senior scientist Walter Tamosaitis warned in 2011 about fundamental design flaws at the nation's largest facility to treat radioactive waste in Hanford, Wash., he was assigned to work in a basement room without office furniture or a telephone. On Wednesday, Tamosaitis, an employee of San Francisco-based URS Corp., was laid off from his job after 44 years with the company."

Disasters [2]
Nuclear Power & Radiation [12]
Technology [34]
Public [3]
National (U.S.) [4]
Source: LA Times [35], 10/07/2013

"Nebraska Tornado May Have Been EF4, Weather Service Says" [36]

"KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- A tornado that ripped through Nebraska, injuring 15 people and flattening buildings, may have reached a wind velocity of up to 200 miles per hour (320 kph), the National Weather Service said on Saturday."

Disasters [2]
Public [3]
National (U.S.) [4]
Source: Reuters [37], 10/07/2013

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