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The trillion-gallon loophole: Lax rules for drillers that inject pollutants...

As the boom in oil and gas drilling sends a surge of waste into underground injection wells, safeguards for disposing of these materials are sometimes being ignored or circumvented.Image:  Facing South...

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University of Virginia prevails against climate science attack group

A Virginia circuit court judge rules that the school does not have to turn over former professor Michael Mann's e-mails to the American Tradition Institute, a fossil-fuel-funded think tank that works...

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A win for clean water in South Carolina coal ash storage lawsuit

A clean-water advocacy group has reached a settlement with South Carolina Electric & Gas that will require the company to clean up coal ash impoundments at its Wateree plant in Richland County,...

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Lawsuit seeks better regulation of oil spill dispersants

The unprecedented use of chemical dispersants following BP's Gulf disaster led to complaints of health problems among cleanup workers and local residents. A coalition of groups is now suing the EPA in...

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Southern states lack adequate disclosure of fracking's chemical hazards

A new report from OMB Watch finds that most of the states where fracking is taking place that do not require any public disclosure of the chemicals used in the controversial gas drilling process are in...

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Southern states lack adequate disclosure of fracking's chemical hazards

A new report from OMB Watch finds that most of the states that do not require public disclosure of toxic chemicals used in fracking are in the South, and Southern states are also among those with weak...

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Who's behind petition opposing coal ash regulation with hundreds of bogus...

An analysis of Chinese names on a petition urging the Obama administration to oppose strict regulations for toxic coal ash reveals hundreds of bogus monikers including "Big Steamed Bun" and "Come to...

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Federal court rejects Virginia attorney general's effort to block climate action

The U.S. Court of Appeals in Washington rejects Ken Cuccinelli's challenge to the EPA's finding that unregulated greenhouse gas emissions pose a danger to human health and safety. Cuccinelli, who's...

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INSTITUTE INDEX: The real obscenity of mountaintop removal

Mountaintop removal activist Maria Gunnoe of West Virginia was questioned about child porn by U.S. Capitol Police after submitting a photo of a child bathing in mine-polluted water to a House committee...

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ALEC fights coal ash protections on polluters' behalf

Embroiled in controversy for its role in passing "Stand Your Ground", the American Legislative Exchange Council also worked to block federal regulation of toxic power plant waste that's contaminating...

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Accidents continue to plague Louisiana's oil refineries

A new report tallies a disturbing number of accidents at the state's oil refineries in 2010 -- and offers recommendations for addressing the problem.Image:  Facing South Appreciate this post? Please...

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Tropical storm leaves behind oily mystery in Mississippi

After Tropical Storm Lee's floodwaters receded, people living miles inland from Mississippi's beaches reported finding what looks like crude oil in their drainage ditches. After initially blaming the...

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'Dirty South' lawmakers working to kill new power plant pollution rule

The Environmental Protection Agency issued a new rule this week requiring power plants in 27 states in the eastern half of the U.S.read more

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Lawsuit seeks information on pesticides implicated in bee die-offs

The Natural Resources Defense Council filed a lawsuit this week seeking the release of U.S. Environmental Protection Agency test data for a relatively new class of pesticides that might be playing a...

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Friday dogblogging: Commonly used pesticides present serious health risks for...

One of my dogs recently had her regular check-up at our veterinarian's office, where despite my oft-stated concerns over pesticide safety I was convinced to buy an expensive product to keep fleas,...

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A double blow for cleaner air

Two decisions handed down last week, one by a federal court and the other by a federal agency, will have critical implications for our nation's environmental health -- and for the Bush administration's...

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N.C. enviros rally against not-so-clean energy bill

A broad coalition of environmental advocacy groups held a rally today outside the North Carolina General Assembly to vent their anger over big utilities' hijacking of legislation originally drafted to...

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Federal court upholds breaks for polluting factory farms

In early 2005, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency offered a sweet deal to some decidedly not-so-sweet polluters: industrial-scale livestock farms.read more

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Gulf Watch: Congressional watchdog faults EPA's Katrina response

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Friday Earth Day Roundup

We've been covering a lot of environmental issues here at Facing South lately (especially Sue Sturgis, our resident environmental reporter).read more

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