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"Sanders, Native Americans Say Oil Pipeline Will Poison Drinking Water" [1]

"Sen. Bernie Sanders called on President Obama to take action against the controversial Dakota Access oil pipeline during a protest outside the White House on Tuesday with members of the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe and other tribal nations."

Activism [2]
Energy & Fuel [3]
Environmental Politics [4]
Water & Oceans [5]
Public [6]
National (U.S.) [7]
Source: USA TODAY [8], 09/14/2016
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"Shell Begins Production At World's Deepest Underwater Oilfield" [9]

"Royal Dutch Shell has started production at the world’s deepest underwater oil and gas field, 1.8 miles beneath the sea surface in the Gulf of Mexico."

Energy & Fuel [3]
Technology [10]
Water & Oceans [5]
Public [6]
National (U.S.) [7]
Source: Guardian [11], 09/13/2016
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"Week Ahead: Senate Poised To Pass $220M In Flint Aid" [12]

"The Senate is set to vote on a bill providing aid for the Flint, Mich., water crisis and other threats to drinking water around the United States."

Laws & Regulations [13]
Water & Oceans [5]
Public [6]
National (U.S.) [7]
Source: The Hill [14], 09/12/2016
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"Pittsburgh Water: Expensive, Rust-Colored, Corrosive" [15]

"In many American cities, finding elevated lead levels in drinking water is enough to spark serious concern. But in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, where many residents are delivered expensive, rust-colored and corrosive water, it’s just one of many of complaints."

Environmental Health [16]
Water & Oceans [5]
Public [6]
Mid-Atlantic (DC DE MD PA VA WV) [17]
Source: Guardian [18], 09/12/2016
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Tainted Water: New Drinking Water Threat Concerns Scientists, Officials [19]

"A coalition of researchers, utilities and state regulators have made progress tracking an unregulated and unwelcome contaminant in river water feeding drinking water supplies. Can they stop it?"

Chemicals [20]
Pollution [21]
Water & Oceans [5]
Public [6]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [22]
Source: North Carolina Health News [23], 09/12/2016
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"Northeast Fresno Residents Sue City Over Water Problems" [24]

"Attorneys representing three households in northeast Fresno have filed a potential class-action lawsuit against the city and others over discoloration and lead in water coming from faucets in their homes."

Environmental Health [16]
Laws & Regulations [13]
Water & Oceans [5]
Public [6]
California [25]
Source: Fresno Bee [26], 09/12/2016
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In Siberia, a ‘Blood River’ in Dead Zone Twice the Size of Rhode Island [27]

"A river in the far north of Siberia turned bright red this week, residents said, leading Russians to nickname the tributary the 'blood river.'"

Natural Resources [28]
Pollution [21]
Water & Oceans [5]
Public [6]
Asia [29]
Source: NY Times [30], 09/09/2016
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"Texas Found 276 Cases of Groundwater Contamination Last Year" [31]

"State regulators last year documented 276 new cases of groundwater contamination across Texas, a slight increase compared to 2014 but far fewer than in years past."

Energy & Fuel [3]
Laws & Regulations [13]
Pollution [21]
Water & Oceans [5]
Public [6]
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [32]
Source: Texas Tribune [33], 09/09/2016
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"Dirty Secrets In Abandoned SE Portland Landfill" [34]

"Just south of Johnson Creek sits an abandoned landfill that time, and the Oregon Department of Environmental Quality, forgot."

Laws & Regulations [13]
Pollution [21]
Waste [35]
Water & Oceans [5]
Public [6]
Northwest (OR WA) [36]
Source: Portland Tribune [37], 09/09/2016
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"EPA Sued Over Clean Water Rules To Curb Ocean Acidification" [38]

"Environmentalists sued the Obama administration on Thursday seeking new federal water-quality standards designed to protect marine life against the corrosive effects of carbon emissions absorbed into the ocean from the burning of fossil fuels."

Laws & Regulations [13]
Pollution [21]
Water & Oceans [5]
Public [6]
National (U.S.) [7]
Source: Reuters [39], 09/09/2016
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