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Texas Tech 2010 chemistry lab explosion
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Health, Safety and Environment at U of A. (2012, January 20). Texas Tech Lab Explosion . Youtube. Retrieved March 10, 2022, from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sjDdl_d8br8 Kemsley, J. N. (2010, August 23). Texas Tech Lessons. C&EN. Retrieved March 9, 2022, from https://cen.acs.org/articles/88/i34/Texas-Tech-Lessons.html NASA. (2012, July). Don't mess with excess . Retrieved March 10, 2022, from https://sma.nasa.gov/docs/default-source/safety-messages/safetymessage-2012-07-09-texastechlaboratoryexplosion.pdf?sfvrsn=e9ae1ef8_6 Reason Explains Swiss Cheese Model . YouTube. (2018, October 22). Retrieved March 10, 2022, from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KND5py-z8yI State of Texas and Texas Tech University. (n.d.). Texas Tech University. Retrieved March 9, 2022, from https://www.ttu.edu/about/ U.S. Chemical Safety Board. (n.d.). Texas Tech University Chemistry Lab Explosion. CSB. Retrieved March 9, 2022, from https://www.csb.gov/texas-tech-university-chemistry-lab-explosion/ U.S. Department of Homeland Security. (n.d.). About. Alert: Awareness and localization of explosive-related threats. Retrieved March 9, 2022, from https://alert.northeastern.edu/about/ -
Learn more about the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Association in this episode of Alphabet Soup
Proof of baby Shannon competing at the NOSB. http://nosb.org
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DORIAN Graphics Archive: 5-day Probability of Tropical-Storm-Force-Winds. NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER and CENTRAL PACIFIC HURRICANE CENTER. (n.d.). Retrieved January 20, 2022, from https://www.nhc.noaa.gov/archive/2019/DORIAN_graphics.php?product=wind_probs_34_F120 Freedman, A., & Samenow, J. (2020, June 16). NOAA leaders Violated Agency's scientific integrity policy, Hurricane Dorian 'Sharpiegate' investigation finds. The Washington Post. Retrieved January 20, 2022, from https://www.washingtonpost.com/weather/2020/06/15/noaa-investigation-sharpiegate/ Johnson, S. (n.d.). Fight or flight. Adobe Creative Cloud Express. Retrieved January 20, 2022, from https://spark.adobe.com/page/PK4Gu0uJLhKyJ/ Mervis, J. (2012, January 12). Why NOAA is in the Commerce Department. Science. Retrieved January 20, 2022, from https://www.science.org/content/article/why-noaa-commerce-department NOAA's National Weather Service. (n.d.). National Weather Service. Retrieved January 20, 2022, from https://www.weather.gov/ Our Mission & Vision. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. (n.d.). Retrieved January 20, 2022, from https://www.noaa.gov/our-mission-and-vision Tabuchi, H. (2017, February 20). How an interoffice spat erupted into a climate-change furor. The New York Times. Retrieved January 20, 2022, from https://www.nytimes.com/2017/02/20/business/energy-environment/climate-change-dispute-john-bates.html Thomas, E. (2015, June 15). An Excerpt From Being Nixon: A Man Divided . The Atlantic. Retrieved January 20, 2022, from https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2015/06/the-complexity-of-being-richard-nixon/394547/ US Department of Commerce, N. O. A. A. (2021, February 26). Wind threat description. National Weather Service. Retrieved January 20, 2022, from https://www.weather.gov/mlb/seasonal_wind_threatVaidyanathan, G. (2015, November 24). NOAA climate science probe: Cover-up or "weapon of mass distraction"?Scientific American. Retrieved January 20, 2022, from https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/noaa-climate-science-probe-cover-up-or-weapon-of-mass-distraction/ -
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Discussing the worst methane leak at the Marcellus Shale with guest Thomas Marshall III & Caleb Todd. Go check their podcast and blog here: https://www.whynotapodcast.com.
