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EPA passes new air quality rule

The US Court of Appeals rejected an argument blocking the Good Neighbor rule going into effect. Thank you, Renga Subramanyam, for sending this my way!

EPA passes new air quality rule

Oklahoma Sheriff who threatened local media with violence is now investigating local media – Raw Story – Celebrating 19 Years of Independent Journalism

A county in southeast Oklahoma was exposed over the weekend for breaking the state’s open meetings laws after a leaked recording revealed a local sheriff and several McCurtain County commissioners discussing hiring hitmen to murder local newspaper reporters. County officials also discussed lynch…
— Read on www.rawstory.com/mccurtain-county-sheriff-investigates-media/

Equatorial Guinea’s Marburg outbreak expands further | CIDRAP

The country’s health ministry has picked up the pace with posting outbreak updates, and last week it put the number of confirmed cases at 15, of which 11 were fatal. Earlier in the outbreak, 20 probable cases were reported, all fatal. The WHO’s new update said 3 more probable cases have been reported, all fatal. The case-fatality rate among the confirmed cases is 78.6%, though the WHO said the outcome for one isn’t known.

Source: Equatorial Guinea’s Marburg outbreak expands further | CIDRAP