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Oil Lobby Group Part of Government — Doesn't Have To Disclose [1]

The Interstate Oil and Gas Compact Commission (IOGCC) lobbied successfully to pass and preserve the "Halliburton Loophole," which exempts the oil and gas industry from the law requiring disclosure of toxic fracking chemicals.

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High-Hazard Chem Plants — Can Secrecy Substitute for Safety? [8]

Reflexive secrecy has been a hallmark of government efforts to deal with highly hazardous chemical facilities in recent decades. Another reminder of that secrecy came in an April 11, 2016, piece in Greenwire by Sam Pearson.  Photo: [9] The fertilizer plant in West, Texas, that exploded in 2013, killing 15 people, by Shane Torgerson, courtesy of Wikipedia.

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"Sanders Injects Fracking Into Battle For NY" [11]

"Democratic presidential hopeful Bernie Sanders has a new line of attack against Hillary Clinton tailor-made for New York voters: that she is too soft on hydraulic fracturing."

Energy & Fuel [4]
Environmental Politics [5]
Public [7]
National (U.S.) [12]
Source: The Hill [13], 04/13/2016
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Investors Worth $6 Trillion Back ExxonMobil Climate Change Resolution [14]

"Institutions managing $6 trillion in assets plan to back a call for U.S. oil major ExxonMobil to disclose the impact of climate change policy on its business, one of the organizers of the vote said on Tuesday."

Climate Change [15]
Economy & Business [16]
Energy & Fuel [4]
Environmental Politics [5]
Public [7]
National (U.S.) [12]
Source: Reuters [17], 04/13/2016
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"Researchers: Lag In Water Use Slows Flint Recovery" [18]

"Flint residents aren’t using enough water to pull necessary chemical treatments through the city’s system, hindering efforts to get water up to safety standards in a community where residents are afraid to use their taps and loathe to pay for what comes out of them.

Although the past six months have produced improvements, recent testing by Virginia Tech researchers, including expert Marc Edwards, shows contamination still at problem levels.

Environmental Health [19]
Pollution [6]
Water & Oceans [20]
Public [7]
Great Lakes (IL IN MI MN OH WI) [21]
Source: Detroit Free Press [22], 04/13/2016
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"‘Blackout Blackmail’: New Report Casts Doubt On Utility’s Claims" [23]

"A new report calls into question — again — California’s handling of this winter’s historic natural gas leak, this time suggesting that regulators and the gas company are purposely scaring the community and legislature into putting the storage facility back online."

Energy & Fuel [4]
Environmental Politics [5]
Journalism & Media [24]
Public [7]
California [25]
Source: Climate Progress [26], 04/13/2016
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"Faith Groups Call For More International Climate Funding" [27]

"More than 120 religious groups are encouraging lawmakers to approve President Obama’s proposed $750 million contribution to an international climate change fund."

Activism [28]
Climate Change [15]
Environmental Politics [5]
Laws & Regulations [29]
Public [7]
National (U.S.) [12]
Source: The Hill [30], 04/13/2016
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"Investor Group Launches Campaign To Curb Antibiotic Use In Food" [31]

"Fifty four large investors managing 1 trillion pounds in assets have launched a campaign to curb the use of antibiotics in the meat and poultry used by ten large U.S. and British restaurant groups."

Agriculture [32]
Chemicals [3]
Economy & Business [16]
Environmental Health [19]
Food [33]
Public [7]
National (U.S.) [12]
Source: Reuters [34], 04/13/2016
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"Home And Garden Giant Ditches Class Of Pesticides That May Harm Bees" [35]

"A leading brand of home and garden pest-control products says it will stop using a class of pesticides linked to the decline of bees."

Chemicals [3]
Consumer [36]
Public [7]
National (U.S.) [12]
Source: NPR [37], 04/13/2016
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"Environmental Groups File Lawsuit Over Pollution From U.S. Aircraft" [38]

"Three environmental groups filed a lawsuit against the Environmental Protection Agency on Tuesday to press for faster action in setting limits on greenhouse gas emissions from U.S. aircraft."

Activism [28]
Climate Change [15]
Laws & Regulations [29]
Public [7]
National (U.S.) [12]
Source: Reuters [39], 04/13/2016
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