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Mufson, S. (2019, December 16). A blowout turned an Ohio natural gas well into a methane 'super-emitter'. The Washington Post. Retrieved January 13, 2022, from https://www.washingtonpost.com/climate-environment/a-blowout-turned-an-ohio-gas-well-into-a-methane-super-emitter/2019/12/16/fcbdf622-1f9e-11ea-bed5-880264cc91a9_story.html Pandey, S., Gautam, R., Houweling, S., van der Gon, H. D., Sadavarte, P., Borsdorff, T., Hasekamp, O., Landgraf, J., Tol, P., van Kempen, T., Hoogeveen, R., van Hees, R., Hamburg, S. P., Maasakkers, J. D., & Aben, I. (2019). Satellite observations reveal extreme methane leakage from a natural gas well blowout. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 116(52), 26376–26381. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1908712116 Plumer, B. (2014, April 15). Fracking, explained. Vox. Retrieved January 13, 2022, from https://www.vox.com/2014/4/14/18076690/fracking U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA). (2021, December 2). Natural Gas Explained. U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA). Retrieved January 13, 2022, from https://www.eia.gov/energyexplained/natural-gas/ WOSU 89.7 NPR News | By Paige Pfleger. (2021, September 2). A fracking explosion in Ohio created one of worst methane leaks in history. WOSU News. Retrieved January 13, 2022, from https://news.wosu.org/news/2019-12-19/a-fracking-explosion-in-ohio-created-one-of-worst-methane-leaks-in-history -
Learn more about the U.S. Energy Information Administration in this episode of alphabet soup.
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A&E Television Networks. (2010, August 30). Energy Crisis (1970s). History.com. Retrieved January 6, 2022, from https://www.history.com/topics/1970s/energy-crisis Grunwald, M. (2015, June 24). Why are the government's energy forecasts so bad? The Agenda. Retrieved January 6, 2022, from https://www.politico.com/agenda/story/2015/06/why-are-the-federal-governments-energy-forecasts-so-bad-000111/ Legal Information Institute. (n.d.). 15 U.S. Code § 761 - Congressional Declaration of Purpose. Legal Information Institute. Retrieved January 6, 2022, from https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/15/761 Office of Management and Budget. (n.d.). Chief statistician/statistical and science and policy branch. USAJOBS. Retrieved January 6, 2022, from https://www.usajobs.gov/job/616715700 Organization of Arab Petroleum Exporting Countries. (n.d.). OAPEC. Retrieved January 6, 2022, from https://www.oapecorg.org/Home/FAQs U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA). (n.d.). U.S. Energy Information Administration. About EIA - U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA). Retrieved January 6, 2022, from https://www.eia.gov/about/ The United States Government. (2021, December 22). Statistical Programs & Standards. The White House. Retrieved January 6, 2022, from https://www.whitehouse.gov/omb/information-regulatory-affairs/statistical-programs-standards/ -
Learn more about the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency in this bonus episode
Cable News Network. (n.d.). 1969: An eventful summer. CNN. Retrieved December 28, 2021, from https://www.cnn.com/2009/US/08/09/summer.1969.timeline/index.htmlEnvironmental Protection Agency. (2016, August 11). Indiana and federal EPA announce issuance of nation's first wastewater permits. EPA. Retrieved December 28, 2021, from https://archive.epa.gov/epa/aboutepa/indiana-and-federal-epa-announce-issuance-nations-first-wastewater-permits.html Environmental Protection Agency. (n.d.). EPA Administrator. EPA. Retrieved December 28, 2021, from https://www.epa.gov/aboutepa/epa-administratorEnvironmental Protection Agency. (n.d.). EPA's Budget and Spending. EPA. Retrieved December 28, 2021, from https://www.epa.gov/planandbudget/budget Environmental Protection Agency. (n.d.). Evolution of the Clean Air Act. EPA. Retrieved December 28, 2021, from https://www.epa.gov/clean-air-act-overview/evolution-clean-air-act#caa70Environmental Protection Agency. (n.d.). Our Mission and What We Do. EPA. Retrieved December 28, 2021, from https://www.epa.gov/aboutepa/our-mission-and-what-we-do NBCUniversal News Group. (2008, April 23). Meddling at EPA? Activists Point to Survey. NBCNews.com. Retrieved December 28, 2021, from https://www.nbcnews.com/id/wbna24276709 -
1969 Cuyahoga River Fire
