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100s of Wastewater Plants Discharge Pollutants to NE Ohio Lakes, Rivers [1]

"The Northeast Ohio Regional Sewer District's $3 billion Project Clean Lake is designed to one day capture and clean 98 percent of the 4.5 billion gallons of stormwater and sewage that it receives each year before it pours untreated into Lake Erie. But even that federally mandated, 25-year program wouldn't have prevented pollutants from 236 wastewater treatment plants in Northeast Ohio from being discharged into our waterways over the past five years".

Laws & Regulations [2]
Pollution [3]
Water & Oceans [4]
Public [5]
Great Lakes (IL IN MI MN OH WI) [6]
Source: Cleveland Plain Dealer [7], 09/26/2017
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Is There a Post-Flood “Toxic Stew” Near You? [8]

Flooding disasters can unleash some nasty substances into the environment, whether from Superfund sites, sewage plants or petrochemical and other industrial facilities handling toxic and hazardous materials.This week's TipSheet identifies some of the biggest risks, and offers starting points for your local reporting.

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Chemicals [10]
Disasters [11]
Energy & Fuel [12]
Environmental Health [13]
Health [14]
Journalism & Media [15]
People & Population [16]
Pollution [3]
Region: 
National (U.S.) [17]
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [18]
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Public [5]
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"Montana Set To Take Over Deadly Asbestos Cleanup Site" [19]

"The cleanup of a northwest Montana community where health professionals say hundreds of people have been killed by asbestos exposure entered a new phase Thursday as officials turn their focus to keeping residents safe over the long term. The five-member Libby Asbestos Superfund Advisory Team met for the first time after being established by the Montana Legislature earlier this year."

Environmental Health [13]
Laws & Regulations [2]
Pollution [3]
Public [5]
Mountain West (CO ID MT NV UT WY) [20]
Source: AP [21], 09/22/2017
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Study: Flint Water Killed Unborn Babies, Lowered Fertility [22]

"The city of Flint saw fewer pregnancies, and a higher number of fetal deaths, during the period women and their fetuses were exposed to high levels of lead in their drinking water, according to a new research study that reviewed health records from Flint and the state."

Environmental Health [13]
Laws & Regulations [2]
Pollution [3]
Water & Oceans [4]
Public [5]
Great Lakes (IL IN MI MN OH WI) [6]
Source: Detroit Free Press [23], 09/22/2017
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Coal Ash: Duke Energy Faces Suit Over Emergency Action Plan Disclosure [24]

"Environmental groups say they will sue Duke Energy for not telling the public what would happen if any of its dozens of coal ash dams fail."

Activism [25]
Chemicals [10]
Disasters [11]
Energy & Fuel [12]
Environmental Health [13]
Journalism & Media [15]
Laws & Regulations [2]
Pollution [3]
Public [5]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [26]
Source: Raleigh News & Observer [27], 09/21/2017
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"Homeowners Join Lawsuit Against Arkema Chemical Plant That Burned [28]

"Eleven additional plaintiffs and a new defendant have been added to a lawsuit against the company whose manufacturing plant experienced a series of chemical fires as a result of floodwaters from Hurricane Harvey."

Air [29]
Chemicals [10]
Disasters [11]
Laws & Regulations [2]
Pollution [3]
Public [5]
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [18]
Source: Texas Tribune [30], 09/21/2017
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"Air Pollution: Audit Slams Flagging EPA Bid To Curb Farm Emissions" [31]

"More than a decade after agreeing to keep tabs on emissions from large-scale animal feedlots, U.S. EPA isn't close to getting the job done, the agency's inspector general said in a new report, which found the delay is undercutting the broader effort to regulate pollution from that sector."

Agriculture [32]
Air [29]
Environmental Health [13]
Laws & Regulations [2]
Pollution [3]
Public [5]
National (U.S.) [17]
Source: Greenwire [33], 09/21/2017
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"Internal Watchdog Says EPA Mismanaging Toxic Site Cleanups" [34]

"Cleanups at some U.S. hazardous waste sites have stopped or slowed down because the Environmental Protection Agency does not manage its Superfund staff effectively to match its workload, an internal government watchdog said Tuesday."

Chemicals [10]
Environmental Health [13]
Government [35]
Pollution [3]
Public [5]
National (U.S.) [17]
Source: AP [36], 09/20/2017
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East Coast GOPers Join Dems To Lobby Trump Against Atlantic Oil Drilling [37]

"State and federal lawmakers from both parties have joined East Coast business interests to convince the Trump administration to halt its plan for fossil fuel development in the Atlantic Ocean."

Energy & Fuel [12]
Environmental Politics [38]
Pollution [3]
Water & Oceans [4]
Public [5]
National (U.S.) [17]
Source: McClatchy [39], 09/19/2017
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"Missing EPA Report Warned Of Flooding At Superfund Dumps" [40]

"U.S. EPA officials determined in 2014 that 'flooding and inundation from more intense' storms could spur Superfund sites to spew contaminants."

Chemicals [10]
Disasters [11]
Pollution [3]
Water & Oceans [4]
Public [5]
National (U.S.) [17]
Source: Greenwire [41], 09/19/2017
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