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"In New Orleans, Uneven Recovery Awaits Obama"

"President Obama travels to New Orleans this week for a town hall meeting -- and for a look at the recovery in the city battered by Hurricane Katrina four years ago. It will be Obama's first visit since the presidential campaign, when, as a candidate, he had a long list of promises for the city."

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Source: NPR, 10/14/2009

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"Floating House Could Ride New Orleans' Floods"

"A house capable of floating atop rising floodwaters made its debut [Oct. 6] in New Orleans."

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Source: AP, 10/13/2009

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"Contaminated Groundwater Found Near NC Ash Ponds"

"Thirteen North Carolina coal ash ponds are leaking toxic pollutants into groundwater, according to an analysis of groundwater contamination data conducted by Appalachian Voices' Upper Watauga Riverkeeper team."

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Source: Asheville Citizen-Times, 10/08/2009

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"Wetlands Loss Linked to OCS Oil and Gas Pipelines in New Study"

"A new study for the federal Minerals Management Service concludes that the construction of pipelines related to oil and gas production in the Outer Continental Shelf of the Gulf of Mexico 'can cause locally intense habitat changes, thereby contributing to the loss of critically important land and wetland areas.'"

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Source: New Orleans Times-Picayune, 10/06/2009

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"EPA Cites West Palm Beach Over Sewage"

"WEST PALM BEACH -- The city's sewage treatment plant has pumped untold millions of gallons of poorly treated wastewater onto wetlands adjacent to wells used to supplement the city's drinking water supply. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has cited the city with 117 pollution violations."

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Source: Palm Beach Post, 10/02/2009

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"Polluted Lake Okeechobee Getting Dirtier"

"Water managers, environmental agencies and conservation groups have been talking about cleaning up Lake Okeechobee for decades. The water quality has only gotten worse. Much worse."

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Source: Miami Herald, 09/24/2009

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Georgia Sewage Plants Swamped by Floods, Dump Sewage

"The record rains of the past few days flooded out sewage treatment plants in Fulton, Cobb and Gwinnett counties [GA], dumping millions of gallons of untreated sewage into local waterways."

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Source: Atlanta Journal-Constitution, 09/24/2009

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"Floodwaters Begin To Recede in the Southeast"

Residents in Georgia and Alabama returned to waterlogged homes after flooding caused by torrential rains caused at least nine deaths.

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Source: AP, 09/23/2009

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"Feds Again Petitioned for Florida Panther Critical Habitat"

"As a species, the endangered Florida panther needs about 4,860 square miles in southern Florida to be protected as critical habitat to save the animal from extinction and recover the species, according to a new scientific petition submitted to the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service by three nonprofit organizations."

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Source: ENS, 09/22/2009