Tag: west virginia
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#NewWorldNextWeek: Episode211 – sElection Updates, Israeli Terror, GCHQ WTF?
NewWorldNextWeek.com: Episode211 – sElection Updates, Israeli Terror, GCHQ WTF? Welcome to New World Next Week – the video series from Corbett Report and Media Monarchy that covers some of the most important developments in open source intelligence news. This week:a Story #1: Marijuana Legalization Passes In Oregon and Washington DC Oregon GMO Food Labeling Ballot…
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New Health Secretary Never Far From Her #WestVirginia Roots
Burwell Builds Relationships From West Virginia to Washington* from nytimes.com: When President Bill Clinton had thrashed out his first difficult budget with advisers, he turned to one of his younger aides for the final word, a seal of approval. “Sylvia, are the folks in Hinton going to think we’ve done right by them?” he said.
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West Virginia Lawmakers To Fight EPA Carbon Rule
from news.yahoo.com: Two lawmakers from the coal-producing state of West Virginia said on Monday they plan legislation to stop rules to set caps on carbon emissions from U.S. power plants. Representative Nick Rahall, a Democrat, will work with Representative David McKinley, a Republican, with the goal of stopping the Environmental Protection Agency’s rule on existing…
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New Survey Shows Many Sickened After West Virginia Chemical Spill
from latimes.com: When a storage tank spilled an obscure coal-cleaning chemical into the water supply in West Virginia in January, officials ultimately told 300,000 people not to use the water. Charleston was the largest city affected, as well as the source of the spill. And according to a recent survey of about 500 people in…
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Coal Company Unlawfully Polluted West Virginia Water
Yeah, we only want our pollution to be lawful! from thinkprogress.org: Coal company Alpha Natural Resources violated its state-issued pollution permit by allowing toxic amounts of selenium to seep into West Virginia waters, a federal judge ruled Thursday, the latest event in the state’s ongoing coal-driven water pollution saga. In a decision first reported by…
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Water Crisis Not Over After West Virginia Chemical Spill
from hereandnow.wbur.org: It’s been called one of the most serious episodes of drinking water contamination in U.S. history. Four months after thousands of gallons of the coal-washing chemical MCHM spilled from an unregulated above-ground storage tank into the Elk River, many people in and around Charleston, West Virginia, are still using bottled water. Water bans…
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Tests Show Chemical in West Virginia Water Weeks After Leak
from cnn.com: Tap water testing in 10 homes in West Virginia found a chemical that leaked from an industrial storage facility in January was still in the water supply a month later, though at levels within the state’s allowable threshold… “Water is continually flowing through the system and it’s cleaning it out,” said Andrew Whelton,…
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Despite Expensive Ads, ‘Cover Oregon’ Worst At Enrolling Young
from dailycaller.com: Apparently Oregon’s catchy, expensive Obamacare hipster ads fell flat. Very flat. Newly released data reveals that Cover Oregon, the state’s Obamacare exchange, has been the worst exchange in the country at attracting young people. Just 18 percent of the coveted young invincibles, or people between the ages of 18-34, in Oregon have enrolled…
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Deadline Live: Jack Blood on Media/Memes
Media Monarchy joins Jack Blood this month to break down spook TV, Mumia media, drone drills, ‘this day in history’ and much more on Deadline Live! Download/Subscribe
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West Virginia Tap Water Test Results Expected In 1-3 Weeks
from edition.cnn.com: Tap water test results in 10 West Virginia homes — part of a state-commissioned study into whether the water is safe to drink after a chemical spill last month — will be known in one to three weeks, scientists leading the effort said Friday. The project also is close to assembling a panel…
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Rockefeller: “I Wouldn’t Drink That Water If You Paid Me”
WV Residents Still Wary of Water After Chemical Leak from thelead.blogs.cnn.com: It was a half-day for the students at Grandview Elementary in North Charleston, West Virginia, Monday, and it wasn’t in observance of George Washington’s birthday. Teachers at the school reported smelling a licorice-like chemical odor this morning, a lingering problem since last month’s chemical…
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New World Next Week: Episode182 – Revolution Algorithm, Corporate Chemicals, Update Rundown
NewWorldNextWeek.com: Episode182 – Revolution Algorithm, Corporate Chemicals, Update Rundown Welcome to New World Next Week – the video series from Corbett Report and Media Monarchy that covers some of the most important developments in open source intelligence news. This week: Story #1: This Algorithm Can Predict a Revolution Sentient World Simulation: Meet Your DoD Clone…
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More Gunk Spills in West Virginia, Turning Creek Black
Patriot Coal Prep Plant Spills Slurry Into WV Creek* from latimes.com: State officials in West Virginia were trying Tuesday to contain a coal slurry spill into a creek in the same general area where a toxic chemical spill last month tainted drinking water for 300,000 people in and around the state capital of Charleston. A…
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Students Sent Home From West Virginia Schools Amid Fears Over Water Contamination
from nationaljournal.com: Students at a handful of schools in Charleston, W.Va., were sent home last week amid reports of potential water contamination following a chemical spill last month, The New York Times reports. Students were told to leave after students and faculty noticed the smell of licorice, a distinct odor given off by the chemical…
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West Virginia official says residents are breathing cancer-causing agent after chemical spill
from blacklistednews.com: A West Virginia state official told legislators on Wednesday that he “can guarantee” some residents are breathing in a cancer-causing substance due to the chemical spill that occurred earlier in January. In a recent meeting with a state legislative committee on water resources, Scott Simonton of the West Virginia Environmental Quality Board said…