Fracking: EPA Finding of No 'Widespread, Systemic' Problems Under Fire
"U.S. EPA's science advisers are criticizing the agency's June announcement dismissing the dangers to drinking water from hydraulic fracturing."
Source: EnergyWire, 11/05/2015
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"Failed Barataria Dolphin Pregnancies Linked To BP Spill"
"Only two of 10 Barataria Bay bottlenose dolphins that were found to be pregnant in 2011, a year after the BP Deepwater Horizon explosion oiled the bay, had successful pregnancies. And the survival rate through July 2015 for adult dolphins that were given health assessments in the bay in 2011 is 10 percent lower than found in two studies of dolphins in un-oiled Sarasota Bay, Fla."
Source: New Orleans Times-Picayune, 11/04/2015
"Amnesty Accuses Shell of Failing To Clear Nigeria Oil Spills"
"Shell has failed to fulfill its legal obligations to clear up oil spills that it has caused in Nigeria’s oil-rich Niger Delta region, Amnesty International said on Tuesday."
Source: Thomson Reuters Fdn, 11/04/2015
"E.P.A. Finds More VW Cheating Software, Including in a Porsche"
"The Environmental Protection Agency said on Monday that it had discovered emissions-cheating software on more Volkswagen and Audi cars than previously disclosed and, for the first time, also found the illegal software in one of the carmaker’s high-end Porsche models."
Source: NY Times, 11/03/2015
WyoFile Publishes Photos in Defiance of State's Censorship Law
Wyoming's legislature calls it "data trespass." Really? The state in March 2015 made it illegal to collect and report information about stream pollution or other environmental harm — when it involves entering private land. One independent publication invited its readers to collect and post such potentially illegal photos.
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Abandoned Mine Data Now a Bit More Available to Public
The nonprofit SkyTruth, an innovator in applying map technology to environmental problems, offers an interactive version of an obscure federal database on abandoned coal mines. Also available, data from the Bureau of Land Management.
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EPA Intends To Add Natural Gas Processing Plants to Toxics Inventory
Administrator Gina McCarthy revealed October 22, 2015, that the U.S. EPA intends to add some natural gas processing facilities to the Toxics Release Inventory, a searchable online database of many of the largest discharges of toxic substances to air, water, and land — and a key tool for environmental journalists.
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"Indonesia Prepares Warships To Evacuate 'Haze' Refugees"
"Indonesia is preparing warships as a last resort to evacuate children and others suffering from smoke inhalation from slash-and-burn fires, a minister said on Friday, as the country struggles to contain fires expected to continue for weeks."
Source: Reuters, 10/26/2015
"Shipwreck Discovered in Lake Erie Could Be Toxic, Long-Sought Argo"
"An amateur shipwreck hunter may have stumbled upon one of the greatest threats to the Great Lakes. Federal and local officials have scheduled a news conference Sunday morning to discuss the threat posed by a shipwreck about 15 miles northeast of Lakeside, Ohio.An amateur shipwreck hunter may have stumbled upon one of the greatest threats to the Great Lakes."
Source: Cleveland Plain Dealer, 10/26/2015
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