Metaphors, Milkshakes and Drainage: A Jargon-Busting Technique

August 15, 2008–Comparative techniques are great for explaining difficult environmental concepts -- and good journalists use them.

Report: Lead From Hunting And Fishing Still Pollutes

August 6, 2008–Hunters' lead shot and anglers' lead sinkers are still a pollution source, despite rules restricting them.

New Science Clarifies NO2 Health Effects

July 23, 2008–EPA reviews its health-based standard for NO2 as an air pollutant, and has issued a science assessment of health effects.

Air Pollution From Ships: New Laws, New Science

July 23, 2008–Ocean-going ships are a major unregulated air pollution source.

Journalist Sues AG Department Over Feedlot 'Phone Book' Secrecy

June 18, 2008–A freelance journalist is challenging in court the US Department of Agriculture's efforts to keep secret its data on who owns the feedlots Americans can see and smell, but whose pollution the food industry does not want USDA to regulate.

New Rail Hazmat Regs Include Non-Disclosure Provisions

April 23, 2008–A rule issued April 16, 2008, ostensibly to keep the public safe from shipments of highly hazardous materials by rail, has been little-understood by the public.

Read It Now: Suppressed CDC Great Lakes Toxics Report

March 26, 2008–After Congressional Democrats criticized them for suppressing a report on toxic substances in the Great Lakes, and after an independent investigative journalism group published excerpts, the Centers for Disease Control finally published it March 12, 2008.

Utilities Say Public Can't Handle the Truth About Drugs in Water

March 26, 2008–When water providers find pharmaceuticals in drinking water, they rarely tell the public.

Use It or Lose It: EPA Releases Toxics Data Feb. 24

March 12, 2008–EPA made public the latest year's data from the Toxics Release Inventory (TRI) February 21, 2008, catching a few journalists by surprise, as usual.

EPA Would Suppress Info on Toxic Gases From Feedlots at Industry Urging

February 27, 2008–Large feedlots would no longer have to report toxic emissions under a rule proposed Dec. 21, 2007, by EPA.