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EPA To Push Hard-Rock Mining Cleanup Bonds [1]

"The Environmental Protection Agency, complying with a court order, will develop a rule to guarantee companies that mine everything from copper to uranium will pay for needed environmental cleanup, not taxpayers."
Pollution [2]
Public [3]
National (U.S.) [4]
Source: AP [5], 07/14/2009

"Sunburst Gasoline Cleanup Grows Bigger and Murkier" [6]

It took a lawsuit by residents of Sunburst, Montana, to start cleanup of an underground spill of gasoline that took place 50 years earlier.
Pollution [2]
Public [3]
Mountain West (CO ID MT NV UT WY) [7]
Source: Great Falls Tribune [8], 07/13/2009

EPA: Most US Residents Exposed to Excessive Air Pollution Risk [9]

While it does have limitations, the updated National-Scale Air Toxics Assessment offers risk estimates for each of 180 substances, and three separate combined assessments.
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TipSheet [10]
Topics on the Beat: 
Air [11]
Pollution [2]
People & Population [12]
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National (U.S.) [4]
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Public [3]

'Carbon Black' Report Shows Impacts On Native Americans [13]

 

By MIKE DUNNE

 

An effort to document the lives of Oklahoma Indians introduced reporter Vicki Monks to a story that begged to be told: how a carbon black plant affected the health of a neighboring Ponca Indian community.

Carbon black, made by the burning of waste oil, is used primarily to strengthen the rubber in tires.

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Pollution [2]
Region: 
National (U.S.) [4]
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Public [3]

Coal-Waste Impoundment Database Offers Journalists a Tool [14]

A cooperative effort of federal and state agencies, coal companies, and environmental groups, the database lists coal-waste impoundments in West Virginia, Kentucky, Tennessee, Pennsylvania, and Ohio.
SEJ Publication Types: 
WatchDog TipSheet [15]
Topics on the Beat: 
Energy & Fuel [16]
Pollution [2]
Waste [17]
Region: 
Mid-Atlantic (DC DE MD PA VA WV) [18]
Great Lakes (IL IN MI MN OH WI) [19]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [20]
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Public [3]

"'Last Man Standing' at Wake for a Toxic Town" [21]

Residents say goodbye to Picher, Oklahoma, a town undermined and polluted by mining operations.
Pollution [2]
Public [3]
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [22]
Source: CNN [23], 07/01/2009

Florida Lets Sewage Sludge Foul Everglades: Critics [24]

Environmentalists say Florida officials are thwarting a 2-year-old law banning the spreading of sewage sludge on the Everglades.
Pollution [2]
Public [3]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [20]
Source: Orlando Sentinel [25], 06/30/2009
October 6, 2009 to October 7, 2009

Gearing Up for a Low Carbon Economy [26]

The Canadian Institute's conference will offer an in-depth look at how Canadian and U.S. carbon initiatives compare and contrast, and the most up-to-date carbon policy information from both sides of the border.
Other Events [27]
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Topics on the Beat: 
Climate Change [28]
Agriculture [29]
Economy & Business [30]
Planning & Growth [31]
Energy & Fuel [16]
Forests [32]
Natural Resources [33]
Laws & Regulations [34]
Pollution [2]
Waste [17]
Water & Oceans [35]
Government [36]
Policy [37]
Technology [38]
Journalism & Media [39]
Region: 
Canada [40]
National (U.S.) [4]

Ameren Plans Huge Cleanup in Galesburg, IL [41]

"AmerenIP hopes to begin a massive environmental clean-up at the former site of McCabe Scrap Iron & Materials Co. [in Galesburg, Ill.,] by September or October. Galesburg Gas Light & Coke Co. produced gas beginning in 1861 at the 3-acre site, with coal tar as a waste product."
Pollution [2]
Public [3]
Great Lakes (IL IN MI MN OH WI) [19]
Source: Galesburg Register-Mail [42], 06/29/2009

Contaminated Kansas Ghost Town [43]

The century of mining that built Treece, Kansas, has left it a toxic ghost town. EPA says the residential areas have been cleaned up, but Sen. Pat Roberts is poised to file a bill to buy out residents if EPA does not spend stimulus money to do so.
Pollution [2]
Public [3]
Great Plains (IA KS ND NE MO SD) [44]
Source: Wichita Eagle [45], 06/29/2009

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