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"Train Hauling Canadian Oil Derails in Minnesota" [1]

"A mile-long train hauling oil from Canada derailed and leaked 30,000 gallons of crude in western Minnesota on Wednesday, as debate rages over the environmental risks of transporting tar sands across the border."

Disasters [2]
Energy & Fuel [3]
Pollution [4]
Public [5]
Great Lakes (IL IN MI MN OH WI) [6]
Canada [7]
Source: Reuters [8], 03/28/2013

"Study: Two-Thirds of Pesticides Got Flawed EPA Approval" [9]

"Many pesticides used in consumer products and agriculture received federal approval through a loophole that doesn't require thorough testing, according to a study released Wednesday by an environmental group."

Agriculture [10]
Chemicals [11]
Consumer [12]
Environmental Health [13]
Environmental Politics [14]
Public [5]
National (U.S.) [15]
Source: USA TODAY [16], 03/28/2013

"IMF Urges Phasing Out $1.9 Trillion in Global Energy Subsidies" [17]

"Energy subsidies cost governments from the U.S. to Egypt $1.9 trillion, discourage private investment and help wealthy consumers more than the poor, according to a study by International Monetary Fund staff."

Climate Change [18]
Economy & Business [19]
Energy & Fuel [3]
Government [20]
Public [5]
International [21]
Source: Bloomberg [22], 03/28/2013

EPA Pilot-Tests New Data Mapping Tool on Community Exposures [23]

The Community-Focused Exposure and Risk Screening Tool (C-FERST), available currently to some agencies, communities, and researchers, could be helpful in tracking environmental justice stories: the impact of specific pollutant exposures on particular geographic and demographic communities.

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Technology [25]
Pollution [4]
People & Population [26]
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Fracking Disclosure Loses a Round in Wyoming [27]

Natrona County District Judge Catherine Wilking ruled March 25, 2013, that a company could withhold as trade secret the ingredients used in the fluids it pumped under high pressure to fracture gas- and oil-bearing rock. Environmentalists had sought to make the ingredient list public.

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Laws & Regulations [28]
Energy & Fuel [3]
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Mountain West (CO ID MT NV UT WY) [29]
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Court Lifts Settlement Secrecy in Pennsylvania Fracking Case [30]

The unsealed documents revealed that the potential plaintiffs had received $750,000 from frackers Range Resources, which has been accused of high-handed tactics. The case is important in several respects — even beyond the broader controversy over sealing of civil settlements.

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Laws & Regulations [28]
Energy & Fuel [3]
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Mid-Atlantic (DC DE MD PA VA WV) [31]
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State Department KXL Report Secrecy Hides Conflict, Criticism [32]

The State Department is trying to hide at least two different kinds of information about its Draft Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement for the Keystone XL pipeline, including graying out key information in the work histories of people involved in the consultation process.

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Environmental Politics [14]
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April 16, 2013

Whither Audit Policies at EPA and the States? [33]

The Environmental Law Institute offers via teleconference/webinar an expert panel which will discuss the current state of EPA audit policies at the Federal and state levels and best practices moving forward.

Professional Meetings [34]
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Policy [35]
Laws & Regulations [28]
Government [20]
Energy & Fuel [3]
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National (U.S.) [15]

"A Hot Topic: Climate Change Coming To Classrooms" [36]

"By the time today's K-12 students grow up, the challenges posed by climate change are expected to be severe and sweeping. Now, for the first time, new federal science standards due out this month will recommend that U.S. public school students learn about this climatic shift taking place."

Climate Change [18]
Science [37]
Public [5]
National (U.S.) [15]
Source: NPR [38], 03/27/2013

"Feds OK Kansas Air Force Base Cleanup Settlement" [39]

"KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- The federal government has agreed to pay 90 percent of the cost of developing a plan to clean up toxic groundwater pollution at a former U.S. Air Force base in central Kansas, according to court documents filed Tuesday."

Laws & Regulations [28]
Military [40]
Pollution [4]
Public [5]
National (U.S.) [15]
Source: AP [41], 03/27/2013

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