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"Watching the Changes in Narragansett Bay for Half a Century"

A trawl survey that has been conducted weekly for some 50 years in Narragansett Bay is finding profound changes in the composition of sea life there. Biologically, the news is bad. Despite huge investments in cleaning up the Bay, climate change seems to be the villain.

Fish & Fisheries

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Source: Providence Journal, 10/26/2009

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"City Awarded $105 Million in Exxon Mobil Lawsuit"

"A federal jury on Monday found Exxon Mobil liable for contaminating groundwater in New York City and awarded the city $104.7 million in compensatory damages."

Pollution

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Source: NYTimes, 10/20/2009

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New York To Ban Use of Coal Ash at Cement Plant

"The state is poised to ban the use of mercury-tainted coal fly ash at a Ravena cement plant that is the state's second largest source of airborne mercury pollution."

Air

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Source: Albany Times-Union, 10/15/2009

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"Lead Found in Utica’S Elementary Schools"

"Twenty percent of the drinking fountains and faucets at Utica elementary schools tested positive for lead, according to results of a voluntary testing program released Tuesday."

Chemicals

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Source: Utica Observer-Dispatch, 10/14/2009

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"Study Finds Danger in the Air Around Tonawanda Coke"

Cancer stories "are numbingly familiar to people who live in the vicinity of Tonawanda Coke Corp. The coke foundry recently was found by the state Department of Environmental Conservation to be emitting benzene, a carcinogen, up to 75 times higher than recommended guidelines. Those levels were up to 2ù times more than what the company reported to regulators."

Air

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Source: Buffalo News, 10/12/2009

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NY: "State Issues Rules on Upstate Natural Gas Drilling Near City’s Water"

"After months of deliberations, state environmental regulators on Wednesday released long-awaited rules governing natural gas production in upstate New York, including provisions to oversee drilling operations near New York City’s water supplies."

Water & Oceans

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Source: NYTimes, 10/01/2009

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"Officials Knew for Decades That Park Was Contaminated"

"In the woods on the northern edge of Scofieldtown Park are remnants of its days as a landfill. Containers lay strewn among the trees -- milk and 7UP bottles that haven't been used since the 1950s. More sinister are rusty paint cans and empty, decaying 55-gallon chemical drums."

Waste

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Source: Stamford Advocate, 09/29/2009

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"Environment Groups Turn From Corzine"

"Four years ago, environmental groups hoped Jon Corzine would put the environment high on his list of priorities. today, many of the same groups say Corzine, now seeking a second term as governor, has failed to live up to his promises...."

Activism

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Source: Philadelphia Inquirer, 09/28/2009

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"Deadly Acid Poses a Safety Issue for Sunoco"

"Sunoco's use of deadly hydrofluoric acid at its Philadelphia refinery has come under scrutiny after a March accident that sent 13 contract workers to the hospital."

Chemicals

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Source: Philadelphia Inquirer, 09/23/2009

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"Explosives, Hazardous Chemicals Cleared From New Jersey Property"

"It took a court order, a bomb squad, and seven months of work by U.S. EPA specialists, but the Abrachem Chemical facility in Clifton, New Jersey now is decontaminated."

Chemicals

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Source: ENS, 09/18/2009