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Fracking Companies Build Dozens of Unauthorized Dams in B.C. [1]

"A subsidiary of Petronas, the Malaysian state-owned petro giant courted by the B.C. government, has built at least 16 unauthorized dams in northern B.C. to trap hundreds of millions of gallons of water used in its controversial fracking operations."

Laws & Regulations [2]
Water & Oceans [3]
Public [4]
Canada [5]
Source: DeSmog [6], 05/04/2017
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"Environmental Groups Sue EPA Over Rollback Of Pollution Rule" [7]

"Environmentalists and public health advocates are going to court to fight the Trump administration's move to rewrite Obama-era rules limiting water pollution from coal-fired power plants."

Energy & Fuel [8]
Laws & Regulations [2]
Pollution [9]
Water & Oceans [3]
Public [4]
National (U.S.) [10]
Source: AP [11], 05/04/2017
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"Environmental Groups Sue Trump Administration Over Offshore Drilling" [12]

"A coalition of environmental groups on Wednesday sued the Trump administration over its efforts to expand offshore drilling, arguing the move violates the president’s legal authority, threatens a multitude of wildlife and could harm the fishing and tourism industries."

Activism [13]
Energy & Fuel [8]
Environmental Politics [14]
Laws & Regulations [2]
Water & Oceans [3]
Public [4]
National (U.S.) [10]
Source: Washington Post [15], 05/04/2017
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"Seabed Seismic Sensors Would Have Cut 2011 Japan Tsunami Toll" [16]

"A new tsunami warning system could have saved many of the 22,000 people killed by the massive tsunami following the 2011 Tohoku earthquake in Japan, had it been in place there at the time."

Disasters [17]
Technology [18]
Water & Oceans [3]
Public [4]
International [19]
Source: New Scientist [20], 05/03/2017
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How Satellite Data Caught Gulf Oil Companies Hiding Enormous Oil Spills [21]

"An organization called SkyTruth is monitoring drilling companies for drastically underestimating the amount of oil they spill into the ocean."

Energy & Fuel [8]
Pollution [9]
Technology [18]
Water & Oceans [3]
Public [4]
National (U.S.) [10]
Source: Fast Company [22], 05/03/2017
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May 9, 2017 to May 11, 2017

Blue Vision Summit [23]

The 2017 Summit will convene in Washington, D.C., where ocean and youth leaders from 150 marine organizations, and national and internation partners, will discuss offshore drilling and spilling, plastic and other forms of ocean pollution, defending coasts at risk from sea-level rise and climate denial, and more.

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Mid-Atlantic (DC DE MD PA VA WV) [25]

"Nitrite Pollution Puts Warming Waters At Risk" [26]

"Nitrite pollution caused by rising temperatures is changing the chemistry of coastal waters, threatening more algal blooms and zones devoid of fish."

Climate Change [27]
Pollution [9]
Water & Oceans [3]
Public [4]
National (U.S.) [10]
Source: Climate News Network [28], 05/02/2017
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New York Plan to Dump Chlorine Into Sewers Worries Environmentalists [29]

"Facing a chronic problem of raw sewage emptying into city waterways during rainfalls, and struggling to meet health regulations, New York City environmental officials are turning to a new method of treating bacteria in sewage: dumping chlorine into sewer pipes leading to the waterways."

Chemicals [30]
Pollution [9]
Water & Oceans [3]
Public [4]
Northeast (CT MA ME NH NJ NY RI VT) [31]
Source: NY Times [32], 05/02/2017
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"An End To Tucson’s Growth Wars" [33]

"A conservation plan puts science ahead of politics."

Planning & Growth [34]
Water & Oceans [3]
Public [4]
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [35]
Source: High Country News [36], 05/01/2017
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Facing Pressure, More Schools Confront Dangers Of Lead In Water [37]

"Tests last summer showed troubling levels of lead in the water at Summit Township Elementary School, perched on a quiet hilltop outside Butler, Pa. But for the next five months, no one told the parents of Summit’s 250 students."

Environmental Health [38]
Laws & Regulations [2]
Water & Oceans [3]
Public [4]
National (U.S.) [10]
Source: Washington Post [39], 05/01/2017
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