Publication Items

EPA To Release Data on Major Greenhouse Gas Sources [1]

The agency plans to publish by the end of 2011 the first round of annual data reported, for 2010, on emissions from about 7,000 large stationary sources in 28 industry sectors. This data should provide a useful tool for media coverage on sources, impacts, and mitigation efforts, if any.
SEJ Publication Types:
TipSheet [2]
Topics on the Beat:
Pollution [3]
Climate Change [4]
Visibility:
Public [5]
- Read more about EPA To Release Data on Major Greenhouse Gas Sources [1]
Airborne Lead Violations Still Occur in 14 States [6]

The culprits often are one or more significant lead emitters such as smelters, iron or steel foundries, waste incinerators, utilities, or lead-acid battery manufacturers. Piston-engine planes using leaded aviation gasoline are another source.
SEJ Publication Types:
TipSheet [2]
Topics on the Beat:
Chemicals [7]
Air [8]
Pollution [3]
Visibility:
Public [5]
- Read more about Airborne Lead Violations Still Occur in 14 States [6]
Deadlines for Plans To Reduce Regional Haze Finally Established [9]

On Nov. 9, 2011, EPA signed a consent decree that requires the agency to receive from and approve a State Implementation Plan for DC, VI, and 43 states that don't have a fully approved one. Each state can determine how it wants to reduce haze. In some cases, the plan will rely on actions already taken, such as reductions in emissions from power plants or vehicles.
SEJ Publication Types:
TipSheet [2]
Topics on the Beat:
Environmental Health [10]
Air [8]
Health [11]
Laws & Regulations [12]
Pollution [3]
Visibility:
Public [5]
- Read more about Deadlines for Plans To Reduce Regional Haze Finally Established [9]
Syngenta Claims Secrecy in Atrazine Trial [13]

Attorneys for some 30 utilities suing Syngenta over atrazine pollution of their drinking water supplies charged the company directed employees to send copies of all correspondence on atrazine to corporate attorneys so that attorney-client privilege could be claimed.
SEJ Publication Types:
WatchDog TipSheet [14]
Topics on the Beat:
Pollution [3]
Chemicals [7]
Water & Oceans [15]
Visibility:
Public [5]
- Read more about Syngenta Claims Secrecy in Atrazine Trial [13]
Secret EPA Watchlist Yields Megastories for NPR, iWatch News, ... and You? [16]

There are 464 facilities on the list of Clean Air Act violators. The Center for Public Integrity's iWatch News and National Public Radio got the list using the FOIA and published a powerful feature package: "Poisoned Places: Toxic Air, Neglected Communities." But they did not tell all the stories. They left some for you.
SEJ Publication Types:
WatchDog TipSheet [14]
Topics on the Beat:
Pollution [3]
Air [8]
Visibility:
Public [5]
- Read more about Secret EPA Watchlist Yields Megastories for NPR, iWatch News, ... and You? [16]
SkyTruth Launches Online Environmental Accident Mapper [17]

Reporters can now get a better picture of breaking environmental pollution events via SkyTruth Alerts on air and water pollution incidents, toxic spills, and more.
SEJ Publication Types:
WatchDog TipSheet [14]
Topics on the Beat:
Technology [18]
Pollution [3]
Disasters [19]
Visibility:
Public [5]
- Read more about SkyTruth Launches Online Environmental Accident Mapper [17]
EPA Finalizes 15 Additional Superfund Sites, Proposes 11 More [20]

Sites in CA, GA, IL, IN, MS, NC, NJ, NM, NY, OR, SC, TN, and TX received a final designation of Superfund status, meaning they are among the most toxic in the country, due to contamination from industrial operations, mining, military activities, landfills, and other sources.
SEJ Publication Types:
TipSheet [2]
Topics on the Beat:
Pollution [3]
Chemicals [7]
Region:
California [21]
Great Lakes (IL IN MI MN OH WI) [22]
Northeast (CT MA ME NH NJ NY RI VT) [23]
Northwest (OR WA) [24]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [25]
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [26]
Visibility:
Public [5]
- Read more about EPA Finalizes 15 Additional Superfund Sites, Proposes 11 More [20]
Proposed Rule To Target Vehicle Greenhouse Gas Emissions and Mileage [27]

By Sept. 28, 2011, EPA and the US Dept. of Transportation's National Highway Traffic Safety Administration say they will jointly release proposed standards designed to significantly increase fuel mileage and reduce greenhouse gas emissions from passenger cars, light trucks, and medium-duty passenger vehicles in model years 2017-2025.
SEJ Publication Types:
TipSheet [2]
Topics on the Beat:
Climate Change [4]
Air [8]
Laws & Regulations [12]
Pollution [3]
Transportation [28]
Visibility:
Public [5]
- Read more about Proposed Rule To Target Vehicle Greenhouse Gas Emissions and Mileage [27]
EPA Begins Collecting Greenhouse Gas Emissions Data [29]

The system, proposed during the first months of the Obama administration, was delayed when it faced heavy opposition from industry groups and Republicans. In response, EPA reduced the number of businesses that need to report their emissions.
SEJ Publication Types:
WatchDog TipSheet [14]
Topics on the Beat:
Pollution [3]
Climate Change [4]
Air [8]
Visibility:
Public [5]
- Read more about EPA Begins Collecting Greenhouse Gas Emissions Data [29]
Contamination by Genetically Modified Rice Is Costly to Bayer [30]

Bayer CropScience has agreed to pay up to $750 million to about 11,000 farmers to compensate for contaminating two varieties of long-grain rice. The settlement requires participation of farmers who planted at least 85% of the average 2.2 million acres of long-grain rice grown each year from 2006 to 2009.
SEJ Publication Types:
TipSheet [2]
Topics on the Beat:
Pollution [3]
Agriculture [31]
Visibility:
Public [5]
- Read more about Contamination by Genetically Modified Rice Is Costly to Bayer [30]

Pages