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Bella, L. L. (2009). Not enough to drink: Pollution, drought, and tainted water supplies. Rosen Pub. Black history month: Defining environmental justice. Conservancy for Cuyahoga Valley National Park. (2020, February 13). Retrieved December 22, 2021, from https://www.conservancyforcvnp.org/defining-environmental-justice-how-the-conservancy-and-the-local-community-are-continuing-carl-stokes-legacy/Bobkoff, D. (2009, June 22). Ohio's burning river in better health 40 years later. NPR. Retrieved December 22, 2021, from https://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=105750930 Brueck, H. (2019, June 22). The Cuyahoga River caught fire 50 years ago. these stomach-churning photos highlight why the EPA exists. Business Insider. Retrieved December 22, 2021, from https://www.businessinsider.com/vintage-photos-of-cuyahoga-river-on-fire-before-epa-2019-6#as-president-ronald-reagan-put-it-in-his-1984-state-of-the-union-address-preservation-of-our-environment-is-not-a-liberal-or-conservative-challenge-its-common-sense-24 CUYAHOGA RIVER FIRE. Encyclopedia of Cleveland History | Case Western Reserve University. (2020, January 14). Retrieved December 21, 2021, from https://case.edu/ech/articles/c/cuyahoga-river-fire Emily Bamforth. (2019, June 19). A Cuyahoga River timeline, from Moses Cleaveland to blazing paddles. Cleveland. Retrieved December 22, 2021, from https://www.cleveland.com/life-and-culture/g66l-2019/06/b156c67fed368/a-cuyahoga-river-timeline-from-moses-cleaveland-to-blazing-paddles.html Guerrieri Vince Guerrieri is a writer based in the Cleveland area., V. (2019, June 28). Smoke on the water: What we can learn 50 years after Cleveland's apocalyptic burning river. Popular Mechanics. Retrieved December 22, 2021, from https://www.popularmechanics.com/science/energy/a28106182/cuyahoga-river-fire-cleveland-epa/ Hogue, C. (2019, June 17). POLLUTION Marking 50 years since the Cuyahoga River fire, which sparked US environmental action. C&EN. Retrieved December 22, 2021, from https://cen.acs.org/environment/pollution/Marking-50-years-since-Cuyahoga/97/i24 Johnston, L. (2018, October 1). Cuyahoga River Partners Creating Water Trail. Cleveland. Retrieved December 22, 2021, from https://www.cleveland.com/metro/2018/10/cuyahoga_river_water_trail.html Johnston, L. (2019, June 16). Cuyahoga River transforms from open sewer to paddlers' paradise: Cuyahoga50 by the numbers. Cleveland. Retrieved December 22, 2021, from https://www.cleveland.com/news/2019/06/cuyahoga-river-transforms-from-open-sewer-to-paddlers-paradise-cuyahoga50-by-the-numbers.html Libretexts. (2020, August 15). Unusual properties of water. Chemistry LibreTexts. Retrieved December 22, 2021, from https://chem.libretexts.org/Bookshelves/Physical_and_Theoretical_Chemistry_Textbook_Maps/Supplemental_Modules_(Physical_and_Theoretical_Chemistry)/Physical_Properties_of_Matter/States_of_Matter/Properties_of_Liquids/Unusual_Properties_of_Water Maher, N. M. (2019, June 22). How many times does a river have to burn before it matters? The New York Times. Retrieved December 22, 2021, from https://www.nytimes.com/2019/06/22/climate/cleveland-fire-river-cuyahoga-1969.html Miller, E. (2021, March 26). Fact-checking five myths of the 1969 fire on the Cuyahoga River. WOSU News. Retrieved December 22, 2021, from https://news.wosu.org/ideastream/2019-01-22/fact-checking-five-myths-of-the-1969-fire-on-the-cuyahoga-river#stream/0 Ohio History Central. (n.d.). Cuyahoga River Fire. Retrieved December 22, 2021, from http://ohiohistorycentral.org/w/Cuyahoga_River_Fire Rotman, M. (n.d.). Cuyahoga River Fire. Cleveland Historical. Retrieved December 22, 2021, from https://clevelandhistorical.org/items/show/63 Smithsonian Institution. (2019, June 19). The Cuyahoga River caught fire at least a dozen times, but no one cared until 1969. Smithsonian.com. Retrieved December 22, 2021, from https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/cuyahoga-river-caught-fire-least-dozen-times-no-one-cared-until-1969-180972444/ U.S. Department of the Interior. (n.d.). Carl B. Stokes and the 1969 river fire . National Parks Service. Retrieved December 22, 2021, from https://www.nps.gov/articles/carl-stokes-and-the-river-fire.htm U.S. Department of the Interior. (n.d.). Carl B. stokes: Ground-breaking Cleveland mayor. National Parks Service. Retrieved December 22, 2021, from https://www.nps.gov/people/carl-b-stokes.htm U.S. Department of the Interior. (n.d.). Exploring Black History in Cuyahoga Valley . National Parks Service. Retrieved December 22, 2021, from https://www.nps.gov/articles/000/exploring-black-history-in-cuyahoga-valley.htm U.S. National Library of Medicine. (n.d.). Water. National Center for Biotechnology Information. PubChem Compound Database. Retrieved December 22, 2021, from https://pubchem.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/compound/WaterWater Science School (Ed.). (n.d.). Industrial Water Use completed. Retrieved December 21, 2021, from https://www.usgs.gov/special-topics/water-science-school/science/industrial-water-use
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Learn more about the U.S. Chemical Safety Board on this first episode of Alphabet Soup.
