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Toolbox: RMP*Comp Projects Chemical Disaster Scenarios [1]

Use this free software tool, downloadable from EPA, to calculate how much injury a chemical spill could cause.
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WV DEP: Low Fish Consumption Justifies Higher Mercury Levels [8]

West Virginia's environmental agency says it's OK for fish there to contain more mercury than the federal EPA recommends -- because West Virginians consume less fish than the national average.
Chemicals [3]
Public [7]
Mid-Atlantic (DC DE MD PA VA WV) [6]
Source: WV Public Broadcasting [9], 05/19/2009

"Obama's EPA Clears 42 of 48 New Mountaintop Removal Mining Permits" [10]

"The Obama administration has cleared more than three-dozen new mountaintop removal permits for issuance by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, drawing quick criticism from environmental groups"
05/18/2009
Natural Resources [11]
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Bringing a Fish Back from the Brink [12]

A million year old cycle of fish migration almost came to an end in the waters off of the nation’s capital. But a monumental conservation effort has brought the American Shad them back from the brink.
Fish & Fisheries [13]
Public [7]
Mid-Atlantic (DC DE MD PA VA WV) [6]
Source: Environment Report [14], 05/14/2009

"Obama Orders EPA to Take the Lead in Bay Cleanup" [15]

President Obama issued an executive order empowering EPA to set a more demanding timetable for cleaning up the Chesapeake Bay and to penalize states that fail to meet it.
Water & Oceans [16]
Public [7]
Mid-Atlantic (DC DE MD PA VA WV) [6]
Source: WashPost [17], 05/13/2009

Bayer Knew MIC Monitors Were Broken [18]

"INSTITUTE, W.Va. -- Bayer CropScience managers knew methyl isocyanate monitors were broken last August when they restarted a pesticide unit where up to 37,000 pounds of the deadly chemical are stored, company officials have confirmed."
Chemicals [3]
Public [7]
Mid-Atlantic (DC DE MD PA VA WV) [6]
Source: Charleston Gazette [19], 05/10/2009

Congress Chiefs Want Probe into Secret Bayer Poison Gas [20]

House Energy Chair Waxman and Senate Commerce Chair Rockefeller call for investigation of whether Bayer could use safer chemicals at its Institute WV plant.
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After Secrecy Claims, Bayer's Own Lapses Revealed as Biggest Threat [21]

A U.S. Chemical Safety Board public hearing, delayed for a month due to Bayer's pleas for secrecy, finds lack of safety to be contributing factors to the 'accident' that killed two at an Institute, WV, plant in August 2008.
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CSB Reschedules W.VA. Meeting After Bayer Secrecy Demands [23]

A public meeting regarding the U.S. Chemical Safety Board's investigation of the August 2008 explosion at Bayer CropScience which killed two workers, originally scheduled for March 19, was postponed to April 23, 2009.

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"Federal Judge Says No to Modified Crops on U.S. Refuge Land" [24]

WASHINGTON -- In a court case with potential impact in Missouri and across the country, a federal judge in Delaware ruled today that the U.S. Fish and Wildlife should not have permitted farming with genetically modified crops on a national wildlife refuge. U.S. District Judge Gregory Sleet wrote that the Fish and Wildlife agency erred by failing to conduct environmental studies to determine whether farming with genetically modified crops at the Prime Hook National Wildlife Refuge in Delaware was compatible with conservation and habitat preservation. Bill Lambrecht reports for the St.

Agriculture [25]
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Source: St. Louis Post-Dispatch [26], 03/25/2009

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