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"When the Water Turned Brown" [1]

"FLINT, Mich. — Standing at a microphone in September holding up a baby bottle, Dr. Mona Hanna-Attisha, a local pediatrician, said she was deeply worried about the water. The number of Flint children with elevated levels of lead in their blood had risen alarmingly since the city changed its water supply the previous year, her analysis showed."

Environmental Health [2]
Environmental Politics [3]
Pollution [4]
Waste [5]
Public [6]
Great Lakes (IL IN MI MN OH WI) [7]
Source: NY Times [8], 01/25/2016
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"Navy: Drinking Water Contaminated At Fentress In Chesapeake" [9]

"CHESAPEAKE, Va. -- High levels of contaminants from a firefighting foam that was used for decades at Fentress Naval Auxiliary Landing Field were found in its well water during a recent laboratory test, leading Navy officials Wednesday to tell workers to drink only bottled water until a permanent solution is available."

Military [10]
Pollution [4]
Water & Oceans [11]
Public [6]
Mid-Atlantic (DC DE MD PA VA WV) [12]
Source: Norfolk Virginian-Pilot [13], 01/22/2016
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California Gas Leak Spotlights Shoddy Regulation Of Aging Storage Wells [14]

"Long before a natural gas storage well sprung a disastrous leak near Los Angeles, California, utilities and national industry groups were raising alarms about the danger of aging underground storage infrastructure."

Air [15]
Climate Change [16]
Energy & Fuel [17]
Pollution [4]
Public [6]
National (U.S.) [18]
Source: Reuters [19], 01/22/2016
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"Gov. Rick Snyder Releases Emails Related To Flint Water Crisis" [20]

"Michigan Gov. Rick Snyder (R) on Wednesday released a trove of emails related to the Flint water crisis, something Snyder promised during his State of the State address."

Environmental Health [2]
Environmental Politics [3]
Journalism & Media [21]
Laws & Regulations [22]
People & Population [23]
Pollution [4]
Water & Oceans [11]
Public [6]
Great Lakes (IL IN MI MN OH WI) [7]
Source: Huffington Post [24], 01/21/2016
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Pennsylvania Wants To Crack Down On Emissions At Shale Well Sites [25]

"Pennsylvania will take new steps to cut methane emissions from natural gas wells and pipelines, and fill gaps in state policies that have allowed many sources in the sector to release the potent greenhouse gas without mandatory controls, Gov. Tom Wolf announced today."

Climate Change [16]
Energy & Fuel [17]
Pollution [4]
Public [6]
Mid-Atlantic (DC DE MD PA VA WV) [12]
Source: Pittsburgh Post-Gazette [26], 01/20/2016
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"Gov. Rick Snyder of Michigan Apologizes in Flint Water Crisis" [27]

"Gov. Rick Snyder of Michigan issued a sweeping apology on Tuesday to the residents of Flint for a contaminated water supply. He pledged to promptly release his emails about the issue, and laid out more specifics than had previously been known about the state’s handling of the matter."

Disasters [28]
Environmental Health [2]
Pollution [4]
Water & Oceans [11]
Public [6]
Great Lakes (IL IN MI MN OH WI) [7]
Source: NY Times [29], 01/20/2016
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20 Years Later, Cleanup of GE PCBs in Housatonic River Still Underway [30]

"Gov. Charlie Baker still remembers the case of Pittsfield and GE from his first tour of duty in state government."

Pollution [4]
Water & Oceans [11]
Public [6]
Northeast (CT MA ME NH NJ NY RI VT) [31]
Source: Springfield Republican [32], 01/19/2016
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Environment Canada Warned Mount Polley Mine Before Disaster, FOIs Show [33]

"The controversial Mount Polley mine received both millions of dollars in contracts and a written warning from Canada’s environment department prior to a massive breach of a dam with mining waste in 2014, according to a newly released federal memorandum."

Disasters [28]
Natural Resources [34]
Pollution [4]
Public [6]
Canada [35]
Source: National Observer [36], 01/19/2016
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"Spotlight Hits Coal Ash Impact On Poor And Minority Communities" [37]

"Too often toxic coal ash, a byproduct of coal-fired power, ends up in poor, minority communities. U.S. civil rights officials are launching a deeper look at federal environmental policy to find out why."

Energy & Fuel [17]
People & Population [23]
Pollution [4]
Public [6]
National (U.S.) [18]
Source: EHN [38], 01/18/2016
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"Clinton 'Outraged' By Inaction Over Flint Lead Contamination" [39]

"Hillary Clinton got her biggest applause of the night during Sunday's Democratic presidential debate when she accused Republican Michigan Gov. Rick Snyder of not caring about poor African-Americans drinking contaminated water."

People & Population [23]
Pollution [4]
Water & Oceans [11]
Public [6]
Great Lakes (IL IN MI MN OH WI) [7]
Source: The Hill [40], 01/18/2016
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