Publication Items

'Carbon Black' Report Shows Impacts On Native Americans [1]

By MIKE DUNNE

An effort to document the lives of Oklahoma Indians introduced reporter Vicki Monks to a story that begged to be told: how a carbon black plant affected the health of a neighboring Ponca Indian community.

Carbon black, made by the burning of waste oil, is used primarily to strengthen the rubber in tires.
Topics on the Beat:
Pollution [2]
Region:
National (U.S.) [3]
Visibility:
Public [4]
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Coal-Waste Impoundment Database Offers Journalists a Tool [5]

A cooperative effort of federal and state agencies, coal companies, and environmental groups, the database lists coal-waste impoundments in West Virginia, Kentucky, Tennessee, Pennsylvania, and Ohio.
SEJ Publication Types:
WatchDog TipSheet [6]
Topics on the Beat:
Energy & Fuel [7]
Pollution [2]
Waste [8]
Region:
Mid-Atlantic (DC DE MD PA VA WV) [9]
Great Lakes (IL IN MI MN OH WI) [10]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [11]
Visibility:
Public [4]
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North American Toxics Data Released [12]

The Commission for Environmental Cooperation, which is a joint effort of Canada, the US, and Mexico, released on June 10, 2009, its annual report tracking and comparing toxic emissions.
SEJ Publication Types:
TipSheet [13]
Topics on the Beat:
Climate Change [14]
Air [15]
Chemicals [16]
Energy & Fuel [7]
Pollution [2]
Region:
Canada [17]
National (U.S.) [3]
Mexico [18]
Visibility:
Public [4]
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EPA To Announce Proposed NO2 Standard [19]

After several years of preparatory work, EPA is expected to announce by June 26, 2009, its proposed primary standard for one of the six "criteria" air pollutants, nitrogen dioxide.
SEJ Publication Types:
TipSheet [13]
Topics on the Beat:
Air [15]
Chemicals [16]
Pollution [2]
Region:
National (U.S.) [3]
Visibility:
Public [4]
- Read more about EPA To Announce Proposed NO2 Standard [19]
"Crime Scene Cleanup" in Kelly AFB Toxics Case [20]

New evidence indicates the Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry fails to protect communities from dangers such as the now-disappearing plumes of toxic groundwater carrying cancer-causing chemicals far beyond the Kelly Air Force Base near San Antonio, TX.
SEJ Publication Types:
WatchDog TipSheet [6]
Topics on the Beat:
Chemicals [16]
Pollution [2]
Water & Oceans [21]
Military [22]
Region:
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [23]
Visibility:
Public [4]
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The Beat: Leaking Gas Tanks And Chemical Pollution Are Common Focus [24]

Ever wonder what lies beneath your feet – what's down there in the ground on which we walk? The Toledo Blade's Tom Henry has an editor who asked that question and the result was an interesting look at what the government is doing – or not doing – to clean up gasoline spills from leaky underground tanks.

Topics on the Beat:
Chemicals [16]
Pollution [2]
Region:
National (U.S.) [3]
Visibility:
Public [4]
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Cumulative Ocean Impacts Mapped Off U.S. and Mexican Shores [25]

Researchers from California and Hawaii have analyzed 25 factors and developed a map that reflects the relative cumulative magnitude of their effects on the waters extending for about 250-350 miles off the shores of Washington, Oregon, California, and the Baja Peninsula.
SEJ Publication Types:
TipSheet [13]
Topics on the Beat:
Climate Change [14]
Fish & Fisheries [26]
Pollution [2]
Water & Oceans [21]
Region:
International [27]
National (U.S.) [3]
Northwest (OR WA) [28]
California [29]
Mexico [18]
Visibility:
Public [4]
- Read more about Cumulative Ocean Impacts Mapped Off U.S. and Mexican Shores [25]
Black Carbon: A Key Cause Of Warming Not Well Recognized [30]

SEJ Publication Types:
Backgrounders [31]
Topics on the Beat:
Energy & Fuel [7]
Pollution [2]
Region:
National (U.S.) [3]
Visibility:
Public [4]
- Read more about Black Carbon: A Key Cause Of Warming Not Well Recognized [30]
Web Publication Uses Data to Tell Complex Air-Toxics Story [32]

A visit to a boot camp before the last Society of Environmental Journalists conference in Vermont opened the door for a special report on air pollution in San Diego by a webonly publication, voiceofsandiego.org

Reporter Rob Davis, who covers environmental issues for the Internet-based nonprofit news outlet, gives lots of credit to the special training and insights of the boot camp followed up by the annual conference. And, he also got help from fellow SEJ members.
Topics on the Beat:
Air [15]
Pollution [2]
Journalism & Media [33]
Region:
National (U.S.) [3]
Visibility:
Public [4]
- Read more about Web Publication Uses Data to Tell Complex Air-Toxics Story [32]
"Most Endangered Rivers" List To Be Released April 7 [34]

The conservation group American Rivers publishes an annual list of rivers endangered by dams, pollution, mining projects, and other threats they believe require urgent action.
SEJ Publication Types:
TipSheet [13]
Topics on the Beat:
Natural Resources [35]
Pollution [2]
Water & Oceans [21]
Region:
National (U.S.) [3]
Visibility:
Public [4]
- Read more about "Most Endangered Rivers" List To Be Released April 7 [34]

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