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First These Kentuckians Couldn't Drink The Water. Now They Can't Afford It [1]

"Jasper Davis stoops to tilt a plastic bottle under a drip of water that's trickling from a crack in the mountainside. 'Tastes better than what the city water does,' he says. 'Way better.'"

Environmental Health [2]
People & Population [3]
Pollution [4]
Water & Oceans [5]
Public [6]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [7]
Source: NPR [8], 11/01/2019
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Court: State Law That Allows Line 5 Tunnel Construction Is Constitutional [9]

"LANSING – Legislation approved under former Gov. Rick Snyder to allow for construction of a tunnel to house a new Enbridge Line 5 crude oil pipeline under the Straits of Mackinac is constitutional, the Court of Claims ruled Thursday."

Energy & Fuel [10]
Laws & Regulations [11]
Pollution [4]
Water & Oceans [5]
Public [6]
Great Lakes (IL IN MI MN OH WI) [12]
Source: Detroit Free Press [13], 11/01/2019
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Keystone Pipeline Leaks 383,000 Gallons Of Oil: 2nd Big Spill In 2 Years [14]

"Approximately 383,000 gallons of crude oil have spilled into a North Dakota wetland this week in the latest leak from the Keystone Pipeline, fueling long-standing opposition to plans for the pipeline network’s extension."

Energy & Fuel [10]
Pollution [4]
Public [6]
Great Plains (IA KS ND NE MO SD) [15]
Source: Washington Post [16], 11/01/2019
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"E.P.A. to Roll Back Rules to Control Toxic Ash from Coal Plants" [17]

"The Trump administration is expected to roll back an Obama-era regulation meant to limit the leaching of heavy metals like arsenic, lead and mercury into water supplies from the ash of coal-fired power plants, according to two people familiar with the plans."

Chemicals [18]
Energy & Fuel [10]
Environmental Health [2]
Environmental Politics [19]
Laws & Regulations [11]
Pollution [4]
Water & Oceans [5]
Public [6]
National (U.S.) [20]
Source: NY Times [21], 11/01/2019
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"Captured By Coal: ‘Like a Death in the Family’" [22]

"Texas coal companies are leaving behind contaminated land. The state is letting them."

Energy & Fuel [10]
Laws & Regulations [11]
Pollution [4]
Waste [23]
Water & Oceans [5]
Public [6]
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [24]
Source: Grist/Texas Tribune [25], 10/31/2019
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Conowingo Dam Operator Settles For $200 Million Chesapeake Bay Cleanup [26]

"Conowingo Dam owner Exelon Corp. and the state of Maryland have reached a settlement under which the Chicago-based energy company will invest $200 million to clean up the Susquehanna River, and, by extension, the Chesapeake Bay."

Environmental Politics [19]
Fish & Fisheries [27]
Laws & Regulations [11]
Natural Resources [28]
Pollution [4]
Water & Oceans [5]
Public [6]
Mid-Atlantic (DC DE MD PA VA WV) [29]
Source: Baltimore Sun [30], 10/30/2019
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"Justice Department Ponders Nixing Environmental Settlements Tool" [31]

"The Justice Department may end a nearly 30-year practice of letting companies make amends for pollution-related violations by performing environmentally beneficial projects, a department official told Bloomberg Environment."

Environmental Health [2]
Environmental Politics [19]
Laws & Regulations [11]
Pollution [4]
Public [6]
National (U.S.) [20]
Source: Bloomberg Environment [32], 10/30/2019
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"Coal Giant Murray Energy Files for Bankruptcy Despite Trump’s Support" [33]

"Murray Energy, the U.S. coal company whose founder's "wish list" was a virtual template for the Trump administration's rollback of federal environmental and climate regulations, filed for bankruptcy protection Tuesday."

Climate Change [34]
Economy & Business [35]
Energy & Fuel [10]
Environmental Health [2]
Environmental Politics [19]
Laws & Regulations [11]
Pollution [4]
Public [6]
National (U.S.) [20]
Source: InsideClimate News [36], 10/30/2019
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News Can Net Eyeballs By Turning Dweebish Data Into Magic Maps [37]

When it comes to telling environment and energy stories, especially about place and scale, data visualizations can turn an average story into a standout. Reporter’s Toolbox takes a look at some recent examples of inspiring data-mapping projects that provide insight into everything from auto emissions and floods to vanishing rivers and whipping winds.

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Air [39]
Climate Change [34]
Disasters [40]
Energy & Fuel [10]
Journalism & Media [41]
Natural Resources [28]
Pollution [4]
Transportation [42]
Water & Oceans [5]
Region: 
National (U.S.) [20]
Alaska and Hawaii [43]
California [44]
Great Lakes (IL IN MI MN OH WI) [12]
Great Plains (IA KS ND NE MO SD) [15]
Mid-Atlantic (DC DE MD PA VA WV) [29]
Mountain West (CO ID MT NV UT WY) [45]
Northeast (CT MA ME NH NJ NY RI VT) [46]
Northwest (OR WA) [47]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [7]
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [24]
International [48]
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Another Bad-News Year Ahead for U.S. Coal? [49]

As U.S. coal’s comedown continues, our latest Issue Backgrounder takes a close look at the factors behind the industry’s decline and finds a combination of economics, competition and shifting global markets, along with aging technology, politics and environmental pushback. What’s in store for coal in 2020?

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Government [52]
Laws & Regulations [11]
Natural Resources [28]
Pollution [4]
Region: 
National (U.S.) [20]
Alaska and Hawaii [43]
California [44]
Great Lakes (IL IN MI MN OH WI) [12]
Great Plains (IA KS ND NE MO SD) [15]
Mid-Atlantic (DC DE MD PA VA WV) [29]
Mountain West (CO ID MT NV UT WY) [45]
Northeast (CT MA ME NH NJ NY RI VT) [46]
Northwest (OR WA) [47]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [7]
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [24]
International [48]
Canada [53]
Mexico [54]
Africa [55]
Antarctica & Arctic [56]
Asia [57]
Australia & Oceania [58]
Central America & the Caribbean [59]
Europe [60]
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