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Training exercises showed gaps in government preparedness before BP oil spill

By John Solomon and Aaron Mehta

Over the last eight years, the U.S. government has conducted four major drills to prepare for a massive oil spill, the results of which fore

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After oil spill cleanup, mystery surrounds oil remaining in Gulf

By Laurel Adams

Internal e-mails suggest doctoring of oil spill information by White House

By Laurel Adams

Coast Guard to revise self-assessment on oil spills

By Julie Vorman

Volunteer vessels at BP rig were “floating militia,” need more coordination

By Aaron Mehta

BP's Iris Cross starred in two disaster PR campaigns

By Aaron Mehta

Before oil spills ads, BP's Iris Cross drew jury tampering accusations in earlier disaster

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Donor profile: Robert Rowling

By Alexandra Duszak

Donor profile: Harold Simmons

By Alexandra Duszak and Dave Levinthal

Texas pollution victims seek millions from Citgo

By Jim Morris

As Clean Air Act sentencing nears, Justice cites violations at Texas Citgo refinery

By Jim Morris

USDA is inconsistent in testing food headed for school cafeterias

By Laurel Adams

USDA testing is uneven for produce, meats sent to school meals program

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Salmonella lurks from farm to fork

By Jeffrey Benzing, Esther French and Judah Ari Gross

Rhode Island case illustrates poor food handling practices

By Joanne Ingram

Food-safety issues abound near U.S. Capitol

By Maggie Clark, Esther French and Mattea Kramer

Laws haven’t kept deadly pathogens out of meat, poultry

By Teresa Lostroh and Rachel Albin

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Equipment failure at refinery leads to toxic HF release

By Jim Morris and Chris Hamby

New oil refinery in South Dakota says it will use alternative to toxic acid

By Chris Hamby

Town divided over major employer's permission to pollute the air

By Howard Berkes and Sarah Harris

In polluted Pennsylvania suburb, a Republican takes on state regulators

By Jim Morris

Use of toxic acid puts millions at risk

By Jim Morris and Chris Hamby

A 2009 explosion in Corpus Christ sheds light on danger of toxic acid cloud

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IMPACT: Refinery's use of toxic chemical spurs hearing

By Jim Morris

Regulatory flaws, repeated violations put oil refinery workers at risk

By Jim Morris, Chris Hamby and M.B. Pell

BP pays another fine for Texas refinery

By Amy Biegelsen

The forgotten ones: Few remedies for injured contractors

By Jim Morris

Investigations Around the World

Major U.S. bank is found laundering money for Mexican drug cartel; misuse of BP cleanup funds; and forest mismanagement in Latin America

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Some lawmakers sold BP, transocean stock

By Josh Israel and Aaron Mehta

Florida lawsuit cites Center’s investigation of BP refinery violations

By M.B. Pell

Coast Guard database makes oil spill penalties nearly impossible to track

By Ariel Wittenberg

BP’s $22,800 apology

By Josh Israel, Aaron Mehta and Gabriel Debenedetti

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Sprint’s real fantasy: Firefighters achieving interoperability

By Sarah Laskow

In one of its new commercials, Sprint Nextel cheekily imagines how firefighters might use the company’s new walkie-talkies to run Congress.

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Interoperability: A priority for Homeland Security?

By Sarah Laskow

First responders still can’t communicate

By The Center for Public Integrity

Ready, fire aim? Public broadband grants wait for no plan

By John Dunbar

Let The Battle Continue

By Josh Israel

$163 million spent on oil pollution research — with no coordination

By Laurel Adams

Interagency committee to coordinate oil pollution research - didn't

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Senate bill aims to tighten regulation of oil spill dispersants

By Chris Hamby and Jim Morris

Internal e-mails suggest doctoring of oil spill information by White House

By Laurel Adams

Training exercises showed gaps in government preparedness before BP oil spill

By John Solomon and Aaron Mehta

West Africa oil boom overlooks tattered environmental safety net

By Christiane Badgley

"Beneficial use" of Coal Ash in question as EPA mulls regulation

By Kristen Lombardi

Nearly every day over the last 32 months, members of a citizens group in Giles County, Va., have paid a visit to a seven-acre stretch of lan

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EPA releases utilities' plans to make coal ash storage safer

By John Solomon

Republicans move forward against coal ash regulation

By Chris Hamby

By releasing coal ash sites, EPA raises more questions

By Kristen Lombardi

EPA scolded for website that appeared to endorse coal ash products

By Laurel Adams

FEMA's technology shortcomings could affect disaster response

By Laurel Adams

Inspector general says FEMA's failure to update its technology could hinder emergency response

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Post-Katrina FEMA still struggling

By Laurel Adams

Hurricanes expose FEMA woes

By The Center for Public Integrity

As FEMA funds run out, senators from states with most disasters oppose funding bill

By Josh Israel and Aaron Mehta

FEMA hopes to finish preparedness report by year-end

By Laurel Adams

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