Could Smart Meters Allow Privacy Invasion?

September 9, 2009–The Philadelphia Inquirer explores the implications of an electric meter that knows when you are sleeping, when you are awake, and a lot more besides.

Did EPA Hide Atrazine Risks?

September 9, 2009–The Huffington Post Investigative Fund uncovers EPA's failure to warn people in at least four states about unsafe levels of the weedkiller atrazine in their wellwater.

EPA Releases All Responses to Coal Ash Survey

September 9, 2009–The data, from hundreds of facilities in 35 states, provide reporters the raw material for hundreds of local stories.

Government Clinical Trials Database Is Missing Data

September 9, 2009–The Sunlight Foundation's Real Time Investigations blog explains the problems with a registry containing information on more than 78,000 clinical trials.

EPA Releases Bulk of Tri Data for 2008

September 2, 2009–This new resource can provide some good initial clues for important stories that in years past had to be deferred at least two more months, and sometimes far longer.

EPA Rule Targets Aircraft Deicing Runoff

September 2, 2009–A proposed rule for control of fluid-contaminated runoff at primary commercial airports would reduce the substantial threats to drinking water, surface water, air quality, wildlife, plants, and soils at airports and the surrounding areas.

CDC Launches National Public Health Tracking Program

August 26, 2009–This data tool shows promise, but it currently tracks only non-infectious conditions and not others tied to environmental causes, such as neurological, endocrine, and reproductive disorders.

EPA Releases Raw TRI Data Early

August 26, 2009–The rawness of the data, which will be analyzed and revised by EPA at a later date, means that, for now, reporters will need to do more of their own ground-truthing in order to use it.

Big Money Targets Weatherization

August 5, 2009–The topic of weatherization might appear mundane, but the sheer magnitude of the current multi-billion-dollar program, and its relative importance in increasing energy efficiency and combating climate change, make it a story worth covering.

More Lead Monitors Coming to a Facility or City Near You?

August 5, 2009–The Bush Administration, through the OMB, pressured EPA to water down lead monitoring requirements it had tightened in October 2008. Now EPA may get more or all of the monitors it originally wanted, near facilities that emit about a half ton of lead per year.