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"EPA Releases Meth Lab Cleanup Guidelines" [1]

"Federal officials this week offered the first national blueprint on how to clean up methamphetamine labs — prompting state health experts to consider changes to their policies."
Pollution [2]
Public [3]
National (U.S.) [4]
Source: St.Louis Post-Dispatch [5], 10/09/2009

"Contaminated Groundwater Found Near NC Ash Ponds" [6]

"Thirteen North Carolina coal ash ponds are leaking toxic pollutants into groundwater, according to an analysis of groundwater contamination data conducted by Appalachian Voices' Upper Watauga Riverkeeper team."
Pollution [2]
Public [3]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [7]
Source: Asheville Citizen-Times [8], 10/08/2009

"Even More E. coli Tests at the Lake of the Ozarks Were Withheld" [9]

Missouri "allowed tourists at the Lake of the Ozarks to swim in waters that officials knew were infested with harmful E. coli bacteria for two weeks at the beginning of the summer tourist season, Gov. Jay Nixon said Wednesday."
Pollution [2]
Public [3]
Great Plains (IA KS ND NE MO SD) [10]
Source: St.Louis Post-Dispatch [11], 10/02/2009

"30-mile Fish Kill at Dunkard Creek" [12]

"Three weeks ago, fish started dying in Dunkard Creek, a scenic stream that winds along the West Virginia-Pennsylvania border in Monongalia County."
Pollution [2]
Public [3]
Mid-Atlantic (DC DE MD PA VA WV) [13]
Source: Charleston Gazette [14], 09/28/2009

"BP Settles Spill Containment Violations" [15]

"An oil field review starting with a state inspector questioning the size of spill containment facilities on Alaska's North Slope has resulted in a hefty civil payment for a subsidiary of BP PLC."
Pollution [2]
Public [3]
National (U.S.) [4]
Source: AP [16], 09/24/2009

Coal Ash Data Waiting for Local Reporters [17]

Use this roundup of sources to write a probing story about the ash, slag, and sludge from coal-burning electric utilities — which containins heavy metals that can pollute water, and even bury people's houses.
SEJ Publication Types: 
WatchDog TipSheet [18]
Topics on the Beat: 
Chemicals [19]
Disasters [20]
Energy & Fuel [21]
Pollution [2]
Government [22]
Region: 
National (U.S.) [4]
Visibility: 
Public [3]

Coal and Water – Do They Mix? [23]

Journalists around the US who cover water quality, as well as those who cover coal mining and/or Appalachia, will benefit from an analytical NYT series and databases, combined with a Sept. 11 EPA announcement about extended NPDES permit reviews.
SEJ Publication Types: 
TipSheet [24]
Topics on the Beat: 
Energy & Fuel [21]
Pollution [2]
Water & Oceans [25]
Government [22]
Region: 
National (U.S.) [4]
Visibility: 
Public [3]
December 7, 2009 to December 10, 2009

Environmental Stressors in the Developmental of Origins of Disease [26]

Baby risks can morph to adult disease
Professional Meetings [27]
Visibility: 
Public [3]
Topics on the Beat: 
Chemicals [19]
Health [28]
Pollution [2]
Science [29]
Environmental Health [30]
March 7, 2010 to March 11, 2010

Society of Toxicology Annual Meeting [31]

Hazards in the Environment
Professional Meetings [27]
Visibility: 
Public [3]
Topics on the Beat: 
Air [32]
Chemicals [19]
Environmental Studies [33]
Health [28]
Pollution [2]
Science [29]
Environmental Health [30]

"US To Place Limits on Power Plant Water Pollution" [34]

"For the first time in nearly 30 years, the Environmental Protection Agency plans to limit the quantity of toxic metals that coal-fired U.S. power plants release into waterways."
Pollution [2]
Public [3]
National (U.S.) [4]
Source: AP [35], 09/16/2009

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