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Cuyahoga River Reborn [1]

The Cuyahoga River, which became a symbol of pollution when it caught fire 40 years ago, has come back to life.
Pollution [2]
Public [3]
Great Lakes (IL IN MI MN OH WI) [4]
Source: NYTimes [5], 06/22/2009

"EPA to Test 10,000 Indiana Yards for Lead from Ancient Factories" [6]

"At least 10,000 more properties in residential neighborhoods of Evansville will be tested for lead and arsenic contamination in the soil of their yards" from foundries going back to the 1880s.
Pollution [2]
Public [3]
Great Lakes (IL IN MI MN OH WI) [4]
Source: ENS [7], 06/16/2009
November 1, 2009 to November 5, 2009

American Society of Agronomy - Crop Science Society of America - Soil Science Society of America Annual Meeting [8]

2009 ASA-CSSA-SSSA International Annual Meeting, Nov. 1-5 at the David L. Lawrence Convention Center, Pittsburgh, PA
Professional Meetings [9]
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Topics on the Beat: 
Climate Change [10]
Agriculture [11]
Energy & Fuel [12]
Environmental Studies [13]
Food [14]
Forests [15]
Health [16]
Natural Resources [17]
Pollution [2]
Waste [18]
Biodiversity [19]
Policy [20]
Environmental Politics [21]
Science [22]
Technology [23]
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International [24]
Mid-Atlantic (DC DE MD PA VA WV) [25]

"EPA To Rebuild Uranium-Contaminated Navajo Homes" [26]

"The federal government plans to spend up to $3 million a year to demolish and rebuild uranium-contaminated structures across the Navajo Nation, where Cold War-era mining of the radioactive substance left a legacy of disease and death."
Pollution [2]
Public [3]
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [27]
Source: AP [28], 06/15/2009

"Ghosts of Gas Stations Past Haunt Roadsides" [29]

Abandoned gas stations dot some Florida highways. Economic conditions bear part of the blame. But operators' inability to pay for replacement of old, leaky tanks ironically may be causing more old tanks to be left in the ground.
Pollution [2]
Public [3]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [30]
Source: Ft. Myers News-Press [31], 06/15/2009

Long Range Pollution Affects Inuit [32]

Persistent organic pollutants from thousands of miles away accumulate to unusual levels in the bodies of the indigenous peoples of the Arctic.
Pollution [2]
Public [3]
International [24]
Source: SolveClimate [33], 06/10/2009

"Court Won't Hear Suit on Camp Lejeune Water" [34]

"The Supreme Court refused Monday to hear a Marine's lawsuit blaming the government's dumping of toxic chemicals at Camp Lejeune in North Carolina for his son's illnesses."
Pollution [2]
Public [3]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [30]
Source: AP [35], 06/10/2009

Bill To "Poison" Tennesee Streams Falls One Vote Short [36]

"Legislation allowing more selenium to be released into Tennessee streams fell one vote short of passage Wednesday after lawmakers were told approval would mean poisoning the state's waters to help coal company win a lawsuit attacking its pollution."
Pollution [2]
Public [3]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [30]
Source: Knoxville News [37], 06/04/2009

"Black Tide" [38]

"Just days before Christmas last year, an environmental disaster one hundred times the size of the Exxon Valdez (yes, you read that right) unfolded on a riverbank in eastern Tennessee. A wave of poisonous sludge buried a town…along with the myth of clean coal."
Pollution [2]
Public [3]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [30]
Source: GQ [39], 06/04/2009

"Crime Scene Cleanup" in Kelly AFB Toxics Case [40]

New evidence indicates the Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry fails to protect communities from dangers such as the now-disappearing plumes of toxic groundwater carrying cancer-causing chemicals far beyond the Kelly Air Force Base near San Antonio, TX.
SEJ Publication Types: 
WatchDog TipSheet [41]
Topics on the Beat: 
Chemicals [42]
Pollution [2]
Water & Oceans [43]
Military [44]
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Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [27]
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