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Losing Louisiana series

A project by The Times-Picayune (New Orleans, La.)  looks at the precarious nature of southern Louisiana as land sinks due to subsidence while the waters of the Gulf are rising.   […]
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Smoke and Mirrors: The Subversion of the EPA

A four-part series in The Philadelphia Inquirer looks into the Environmental Protection Agency's management under the Bush administration.  Stephen L. Johnson, Bush's appointment for EPA Administrator, has been accused by […]
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Industrial pollution impacting air quality at nearby schools

USA TODAY's Blake Morrison and Brad Heath have published a package of stories using government data to examine the air quality of American schools located near industrial plants. They found […]
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U.S flex-fuel fleet fraught with problems

A 16-year long federal program to build a fleet of alternative-fuel vehicles for the government has been riddled with problems, according to a report by Kimberly Kindy and Dan Keating […]
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Natural gas drilling may be harming U.S. drinking water supply

Abrahm Lustgarten of ProPublica reports that natural gas drilling in the United States may be endangering water supplies. A sample of water from a well in Sublette County, Wyo. found […]
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Dumping in Louisiana's Red River

An environmental investigation by The Times (Shreveport, La.) culled through data from the Environmental Protection Agency and the Louisiana Department of Environmental Quality and identified "at least 83 permitted dischargers […]
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Pollution credits profitable for landfills

Jeffrey Ball of the Wall Street Journal reports that landfills all over the country may be capitalizing off the sale of carbon credits for environmental initiatives they already had in […]
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Hidden wells, dirty water

An investigation by Leah Beth Ward of the Yakima Herald-Republic (Yakima, Wash.) reveals that evidence of area groundwater contamination has long been ignored. "A little noticed scientific study six years […]
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Water agency failed to disclose uranium contamination

Brian Joseph of the Orange County Register reports that the nation's largest water district has known for eight years about uranium contamination at the site of a proposed groundwater storage […]
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Urban sprawl remains a problem in Fresno

A series by Brad Branan of The Fresno Bee looks at problems with how the city of Fresno, Calif. regulates development. Despite a plan to curb urban sprawl, it continues […]
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