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Headline	Author	Published	Section
Where the Lead Comes Sweepin' Down the Plain Tornado ravages town already ravaged by pollution		12 May 2008	News
Posted at 10:41 AM on 12 May 2008 Six people were killed in Picher, Okla., this weekend as a giant tornado swept through. The not-so-bright bright side: It's likely that some fatalities were avoided, since many residents of Picher have already left. Picher is so polluted with mining waste that it's listed as a Superfund site; the town's booming lead and zinc mines closed decades ago, and its population ...
Topics: air pollution, health, mining, news, Oklahoma, placemaking, severe weather, toxics, waste (all these topics)

What should I ask Andrew Rice?	David Roberts	03 Dec 2007	Gristmill

Topics: elections, James Inhofe, Oklahoma, politics (all these topics)

Putting the OK in Oklahoma Inhofe challenger the real deal	Adam Browning	29 Oct 2007	Gristmill

Topics: politics, James Inhofe, elections, Oklahoma (all these topics)

Irony alert Honk if you think I'm a giant asshole	Kate Sheppard	08 Aug 2007	Gristmill

Topics: cars, international politics, Oklahoma, politics (all these topics)

Black Coffeyville Oil spill adds agitation to tri-state flooding		03 Jul 2007	Daily Grist
Black Coffeyville Oil spill adds agitation to tri-state flooding A 42,000-gallon oil spill in Kansas is complicating state and federal response to flooding that has walloped that state, Oklahoma, and Texas. Weeks of rain have forced evacuations and caused at least 11 deaths. On Sunday, workers at a Coffeyville, Kan., oil refinery began evacuation procedures, but a malfunction sent bla ...
Topics: Kansas, news, oil, Oklahoma, severe weather, Texas, water pollution (all these topics)

A Ploy Named Sue With feds asleep at the wheel, states sue to protect air and water		28 Aug 2006	Daily Grist
A Ploy Named Sue With feds asleep at the wheel, states sue to protect air and water Frustrated by federal inaction, states and localities are increasingly suing companies and even each other in attempts to curb air and water pollution. Oklahoma, for instance, has filed suit against eight companies that operate chicken farms in neighboring Arkansas, cha ...
Topics: air pollution, Arkansas, environmental justice, Kentucky, news, Oklahoma, politics, water pollution (all these topics)

Finger-Lickin' Bad How poultry producers are ravaging the rural South	Suzi Parker	21 Feb 2006	Main Dish
A person driving through the South might notice the chicken houses dotting the hills and flatlands. He might marvel at the larger ones, as long as a football field. He might react to their gagging stench for a moment, and then forget as he travels on. But those who live near the structures -- stuffed with as many as 25,000 chickens each -- combat the odor and health hazards daily. Not yer pappy's chi ...
Topics: ag policy, agriculture, air pollution, Alabama, Arkansas, environmental justice, health, Oklahoma, Poverty and the Environment, state politics (all these topics)

Howell of Protest		13 Mar 2003	Daily Grist
Howell of Protest Under federal regulations, private developers have to pay market rates to lease land bordering the 456 lakes owned by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. But last month, Ronald Howell signed a 50-year rent-free lease on 280 along Oklahoma's Skiatook Lake, which is owned by the corps, to build a $10 million resort, complete with marina and golf course. What gives? It s ...
Topics: Army Corps of Engineers, Oklahoma, outdoor recreation, political groups (all these topics)

Look on Seabright Side	Ben White	12 May 2000	Muckraker
Jeff Seabright, executive director of the White House Task Force on Climate Change, is bailing out in the waning days of the Clinton administration for a plum job in the private sector, namely as vice president for policy planning at Texaco. Muckraker had been hearing rumblings of the imminent departure for a week, but couldn't get calls returned by Seabright or task force spokesperson Paul Bledsoe. Lo and behold, the call confirming the move came ...
Topics: Arizona, climate, Muckraker, New Mexico, Oklahoma, politics, Texas (all these topics)

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