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Sandy Stormwater Hits U.S. With Pollution Mess [1]

 

 

 

 

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Floodwaters have not yet receded from many parts of the Northeast after Sandy's inundation. Those waters are often quite polluted, and people's health will depend on public understanding of the threat. Here are some resources [2] for journalists to use in covering it.

Topics on the Beat: 
Water & Oceans [3]
Pollution [4]
Disasters [5]
Visibility: 
Public [6]

Groups Petition EPA To Disclose Fracking Emissions [7]

The gas industry won itself an exemption from disclosure requirements of the Safe Drinking Water Act in 2005. But now environmentalists have a new angle, claiming EPA has authority to compel disclosure under a different law (the Emergency Planning and Community Right to Know Act) — and urging EPA to use it.

SEJ Publication Types: 
WatchDog TipSheet [8]
Topics on the Beat: 
Water & Oceans [3]
Government [9]
Energy & Fuel [10]
Visibility: 
Public [6]

Enviros Urge EPA Not To Weaken Drinking Water Reports [11]

Fifteen environmental and public health groups say EPA had not allowed sufficient time for public review, only put relevant information into its docket at the last minute, and emphasized easing a "burden" utilities had lived with for years at the expense of protecting the public.

SEJ Publication Types: 
WatchDog TipSheet [8]
Topics on the Beat: 
Water & Oceans [3]
Laws & Regulations [12]
Health [13]
Government [9]
Activism [14]
Visibility: 
Public [6]
November 9, 2012

Securing Water Supplies for the Future: Risks, Challenges & Opportunities [15]

This one-day event in Fort Worth, TX, hosted by the Texas Wesleyan Journal of Real Property Law, will focus on legal and policy issues related to local, regional, and national water scarcity challenges.

Professional Meetings [16]
Visibility: 
Public [6]
Topics on the Beat: 
Water & Oceans [3]
Laws & Regulations [12]
Region: 
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [17]
November 2, 2012

12th Annual Great Lakes Water Conference [18]

New international, national and state laws impacting Great Lakes water quality and quantity will be the subjects of this event, sponsored by the University of Toledo College of Law and its affiliated Legal Institute of the Great Lakes. The keynote speaker is SEJ member Tom Henry, award-winning environmental writer for the Toledo Blade. The conference is free to the public.

Professional Meetings [16]
Visibility: 
Public [6]
Topics on the Beat: 
Water & Oceans [3]
Laws & Regulations [12]
Region: 
Great Lakes (IL IN MI MN OH WI) [19]

"National Ocean Policy Sparks Partisan Fight" [20]

"Partisan battles are engulfing the nation’s ocean policy, showing that polarization over environmental issues doesn’t stop at the water’s edge."

Environmental Politics [21]
Water & Oceans [3]
Public [6]
National (U.S.) [22]
Source: Wash Post [23], 10/29/2012

"Farmers Watching Their Water Use" [24]

"Growers are reluctantly trying to irrigate less to preserve their threatened underground aquifer."

Agriculture [25]
Water & Oceans [3]
Public [6]
National (U.S.) [22]
Source: Wall St. Journal [26], 10/29/2012

"Fluoride Fight Has Long Roots, Passionate Advocates" [27]

"Set aside the science lessons. The fight over fluoride is as much or more a clash of philosophy."

Chemicals [28]
Water & Oceans [3]
Public [6]
Great Plains (IA KS ND NE MO SD) [29]
Source: Wichita Eagle [30], 10/29/2012

"Runoff From Iowa Farms Growing Concern in Gulf" [31]

"CHAUVIN, La. -- Generations of shrimpers, crabbers and oystermen have set out from this bayou village to net their catch. They share an emotional bond with Iowa's farmers: Both harvest nature's bounty to earn a livelihood. These fishermen depend on the sea, just as the nation's top corn growers rely on the rich Midwest soil."

Agriculture [25]
Pollution [4]
Water & Oceans [3]
Public [6]
National (U.S.) [22]
Source: Des Moines Register [32], 10/29/2012

Arkema, Portland Harbor Superfund Site, Launches Long-Delayed Cleanup [33]

"It's been a long time coming, but work is finally under way to contain pollution from one of Portland harbor's dirtiest sites, the former home of a DDT and rocket-fuel maker that's loaded with the full suite of harbor toxics."

Pollution [4]
Water & Oceans [3]
Public [6]
Northwest (OR WA) [34]
Source: Portland Oregonian [35], 10/24/2012

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