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Secret Dilbit: Press Locked Out at Arkansas Pipeline Spill?

Reports from the spill of tar sands oil from an ExxonMobil pipeline at Mayflower, Arkansas, indicate that reporters are being kept from doing their jobs. They are kept far away from the oil, threatened with arrest, and told things that aren't true. It looks like Exxon — not federal clean-up agencies — is running the press operation. The result may be skewed or scant coverage — possibly a boon for an Obama administration facing a tough choice on the Keystone XL pipeline. More on media access at The Daily Glob.

"InsideClimate News Reporter Threatened With Arrest at Ark. Oil Spill Site"

"InsideClimate News reporter Lisa Song was threatened with arrest on Wednesday after she entered the command center for the cleanup operation in Mayflower, Ark., where a major oil pipeline spill occurred on Friday."

Source: InsideClimate News, 04/05/2013

Lodging and Travel for SEJ's 23rd Annual Conference

"New Orleans Stench May Be Linked to Exxon Refinery Leak: Coast Guard"

"A 'rank' odor that has spread across parts of greater New Orleans may be linked to a leak from the 192,500-barrel-per-day Chalmette refinery, the U.S. Coast Guard investigating the smell said on Thursday."

Source: Reuters, 04/05/2013

"Air Pollution: Home Depot To Pay $8 Million for Violations"

"The Home Depot chain agreed to pay $8 million for selling tens of thousands of gallons of paint, varnishes, sealants and other liquid building materials that violated regional air quality rules, the South Coast Air Quality Management District announced Thursday, April 4."

Source: Riverside Press-Enterprise, 04/05/2013

"Lead Poisoning Toll Revised To 1 in 38 Young Kids"

"The increase is the result of the government last year lowering the threshold for lead poisoning."

Source: USA TODAY, 04/05/2013

Sierra: Pollution 'Human Rights Abuse' To Poor, Minorities in Detroit

"Metro Detroit’s poor and minority populations face greater health and environmental challenges than most communities because of their proximity to industrial pollution - an “environmental injustice” and “human rights abuse,” Sierra Club Detroit officials said today as they released a report on the state of Detroit’s environment."

Source: Detroit Free Press, 04/05/2013

"New Niagara Tunnel Helps Ontario Replace Coal with Hydro"

"TORONTO, Ontario, Canada, April 4, 2013 (ENS) – The province of Ontario is harnessing more renewable electricity from Niagara Falls through the just-completed Niagara Tunnel Project, as part of its plan to phase out its coal-fired power plants by the end of 2014."

Source: ENS, 04/05/2013

"Kentucky Coal Production, Employment Plummet"

"Coal production in Kentucky last year reached its lowest level since 1965, while shedding more than 4,000 jobs, nearly all of them in Appalachian counties, according to a new state report."

Source: Louisville Courier-Journal, 04/05/2013

Hurricane Center Changes Warning System After Superstorm Sandy

"MIAMI -- Responding to criticism after Superstorm Sandy, the National Hurricane Center said Thursday it would change the way it warns people about tropical storms that morph into something else."

Source: AP, 04/05/2013

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