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Coal-Waste Impoundment Database Offers Journalists a Tool [1]

A cooperative effort of federal and state agencies, coal companies, and environmental groups, the database lists coal-waste impoundments in West Virginia, Kentucky, Tennessee, Pennsylvania, and Ohio.
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WatchDog TipSheet [2]
Topics on the Beat: 
Energy & Fuel [3]
Pollution [4]
Waste [5]
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Mid-Atlantic (DC DE MD PA VA WV) [6]
Great Lakes (IL IN MI MN OH WI) [7]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [8]
Visibility: 
Public [9]
July 16, 2009 to July 18, 2009

McCormick Tribune Specialized Reporting Institute on the Media and Nuclear Power Issues [10]

All-expense-paid workshop for student (and professional) environmental writers on covering nuclear power--University of Tennessee.
Workshops and Fellowships [11]
Visibility: 
Public [9]
Topics on the Beat: 
Energy & Fuel [3]
Region: 
Mid-Atlantic (DC DE MD PA VA WV) [6]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [8]

NASA's Hansen Arrested at WV Mine Protest [12]

"More than 30 people -- including actress Daryl Hannah and NASA climate scientist James Hansen -- were arrested Tuesday in the latest protest in a growing civil disobedience campaign against mountaintop removal in Southern West Virginia."
06/24/2009
Activism [13]
Public [9]
Mid-Atlantic (DC DE MD PA VA WV) [6]
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Agreement Reached on Fort Meade Clean-Up [14]

The Army has finally agreed to an enforceable timetable for cleaning up Superfund sites at Fort Meade in Maryland.
Pollution [4]
Public [9]
Mid-Atlantic (DC DE MD PA VA WV) [6]
Source: Baltimore Sun [15], 06/23/2009
October 5, 2009 to October 9, 2009

AMA Conference on Radar Meteorology [16]

An American Meteorological Society meeting.
Professional Meetings [17]
Visibility: 
Public [9]
Topics on the Beat: 
Air [18]
Disasters [19]
Science [20]
Technology [21]
Region: 
Mid-Atlantic (DC DE MD PA VA WV) [6]
September 17, 2009

Ground Source Heating and Cooling for Residential and Commercial Properties [22]

Latest technologies, economic advantages, environmental impacts and regulations.
Professional Meetings [17]
Visibility: 
Public [9]
Topics on the Beat: 
Energy & Fuel [3]
Region: 
Mid-Atlantic (DC DE MD PA VA WV) [6]

WV DEP Won't Expand Slurry Injection Moratorium [23]

West Virginia's "Environmental Protection Secretary Randy Huffman said Wednesday his agency is continuing to allow coal slurry to be injected underground at 13 locations in West Virginia, despite being unable to tell lawmakers if the process is safe."
Waste [5]
Public [9]
Mid-Atlantic (DC DE MD PA VA WV) [6]
Source: Charleston Gazette [24], 06/18/2009
November 1, 2009 to November 5, 2009

American Society of Agronomy - Crop Science Society of America - Soil Science Society of America Annual Meeting [25]

2009 ASA-CSSA-SSSA International Annual Meeting, Nov. 1-5 at the David L. Lawrence Convention Center, Pittsburgh, PA
Professional Meetings [17]
Visibility: 
Public [9]
Topics on the Beat: 
Climate Change [26]
Agriculture [27]
Energy & Fuel [3]
Environmental Studies [28]
Food [29]
Forests [30]
Health [31]
Natural Resources [32]
Pollution [4]
Waste [5]
Biodiversity [33]
Policy [34]
Environmental Politics [35]
Science [20]
Technology [21]
Region: 
International [36]
Mid-Atlantic (DC DE MD PA VA WV) [6]

New Trails Are in 13 States [37]

Twenty-two new National Recreational Trails, covering more than 525 miles, provide a good opportunity to cover outdoor recreation topics.
SEJ Publication Types: 
TipSheet [38]
Topics on the Beat: 
Planning & Growth [39]
Natural Resources [32]
Region: 
Mid-Atlantic (DC DE MD PA VA WV) [6]
Northeast (CT MA ME NH NJ NY RI VT) [40]
Great Lakes (IL IN MI MN OH WI) [7]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [8]
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [41]
California [42]
Great Plains (IA KS ND NE MO SD) [43]
Visibility: 
Public [9]

"Judge Orders Halt To Mining Protests" [44]

"A Raleigh County [WV] judge has issued a preliminary injunction to block anti-mountaintop removal activists from further peaceful protests on certain Massey Energy mining sites."
Activism [13]
Public [9]
Mid-Atlantic (DC DE MD PA VA WV) [6]
Source: Charleston Gazette [45], 06/04/2009

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