People & Population

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Disasters [3]

Energy & Fuel [4]

Government [5]

Transportation [8]

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Great Plains (IA KS ND NE MO SD) [10]

Mid-Atlantic (DC DE MD PA VA WV) [11]

Mountain West (CO ID MT NV UT WY) [12]

Northwest (OR WA) [13]

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Public [14]

Read more about Maine Law Hid Threats to Public from Oil Trains [1]

Failure to Disclose Lead Threats in Drinking Water: Widespread Problem [15]

Bad as it is, the Flint drinking water disaster is hardly uncommon. Even though the law requires authorities to tell the public of dangerous levels of lead in drinking water, they often don't.

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Chemicals [16]

Disasters [3]

Environmental Politics [17]

Government [5]

Health [18]

Water & Oceans [19]

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Public [14]

Read more about Failure to Disclose Lead Threats in Drinking Water: Widespread Problem [15]

"Residents Of Minority Communities Decry Dumping Of Toxic Coal Ash" [20]

"Evoking the contaminated-water crisis in Flint, Michigan, the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights showed concern and compassion Friday for residents of polluted communities who maintain they are victims of environmental racism."

Environmental Health [21]

Pollution [22]

Public [14]

National (U.S.) [23]

Source: Center for Public Integrity [24], 02/08/2016

Read more about "Residents Of Minority Communities Decry Dumping Of Toxic Coal Ash" [20]

"Feds Forcibly Removed Black Occupiers From Wildlife Refuge In 1979" [25]

"The group's anger was a slow burn. But after decades of being ignored by federal authorities, its members decided to take a very public stand against what they saw as an unjust land grab by the U.S. government."

Activism [26]

Natural Resources [27]

Public [14]

SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [28]

Source: Portland Oregonian [29], 02/04/2016

Read more about "Feds Forcibly Removed Black Occupiers From Wildlife Refuge In 1979" [25]

"Sweden's Indigenous Sami People Win Rights Battle Against State" [30]

"Sweden’s nomadic reindeer herders have won a 30-year battle for land rights in a court case that has seen the state accused of racism towards the country’s only indigenous people."

Natural Resources [27]

Public [14]

Europe [31]

Source: Guardian [32], 02/04/2016

Read more about "Sweden's Indigenous Sami People Win Rights Battle Against State" [30]

"U.S. Lawmakers Chastise Officials At All Levels Over Flint Crisis" [33]

"U.S. lawmakers criticized environmental officials at a hearing on Wednesday for not acting sooner when they saw a report that drinking water in Flint, Michigan was polluted with dangerously high levels of lead."

Disasters [3]

Environmental Health [21]

Environmental Politics [17]

Pollution [22]

Water & Oceans [19]

Public [14]

National (U.S.) [23]

Source: Reuters [34], 02/04/2016

Read more about "U.S. Lawmakers Chastise Officials At All Levels Over Flint Crisis" [33]

Group Issues Data Map Showing Poor, Minorities Face More Toxic Risks [35]

Based on a variety of data sources, the Center for Effective Government's new map and database shows that "people of color and poor residents are significantly more likely to live near dangerous chemical facilities than white and non-poor residents" in the U.S.

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Chemicals [16]

Pollution [22]

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Public [14]

Read more about Group Issues Data Map Showing Poor, Minorities Face More Toxic Risks [35]

Flint Hearing Raises Freedom of Information Concerns [36]

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's openness has been a major issue throughout the crisis of contaminated drinking water in Flint, which has caused lead poisoning of some children. One aspect of the openness issue is the ability of agency employees to speak with journalists; another is unfulfilled FOIA requests.

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Chemicals [16]

Government [5]

Journalism & Media [37]

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Read more about Flint Hearing Raises Freedom of Information Concerns [36]

"Poor, Minorities Carry The Burden Of Frack Waste In South Texas" [38]

"Poor, heavily Hispanic neighborhoods shoulder a disproportionate fracking wastewater burden in Texas' booming Eagle Ford".

Energy & Fuel [4]

Environmental Health [21]

Pollution [22]

Public [14]

Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [39]

Source: EHN [40], 02/03/2016

Read more about "Poor, Minorities Carry The Burden Of Frack Waste In South Texas" [38]

"US Tribes Oppose Massive Pipeline Expansion In Canada" [41]

"SEATTLE — A proposed pipeline-expansion project in Canada will put the fishing rights and cultural heritage of U.S. tribes at risk, a lawyer representing several Washington state tribes told Canadian energy regulators."

Energy & Fuel [4]

Fish & Fisheries [42]