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Campbell, A. F. (2020, July 28). A small federal agency focused on preventing industrial disasters is on life support. trump wants it gone. Vox. Retrieved October 29, 2021, from https://www.vox.com/2020/7/28/21336481/chemical-safety-hazard-investigation-board?fbclid=IwAR0D1MR1zhgHp67GmAg4VMxLm1utkoqpEHcEiI3tM2V1LA-cDpiOJzKOIds. U.S. Chemical Safety and Hazard Investigation Board. (n.d.). CSB. Retrieved October 29, 2021, from https://www.csb.gov/.United States Environmental Protection Agency. (2020, October 8). The Clean Air Act - Highlights of the 1990 Amendments. EPA. Retrieved October 28, 2021, from https://www.epa.gov/clean-air-act-overview/clean-air-act-highlights-1990-amendments. -
Three Mile Island Accident & Nuclear Energy
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Blakemore, E. (2019, March 27). How the Three Mile Island Accident Was Made Even Worse By a Chaotic Response. HISTORY. https://www.history.com/news/three-mile-island-evacuation-orders-controversyBrady, J. (2019, May 8). Three Mile Island Nuclear Plant To Close, Latest Symbol Of Struggling Industry. NPR. https://www.npr.org/2019/05/08/721514875/three-mile-island-nuclear-plant-to-close-latest-symbol-of-struggling-industryCusick, M. (2019, March 28). 40 Years After A Partial Nuclear Meltdown, A New Push To Keep Three Mile Island Open. NPR. https://www.npr.org/2019/03/28/707000226/40-years-after-a-partial-nuclear-meltdown-a-new-push-to-keep-three-mile-island-oDVORCHAK, B., & ROSENTHAL, H. F. (2017, May 30). AP WAS THERE: Three Mile Island nuclear power plant accident. AP NEWS. https://apnews.com/article/north-america-us-news-ap-top-news-exelon-corp-pennsylvania-ca23009ea5b54f21a3fed04065cacc7eNational Geographic Society. (2012, October 9). nuclear energy. https://www.nationalgeographic.org/encyclopedia/nuclear-energy/PBS. (2019, March 22). President Carter. American Experience | PBS. https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/features/three-president-carter/Sandman, P. M. (2018, December 3). The Communications Failures Lessons of Three Mile Island. POWER Magazine. https://www.powermag.com/the-communications-failures-lessons-of-three-mile-island/Sepulveda, N. A., Jenkins, J. D., de Sisternes, F. J., & Lester, R. K. (2018). The Role of Firm Low-Carbon Electricity Resources in Deep Decarbonization of Power Generation. Joule, 2(11), 2403–2420. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.joule.2018.08.006StateImpact Pensylvania. (2019, March 29). Meltdown at Three Mile Island: 40 Years Later [Video]. StateImpact Pennsylvania. https://stateimpact.npr.org/pennsylvania/2019/03/28/watch-meltdown-at-three-mile-island-40-years-later/The New York Times. (2014, April 29). Three Mile Island Documentary: Nuclear Power’s Promise and Peril | Retro Report [Video]. YouTube. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_0P9S4F4KpQU.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA). (n.d.). Nuclear explained. Retrieved October 5, 2021, from https://www.eia.gov/energyexplained/nuclear/U.S. NRC. (n.d.-a). Backgrounder on the Three Mile Island Accident. Retrieved October 5, 2021, from https://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/doc-collections/fact-sheets/3mile-isle.htmlU.S. NRC. (n.d.-b). Three Mile Island Nuclear Station, Unit 1. Retrieved October 5, 2021, from https://www.nrc.gov/info-finder/reactors/tmi1.htmlU.S. NRC. (2013, April 8). Moments in NRC History: Three Mile Island - March 28,1979 [Video]. YouTube. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SUct_69kNpQVox. (2021, October 1). Why nuclear plants are shutting down [Video]. YouTube. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KC7YD98HixMWorld Nuclear Association. (n.d.). Three Mile Island | TMI 2 |Three Mile Island Accident. Retrieved October 5, 2021, from https://world-nuclear.org/information-library/safety-and-security/safety-of-plants/three-mile-island-accident.aspx -
The Bhopal Tragedy and Plume Gas.
