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Contamination levels still high years after discovery

Wade Rawlins of The (Raleigh/Durham) News & Observer reports on toxic chemicals that have been contaminating local water sources for the last 15 years. "Ward Transformer spilled thousands of gallons […]
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Regulators drop toxic chemical warning after plant lawyer complains

Ken Ward Jr. of the Charleston Gazette used the federal Freedom of Information Act to obtain records showing that a plan by West Virginia environmental regulators to warn residents of […]
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Airport project shut down for environmental violations

Ken Ward Jr. of the Charleston Gazette filed a Freedom of Information Act request to obtain records on two logging contractors shut down for repeated environmental violations. Department of Environmental […]
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Police fail to report missing children

Thomas Hargrove of Scripps Howard News Service analyzed data from the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children to find that "dozens of police departments across the nation failed to […]
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Refinery warned about dangerous ventilation stack

Dina Cappiello and Anne Belli of the Houston Chronicle obtained OSHA data on the British Petroleum refinery that exploded March 23. They found that the refinery had been fined and […]
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Oil tanker regulations ignored, trimmed back

Eric Nalder of the Seattle Post-Intelligencer investigated the inner-workings of a tanker fleet owned by the third-largest oil company in the nation, ConocoPhillips. The series was inspired by a mystery […]
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Chicago recycling program success exagerated

Laurie Cohen and Dan Mihalopoulos of the Chicago Tribune, along with Gary Washburn, used city records to show that "less paper, plastic, metals and other recyclables were salvaged from Chicago's […]
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High toxin levels downplayed by regulators

Keith Matheny of the Traverse City Record-Eagle used state and federal records obtained under the Freedom of Information Act to show that while the public learned about deadly toxins present […]
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New York City employees still use cars, despite mayor's boast

David Seifman of the New York Post obtained city records to show that "more city workers are commuting in their government-owned cars, despite Mayor Bloomberg's boast that his administration is […]
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