"West Virginia Doctors Advising Some Patients Not To Drink Tap Water"
"Warnings come despite federal health officials declaring water was free from chemical contamination after January 9 spill."
Source: AP, 02/06/2014
Water & Oceans
"NC River Turns To Gray Sludge After Coal Ash Spill"
"ON THE DAN RIVER, N.C. — Canoe guide Brian Williams dipped his paddle downstream from where thousands of tons of coal ash has been spewing for days into the Dan River, turning the wooden blade flat to bring up a lump of gray sludge."
Source: AP, 02/06/2014
EWG Database Helps Public, Journos Find Drinking Water Threats
While EPA and local utilities make much data available online, the Environmental Working Group has compiled a tap water database that is much easier to use. It gathers data from the states as well as from EPA, and compiles city-by-city rankings of the best and worst drinking water quality. It also explains the health significance of contaminants and lists contaminants not regulated by EPA.
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Feds Raise Fee Barrier to FOIA about Shipbreaking of US Ship Abroad
Maritime historian Jon Ottman has been denied a fee waiver on records he's requested about an aged U.S. Coast Guard cutter that was auctioned to a shipbreaker in Mexico without, he says, being thoroughly checked for toxic and hazardous materials. Photo: America's Queen — Coast Guard Cutter Storis, courtesy US Coast Guard.
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CDC, EPA Respond to SEJ Complaints about Press Office Obstacles
After the SEJ and the Society of Professional Journalists complained January 20, 2014, about federal agency press office stonewalling in the face of the Charleston, WV, drinking water disaster, the agencies responded. Read the text of their replies here.
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"Dan R Coal Ash Spill Pollutes Waterway Near Retired Duke Energy Plant"
"EDEN, N.C. -- A pipe under a coal ash pond broke in northern North Carolina, releasing an unknown amount of coal ash into the Dan River, Duke Energy Corp. said Monday."
Source: AP, 02/05/2014
WV Spill Revealed Striking Lack of Water Supply Regulations: Lawmakers
"WASHINGTON — Members of Congress and West Virginia officials say patchwork federal regulations are inadequate to protect the public from spills such as the one last month that contaminated drinking water for 300,000 people in the Charleston area."
Source: AP, 02/05/2014
"California Governor Pans Republican Water Plan in Face of Drought"
"SACRAMENTO -- California Governor Jerry Brown, whose state is facing its worst drought in decades, harshly criticized on Monday an effort by Congressional Republicans to roll back environmental rules limiting how much water agencies can pump out of the fragile San Joaquin-Sacramento River delta in dry years."
Source: Reuters, 02/04/2014
"Cause of Whale Beachings in Florida Remains Elusive"
"FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — More than 90 whales have become stranded on Florida beaches in the past two months, almost three times the average, baffling marine biologists and making them wonder if a deadly common denominator is at play."
Source: Sun Sentinel, 02/04/2014
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