*correction: UUC should be UCC (Union Carbide Corp.)
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AIChE. (2021, November 7). CCPS Process Safety Glossary. CCPS. https://www.aiche.org/ccps/resources/glossary?title=gas#views-exposed-form-glossary-pageAnderson, C. (2014, November 2). Warren M. Anderson, who was chief of Union Carbide during the Bhopal disaster in 1984, dies at 92. Washington Post. https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/warren-m-anderson-who-led-union-carbide-during-1984-bhopal-disaster-dies-at-92/2014/11/02/31aa9c9e-61d8-11e4-8b9e-2ccdac31a031_story.htmlBroughton, E. The Bhopal disaster and its aftermath: a review. Environ Health 4, 6 (2005). https://doi.org/10.1186/1476-069X-4-6Dow Corporate. (n.d.). West Virginia Operations. Retrieved September 21, 2021, from https://corporate.dow.com/en-us/locations/west-virginiaMandavilli, A. (2018, July 10). The World’s Worst Industrial Disaster Is Still Unfolding. The Atlantic. https://www.theatlantic.com/science/archive/2018/07/the-worlds-worst-industrial-disaster-is-still-unfolding/560726/NBC News. (2014, December 6). Union Carbide Disaster In Bhopal India | Flashback [Video]. YouTube. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FHJs3TwgsUQPatterson, B. (2020, September 24). Lawsuit Alleges Union Carbide Failed To Report Toxic Landfill. WVPB. https://www.wvpublic.org/news/2020-08-07/lawsuit-alleges-union-carbide-failed-to-report-toxic-landfillPeterson, MJ, "Title Case Study: Bhopal Plant Disaster" (2009). Ethics in Science and Engineering National Clearinghouse. 314. Retrieved from https://scholarworks.umass.edu/esence/314Taylor, A. (2021, July 1). Bhopal: The World’s Worst Industrial Disaster, 30 Years Later. The Atlantic. https://www.theatlantic.com/photo/2014/12/bhopal-the-worlds-worst-industrial-disaster-30-years-later/100864/The Economist. (2014, December 2). The Bhopal gas tragedy: Toxic legacy [Video]. YouTube. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IwPSDMUtNmkTumulty, K. (2019, March 11). Scores Hurt by Leaking Chemicals : Faulty Valve Cited at Union Carbide’s West Virginia Plant. Los Angeles Times. https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1985-08-12-mn-3942-story.htmlUnion Carbide Company. (n.d.). Union Carbide Company. Http://Www.Unioncarbide.Com/. Retrieved September 21, 2021, from http://www.unioncarbide.comUSCSB. (2014, December 2). Reflections on Bhopal After Thirty Years [Video]. YouTube. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HZirRB32qzUVice Asia. (2021, January 21). Why We Must Never Forget The Bhopal Gas Disaster | I Was There [Video]. YouTube. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PMQANu8PGMQ&feature=youtu.beWithnall, A. (2019, February 15). Bhopal gas leak: 30 years later and after nearly 600,000 were poisoned, victims still wait for justice. The Independent. https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/asia/bhopal-gas-leak-anniversary-poison-deaths-compensation-union-carbide-dow-chemical-a8780126.html -
Dust and the Imperial Sugar Explosion.
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CSB, Investigation Report: Sugar Dust Explosion and Fire (2009). Retrieved September 12, 2021, from https://www.csb.gov/assets/1/20/imperial_sugar_report_final_updated.pdf?13902. Evers, J., & West, K. (Eds.). (2011, January 21). dust. National Geographic Society. https://www.nationalgeographic.org/encyclopedia/dust/. History | Imperial Sugar Company. Imperial Sugar Company. (n.d.). Retrieved September 12, 2021, from https://www.imperialsugarcompany.com/history/. Landers, M. (2018, February 6). Imperial Sugar Tragedy: Repercussions Continue 10 Years Later. Savannah Morning News. Retrieved September 12, 2021, from https://www.savannahnow.com/news/2018-02-06/imperial-sugar-tragedy-repercussions-continue-10-years-later. USCSB. (2009, October 5) Inferno: Dust Explosion at Imperial Sugar [Video]. Youtube. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jg7mLSG-Yws&t=568s -
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