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"Infectious Diseases Study Site Questioned" [1]

"The Department of Homeland Security relied on a rushed, flawed study to justify its decision to locate a $700 million research facility for highly infectious pathogens in a tornado-prone section of Kansas, according to a government report."
Disasters [2]
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National (U.S.) [4]
Source: Wash Post [5], 07/27/2009

Nuke Scanners at Ports Failed To Protect [6]

The nation's program to detect nuclear devices and materials being smugggled into the country by terrorists went "off the rails" during the Bush administration and left the nation unprotected.
Disasters [2]
Public [3]
National (U.S.) [4]
Source: Greenwire [7], 07/27/2009

"Quake, Tsunami Potential High On U.S. West Coast" [8]

"Scientists have underestimated the potential for a giant quake and tsunami that could swamp much the U.S. northwest and Canadian west coasts, British and U.S. researchers said on Monday."
Disasters [2]
Public [3]
National (U.S.) [4]
Source: Reuters [9], 07/22/2009

Toolbox: Homeland Security Daily Infrastructure Report [10]

Reporters interested in following the hazards of dams, refineries, chemical plants, pipelines, and other infrastructure may find story leads in DHS reports.
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Agriculture [12]
Chemicals [13]
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Energy & Fuel [14]
Health [15]
Natural Resources [16]
Nuclear Power & Radiation [17]
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"A Decade After Storm, Minnesota Wild Rejuvenates" [18]

"On July 4, 1999, a storm devastated the Boundary Waters Canoe Area in northern Minnesota and killed millions of trees. Now, the forest is growing back." Everybody who was there 10 years ago has a story.
Disasters [2]
Public [3]
Great Lakes (IL IN MI MN OH WI) [19]
Source: NPR [20], 07/08/2009

The Devastation Ran Clear Down to Plaquemines [21]

 By Amy Wold

 

 Two days after Hurricane Katrina, my editor called me over to his desk and pointed to a place on the map below New Orleans. He said, "Try to get somewhere in this area."

At the time there were four adults, two dogs and two children (some of whom were New Orleans evacuees) staying in my onebedroom home so getting "somewhere in this area" sounded like a really good idea.

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Lake Charles Newspaper Staff Persists Against Rita's Fury [23]

 

 By JEREMY HARPER 
When I went to sleep Wednesday, Sept. 21, Hurricane Rita was threatening the Texas coast, promising to pester Louisiana with no more than a quick bout of tropical storm conditions. I was prepared to ride out the fringe of the storm in either my apartment on the second floor of a sturdy historic building in downtown Lake Charles, La., a city of 75,000 about 40 miles inland of the Gulf of Mexico, or in the newsroom of the American Press, the city's daily newspaper where I have worked for four years as a reporter.

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Feds Fault WV Oversight of Mining Flood Prevention [24]

"West Virginia regulators and coal operators have not properly implemented state rules meant to keep strip mining from contributing to flooding during heavy rains over narrow mountain hollows, according to a new federal report."
Disasters [2]
Public [3]
Mid-Atlantic (DC DE MD PA VA WV) [25]
Source: Charleston Gazette [26], 07/03/2009

"Is Drilling To Blame For Texas Quakes?" [27]

"People in North Texas worry about tornadoes, not earthquakes. That's not the case in the small town of Cleburne, just south of Fort Worth. They've had six quakes so far this month. Cleburne happens to sit on a huge, recently discovered natural gas deposit called Barnett Shale. There's been a lot of drilling, and some people wonder if that has triggered the earthquakes."
Disasters [2]
Public [3]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [22]
Source: NPR [28], 07/02/2009

Rockefeller Introduces Bill To Outlaw Bayer Chem-Secrecy Ruse [29]

Rockefeller's bill keeps FOIA exemptions for real security information, but forbids using the "sensitive security information" stamp.
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Chemicals [13]
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