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Two Agencies Hide Neglect of Coal-Dam Safety with Secrecy

US EPA and Army Corps of Engineers say they "cannot make the list of 'high hazard' coal ash impoundment sites public," even though risk to communities exists -- like the December 2008 pond failure at the Kingston Fossil Plant in Tennessee.
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Energy & Fuel
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Troubling Predictions Come True For Reporter And Friends

By KATINA GAUDET
"We have a different fear of hurricanes."

My friend Yasmin was trying to rationalize her fearlessness in the face of an imposing Hurricane Katrina, expected to make landfall near New Orleans the next day, from her first-floor Uptown apartment.

But I was having difficulty, although safe in a hotel room near Memphis. I was frantic, yelling into the phone at Yasmin, "You cannot stay there."
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Book Shelf, Book 3- America's Wetland: Louisiana' s Vanishing Coast

AMERICA'S WETLAND: LOUISIANA'S VANISHING COAST
Photographs by Bevil Knapp, text by Mike Dunne Louisiana State
University Press, $39.95
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New Trails Are in 13 States

Twenty-two new National Recreational Trails, covering more than 525 miles, provide a good opportunity to cover outdoor recreation topics.
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Planning & Growth
Natural Resources
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Mid-Atlantic (DC DE MD PA VA WV)
Northeast (CT MA ME NH NJ NY RI VT)
Great Lakes (IL IN MI MN OH WI)
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Southwest (AZ NM OK TX)
California
Great Plains (IA KS ND NE MO SD)
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New Tool Available For Localizing Coal Ash Controversy

A new map and report by the Center for Public Integrity make it easier to pinpoint exact locations of coal-ash deposits, a waste product of coal-fired power plants.
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It's Hurricane Prime-Time in Gulf and Atlantic States

The next 6 weeks or so will see the peak of the hurricane season along the Atlantic and Gulf coasts.
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Water & Oceans
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Top 10 Endangered Southern Areas

The Southern Environmental Law Center's top 10 places in America's South that face "immediate, potentially irreparable threats in 2009" represent a cross-section of the major environmental issues facing these states.
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Planning & Growth
Energy & Fuel
Forests
Natural Resources
Transportation
Water & Oceans
Biodiversity
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SEJ Urges Prompt, Full EPA Release of Ash Spill Testing Data

SEJ urged EPA Region 4 to release promptly and fully any environmental monitoring data it collects related to the December 2008 spill of coal ash from an east Tennessee impoundment.
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DOT Stifles Report on How Climate Change Will Affect Gulf Coast Infrastructure

It wasn't exactly a secret that climate change will have drastic and often harmful impacts on the roads and causeways, chemical plants and oil/gas pipelines, and shipping facilities along the Gulf Coast. Two reports released in March had already said so.
But another report on the same subject from the Department of Transportation was buried deep in the bureaucracy - as has been the case with many reports on climate change impacts during the past eight years.
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Climate Change
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Coal Ash Stories Untold in Many Communities

The December 2008 coal-ash spill at a Tennessee power plant has been making headlines for two weeks — but few journalists realize there are coal-ash stories to be unearthed in many communities. Here are some clues for finding them.
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