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NJ: "EPA To Add Kil-Tone Site To Superfund List" [1]

"VINELAND, N.J. -- Following months of investigations and public hearings, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has proposed to add the former Kil-Tone Company grounds to its Superfund list of the most hazardous waste sites in the country."

Pollution [2]
Waste [3]
Public [4]
Northeast (CT MA ME NH NJ NY RI VT) [5]
Source: Vineland Daily Journal [6], 09/29/2015
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FOIA Docs Reveal Hot Spots, Fish Kills And Toxic Dumps on Okinawa Base [7]

"Following an 18-month scuffle under the Freedom of Information Act, the Pentagon has released records detailing serious contamination on Okinawa base land slated soon for return to civilian use."

Military [8]
Pollution [2]
Public [4]
National (U.S.) [9]
Asia [10]
Source: Japan Times [11], 09/29/2015
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"Week Ahead: EPA Set To Release Ozone Rule" [12]

"The Environmental Protection Agency is set to release a contentious new rule limiting surface-level ozone pollution."

Air [13]
Laws & Regulations [14]
Pollution [2]
Public [4]
National (U.S.) [9]
Source: The Hill [15], 09/28/2015
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"EPA To Change Diesel Tests To Thwart VW-like Cheating" [16]

"The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency plans sweeping changes to the way it tests for diesel emissions after getting duped by clandestine software in Volkswagen cars for seven years."

Air [13]
Laws & Regulations [14]
Pollution [2]
Transportation [17]
Public [4]
National (U.S.) [9]
Source: AP [18], 09/25/2015
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"EPA Says It Will Build Temporary Treatment Plant for Mine" [19]

"The Environmental Protection Agency said Wednesday it will set up a temporary treatment plant for wastewater flowing from the Gold King Mine in southwestern Colorado after 3 million gallons surged out of the mine in August, tainting rivers in three states."

Pollution [2]
Water & Oceans [20]
Public [4]
Mountain West (CO ID MT NV UT WY) [21]
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [22]
Source: AP [23], 09/24/2015
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"Volkswagen C.E.O. Martin Winterkorn Resigns Amid Emissions Scandal" [24]

"Martin Winterkorn resigned as chief executive of Volkswagen on Wednesday, taking responsibility for an emissions cheating scandal that has gravely damaged the carmaker’s reputation."

Air [13]
Laws & Regulations [14]
Pollution [2]
Public [4]
International [25]
Source: NY Times [26], 09/24/2015
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Do You Live Near a Hazardous Waste Site That's Still Not Cleaned Up? [27]

Several data resources can help journalists who want to develop stories about still-hazardous sites in their locality or region, including EPA's National Priorities List, CERCLIS database and state agencies.

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Was EPA Forthcoming with Mine Spill Water Data? Depends Whom You Ask [30]

Access to water quality data was an issue at one highly politicized House hearing on the August 5, 2015, toxic spill from a long-abandoned mine near Silverton, Colorado, where New Mexico Secretary of Environment Ryan Flynn accused EPA of refusing for weeks to share data on the quality of waters fouled by the spill.

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Disasters [31]
Environmental Politics [32]
Government [29]
Pollution [2]
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Mountain West (CO ID MT NV UT WY) [21]
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [22]
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"Is Your Face Wash Damaging the Oceans?" [33]

"Tiny but powerful forces are invading our seas, and your daily hygiene regimen is likely implicated."

Consumer [34]
Pollution [2]
Water & Oceans [20]
Public [4]
National (U.S.) [9]
Source: Christian Science Monitor [35], 09/23/2015
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"Report: NY Landfill's Coal Ash Is Contaminating Groundwater" [36]

"Coal ash sitting dormant in an unlined portion of the landfill near the Cayuga Power Plant has been seeping into groundwater for nearly 30 years and has flowed into nearby Milliken Creek, potentially contaminating drinking water, a geologist said in a meeting with Tompkins County officials Wednesday afternoon."

Energy & Fuel [37]
Pollution [2]
Water & Oceans [20]
Public [4]
Northeast (CT MA ME NH NJ NY RI VT) [5]
Source: Ithaca Journal [38], 09/22/2015
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