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September 16, 2008 - A series of mishaps that occurred during a recent refueling outage at Duke Energy's Oconee nuclear plant near Greenville, S.C. exposed workers to dangerous levels of radiation, the Union of Concerned Scientists reports.

September 16, 2008 - As the result of coverage by Facing South and a few other media outlets about the decision to not evacuate over 1,000 inmates and staff of the Galveston County jail for Hurricane Ike

September 16, 2008 - The U.S. House of Representatives opens debate today on compromise legislation that would end the almost 40-year-old moratorium on new offshore drilling for oil and natural gas.

September 16, 2008 - Just as FEMA and other government officials were finishing patting themselves on the back for the heralded response to Hurricane Gustav -- which still had plenty of problems; see our coverage here -- Ike has revealed still-deep flaws in our nation's disaster response infrastructure.  

September 16, 2008 - Galveston Mayor Lyda Ann Thomas yesterday ordered city employees not to talk to reporters, the Galveston County Daily News reports.

September 15, 2008 - The Galveston County Daily News reports that health conditions on Galveston Island are deteriorating in the wake of Hurricane Ike.

September 15, 2008 - While the post-Ike news coverage has focused largely on the destruction wrought in Galveston and Houston, the storm also caused extensive damage to the coastal areas of Louisiana, Mississippi and Alabama -- even into the panhandle of Florida.