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  • Texas Tech Chemistry Lab

    Texas Tech Chemistry Lab
    Mar 10 2022

    Texas Tech 2010 chemistry lab explosion

    Make sure to follow the podcast on instagram and twitter @eng_misjudgment for pictures for each episode.

    Sources:

    • 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/ 
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  • Alphabet Soup: NOAA

    Alphabet Soup: NOAA
    Jan 20 2022

    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 

    Sources:

    • 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_threat
    • Vaidyanathan, 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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  • Fracking w/Why Not? A Podcast

    Fracking w/Why Not? A Podcast
    Jan 13 2022

    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. 

    Sources

    • 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 
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  • Alphabet Soup: EIA

    Alphabet Soup: EIA
    Jan 6 2022

    Learn more about the U.S. Energy Information Administration in this episode of alphabet soup.

    Sources:

    • 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/  
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  • Alphabet Soup: EPA

    Alphabet Soup: EPA
    Dec 29 2021

    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.html
    • Environmental 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-administrator
    • Environmental 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#caa70
    • Environmental 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  
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  • Cuyahoga Fires

    Cuyahoga Fires
    Dec 25 2021
    1969 Cuyahoga River FireMake sure to follow the podcast on instagram and twitter @eng_misjudgment for pictures for each episode.Sources: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/Water Water ...
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  • Alphabet Soup: CSB

    Alphabet Soup: CSB
    Oct 29 2021

    Learn more about the U.S. Chemical Safety Board on this first episode of Alphabet Soup.

    Sources:

    • 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.
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  • TMI

    TMI
    Oct 6 2021

    Three Mile Island Accident & Nuclear Energy

    Make sure to follow the podcast on instagram and twitter @eng_misjudgment for pictures for each episode

    Sources

    • 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-controversy
    • Brady, 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-industry
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    • 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/
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