Tag: west virginia
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Chemical Spill In West Virginia Worse Than Initially Reported
from huffingtonpost.com: The West Virginia Department of Environmental Protection issued an update on Monday evening indicating that the Elk River spill in West Virginia earlier this month involved more gallons of chemicals than previously reported. Freedom Industries, which owned the tank that leaked into a river supplying water in the state, now says that approximately…
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Freedom Industries, Company in West Virginia Spill, Files for Bankruptcy
One week after W. Va. toxic spill, new owner of Freedom Industries puts firm in bankruptcy* from nytimes.com: Freedom Industries, the West Virginia company whose chemical spill last week tainted the drinking water of more than 300,000 residents in and around Charleston, filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy on Friday… News reports stated that Freedom Industries…
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How safe is West Virginia water, if pregnant women shouldn’t drink it?
from cnn.com: Days after they told some West Virginia residents they shouldn’t worry about drinking tap water contaminated with a chemical used to clean coal, local health officials issued a new advisory this week. Pregnant women, they suggested, might want to stick to drinking bottle water. In new guidance issued Wednesday night, West Virginia health…
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Freedom Industries Cited at Second West Virginia Site
from ksdk.com: The company whose spill contaminated the water supply for 300,000 West Virginians has been cited for violations at a second facility where it’s storing chemicals. Department of Environmental Protection spokesman Tom Aluise says inspectors found five violations Monday at a Nitro site where Freedom Industries moved its coal-cleaning chemicals after Thursday’s spill. Inspectors…
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West Virginia Governor Issues State of Emergency After Chemical Spill
from wsaz.com: West Virginia Governor Earl Ray Tomblin has issued a state of emergency for nine counties after a chemical leak in Kanawha County Thursday morning. The state of emergency includes West Virginia American Water customers in Kanawha, Cabell, Boone, Putnam, Lincoln, Logan, Clay, Roane and Jackson counties… [West Virginia American Water] customers are told…
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Ohio, West Virginia Residents Sue DuPont Over Teflon Cancer
from ap.org: Nine Ohio and West Virginia residents who have cancer and other diseases have filed federal lawsuits this month against chemical giant DuPont, alleging the company knowingly contaminated drinking-water supplies with a chemical used by one of its plants. The lawsuits, filed Oct. 8 and this week, are among about 50 such cases —…
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#Newspurge: October Clearinghouse
Media Ignored Calm Amid Chaos // Former official: Wall Street taken over by the “mafia” // U.S. Military Sent to Jordan on Syria Crisis // Killing Africans with Pop Star Kindness // Campaign 2012: Binders Full of Flim Flam // Homeland Security ‘fusion’ centers spy on citizens, produce ‘shoddy’ work // New Seasons CEO leaving…
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#Newspurge: September Clearinghouse
9/11 Anniversary Updates: We honor our dead by taking a hard look at the truth* The 9/11 Files 9/11 was a controlled demolition* The 9/11 Files 9/11: How they did it* The 9/11 Files The 9/11 Solution (2006)* The 9/11 Files What the real 9/11 witnesses saw and heard* The 9/11 Files Jet fuel cannot…
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#Newspurge: Live The Life You’re Dreaming Of
JPM, Barclays Said Among Banks to Get Libor Subpoenas // Summer of Strategic Tension // Video: Conservative filmmaker behind ‘2016: Obama’s America’ says he ‘learned some lessons’ from Michael Moore, prepares for wide release // #CivilWar of 2016: “Full Spectrum Operations in the Homeland: A ‘Vision’ of the Future.” // Owner of mine made famous on…
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#Newspurge: The Hunter Gets Captured By The Game
Econocrash: Stocks waver; signs on the economy hard to read* Joseph Stiglitz: ‘This Deficit Fetishism Is Killing Our Economy’* Standard Chartered may lose NY license over Iran ties: “You F*cking Americans. Who Are You To Tell Us, The Rest Of The World That We’re Not Going To Deal With Iranians?”* Video: The Truth about TARP*…
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#Newspurge: Into The Fire
Billions Spent Destroying and Rebuilding Elsewhere as Infrastructure Crumbles At Home // NATO started naval exercises off the coast of Syria // Roger Waters Points ‘The Wall’ Toward Abuse of Power // Death on the Obama Campaign Trail ~ Again // FBI Prepares Billion-Dollar Iris Recognition Database // Little Girl, Tired Of West Virginia Power…
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#Newspurge: It’s Not My Place
Econocrash: Rhode Island First State to Pass Homeless Bill of Rights* Five dead after German gunman ‘took hostages when bailiffs arrived to evict him from his flat’* Video: Chris Hedges Says: “Brace Yourself” – The American Empire is over and the descent is going to be horrifying; Slow motion coup d’etat underway* Video: “We are…
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First-Ever Fracking Wastewater Test in Ohio Reveals Stew of Hazardous Toxins
from ecowatch.org: Results from a sample of brine from hydraulic fracturing operations have revealed numerous hazardous materials, leaving many residents increasingly frustrated at the inaction of Ohio’s Division of Natural Resources (ODNR), the agency responsible for regulation of the state’s shale development. The lab results indicate high levels of alpha particles, arsenic, barium and toluene,…

