Publication Items

Got TMDLs? Sneak Peek of New Pollutant Loading Tool Could Raise Ruckus [1]

EPA in-house tool may be released to public within months. It will give reporters themselves the ability to estimate the cumulative impacts of pollution on water bodies.
SEJ Publication Types:
WatchDog TipSheet [2]
Topics on the Beat:
Water & Oceans [3]
Technology [4]
Pollution [5]
Government [6]
Chemicals [7]
Visibility:
Public [8]
- Read more about Got TMDLs? Sneak Peek of New Pollutant Loading Tool Could Raise Ruckus [1]
MY-RTK Lets Users Probe Toxic Emissions from Their Smartphones [9]

myRTK lets you thumb in an address or ZIP code and get back a map or list of Toxics Release Inventory facilities on your feature phone or smart phone.
SEJ Publication Types:
WatchDog TipSheet [2]
Topics on the Beat:
Technology [4]
Pollution [5]
Government [6]
Chemicals [7]
Visibility:
Public [8]
- Read more about MY-RTK Lets Users Probe Toxic Emissions from Their Smartphones [9]
EPA Gives Public an Environmental Justice Mapping Tool: EJView [10]

This new tool allows any user online to create custom study areas based on a wide range of variables: address, ZIP code, county, city, township, facility, watershed, or geographic coordinates. Other environmental data can then be mapped onto that study area.
SEJ Publication Types:
WatchDog TipSheet [2]
Topics on the Beat:
Technology [4]
Pollution [5]
People & Population [11]
Health [12]
Government [6]
Environmental Health [13]
Chemicals [7]
Visibility:
Public [8]
- Read more about EPA Gives Public an Environmental Justice Mapping Tool: EJView [10]
TRI Offers New "Comparative Query" Tool [14]

The beta tool allows anyone to compare TRI information from a facility to air pollution data from the same facility or a related one. For example, an investigator could find inconsistencies in the amount of pollution reported by a facility under the two separate laws.
SEJ Publication Types:
WatchDog TipSheet [2]
Topics on the Beat:
Technology [4]
Pollution [5]
Government [6]
Chemicals [7]
Visibility:
Public [8]
- Read more about TRI Offers New "Comparative Query" Tool [14]
Envirofacts Warehouse Gets Geographic Makeover, Update [15]

This newly powerful, easy-to-use mapping tool can help environmental journalists find and report great local and regional stories.
SEJ Publication Types:
WatchDog TipSheet [2]
Topics on the Beat:
Technology [4]
Pollution [5]
Government [6]
Chemicals [7]
Visibility:
Public [8]
- Read more about Envirofacts Warehouse Gets Geographic Makeover, Update [15]
As TRI Goes Electronic, Speed Records Fall [16]

The new record for getting raw data reported by industry to the general public: 28 days. Nearly 95 percent of reporting companies filed their reports electronically.
SEJ Publication Types:
WatchDog TipSheet [2]
Topics on the Beat:
Technology [4]
Pollution [5]
Government [6]
Chemicals [7]
Visibility:
Public [8]
- Read more about As TRI Goes Electronic, Speed Records Fall [16]
25,000 Abandoned Mines Are Just the Beginning [17]

The BLM is documenting where the mines are, and ramping up efforts to mitigate threats from them, such as water contamination, traps for people and animals, and deteriorating old explosives lurking in some dark corners.
SEJ Publication Types:
TipSheet [18]
Topics on the Beat:
Water & Oceans [3]
Pollution [5]
Natural Resources [19]
Government [6]
Disasters [20]
Visibility:
Public [8]
- Read more about 25,000 Abandoned Mines Are Just the Beginning [17]
New Ozone Standards Could Have Big Impact [21]

If EPA's health-based primary standard is reduced from its current level of 75 parts per billion to 60 ppb, which is the low end of what the agency's science advisors have recommended, about 67% of the US population would live in monitored counties that would be out of compliance.
SEJ Publication Types:
TipSheet [18]
Topics on the Beat:
Pollution [5]
Laws & Regulations [22]
Government [6]
Air [23]
Visibility:
Public [8]
- Read more about New Ozone Standards Could Have Big Impact [21]
Report: Nitrogen and Phosphorous Pollution Remains Serious Threat [24]

The USGS study used data from thousands of locations to analyze trends from 1992 to 2004. You can probably find many local and regional stories as these pollutants contribute to various environmental and human health problems.
SEJ Publication Types:
TipSheet [18]
Topics on the Beat:
Water & Oceans [3]
Pollution [5]
Health [12]
Fish & Fisheries [25]
Environmental Health [13]
Energy & Fuel [26]
Chemicals [7]
Agriculture [27]
Visibility:
Public [8]
- Read more about Report: Nitrogen and Phosphorous Pollution Remains Serious Threat [24]
Study: Winter Road Safety Means More Environmental Toxicity [28]

Salt and other substances used to make roads and other paved surfaces safer contaminate water ways with deadly toxicity levels that can even last till summer in some areas, according to a USGS study.
SEJ Publication Types:
TipSheet [18]
Topics on the Beat:
Transportation [29]
Pollution [5]
Chemicals [7]
Visibility:
Public [8]
- Read more about Study: Winter Road Safety Means More Environmental Toxicity [28]

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