Publication Items

EPA Enviro Justice Guidance Could Help Spotlight EJ Issues [1]

While thoroughly bureaucratic, the 55-page guidance document, as well as EPA's Environmental Justice Strategic Enforcement Assessment Tool, can be useful resources for reporters who seek to understand and highlight potential environmental justice issues unfolding at the national, regional, or state level.
SEJ Publication Types:
TipSheet [2]
Topics on the Beat:
Government [3]
People & Population [4]
Environmental Health [5]
Visibility:
Public [6]
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Studies: Lighten Up on Roof and Pavement Color [7]

While not a stand-alone climate change-fighting measure, converting roofs and pavements in tropical and temperate cities of one million or more people to light-colored materials would provide the equivalent one-time benefit of eliminating two years' worth of global CO2 emissions, or eliminating the emissions of 300 million vehicles for 20 years.
SEJ Publication Types:
TipSheet [2]
Topics on the Beat:
Climate Change [8]
Planning & Growth [9]
Environmental Studies [10]
People & Population [4]
Science [11]
Region:
National (U.S.) [12]
Visibility:
Public [6]
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New Federal Web Site Pulls Together Coastal Info [13]

NOAA's "State of the Coast" contains both quick facts and detailed information regarding this 95,000-mile-long zone and all the players involved. It generally addresses longer-term issues, such as environmental degradation, climate, hazards, economics, and demographics.
SEJ Publication Types:
TipSheet [2]
Topics on the Beat:
Climate Change [8]
Economy & Business [14]
Planning & Growth [9]
Water & Oceans [15]
Government [3]
People & Population [4]
Region:
National (U.S.) [12]
Visibility:
Public [6]
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Extreme Heat Events Worse in Sprawling Cities [16]

A study was published in Environmental Health Perspectives found that the most sprawling US cities have 2.6 times the risk of deadly extreme heat events than those with the least sprawl — regardless of the population, location, or rate of growth of an urban area.
SEJ Publication Types:
TipSheet [2]
Topics on the Beat:
Climate Change [8]
Planning & Growth [9]
People & Population [4]
Region:
National (U.S.) [12]
Visibility:
Public [6]
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Natural Gas Hazards Drawing Federal Attention [17]

After hearing for years about public concern over the adverse health and environmental effects of hydraulic fracturing used to increase production of natural gas, US EPA has begun a process (including 4 public meetings in July; CO, NY, PA, TX) to decide what the issues are and how to address them.
SEJ Publication Types:
TipSheet [2]
Topics on the Beat:
Chemicals [18]
Energy & Fuel [19]
Health [20]
People & Population [4]
Environmental Health [5]
Region:
National (U.S.) [12]
Mid-Atlantic (DC DE MD PA VA WV) [21]
Northeast (CT MA ME NH NJ NY RI VT) [22]
Mountain West (CO ID MT NV UT WY) [23]
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [24]
Visibility:
Public [6]
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BP Hires Cheney Spokeswoman, Defender of Secrecy, as PR Boss [25]

Anne Womack Kolton, who as former VP Dick Cheney's press aide defended the secrecy of his energy task force, has been brought in to fix BP's PR problems in the Gulf oil spill.
SEJ Publication Types:
WatchDog TipSheet [26]
Topics on the Beat:
Fish & Fisheries [27]
Economy & Business [14]
Disasters [28]
Energy & Fuel [19]
Pollution [29]
Water & Oceans [15]
People & Population [4]
Region:
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [30]
Visibility:
Public [6]
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TOOLBOX: A Compilation of State Lawyer Licensing Databases [31]

One tool to help tell shady lawyers from shiny is the recently updated, free, searchable online compilation at llrx.com.
SEJ Publication Types:
WatchDog TipSheet [26]
Topics on the Beat:
Laws & Regulations [32]
People & Population [4]
Region:
National (U.S.) [12]
Visibility:
Public [6]
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Massey Mine Disaster Raises Openness Issues [33]

Several journalists have raised questions about why more was not known publicly about the safety defects that led to the deaths of 29 miners at Massey's Upper Big Branch Mine in April 2010.
SEJ Publication Types:
WatchDog TipSheet [26]
Topics on the Beat:
Disasters [28]
Natural Resources [34]
People & Population [4]
Region:
National (U.S.) [12]
Visibility:
Public [6]
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April 22 Earth Day Sparks Local Stories [35]

Here are several resources for localizing this 40th anniversary event.
SEJ Publication Types:
TipSheet [2]
Topics on the Beat:
Natural Resources [34]
People & Population [4]
Region:
National (U.S.) [12]
Visibility:
Public [6]
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Private Water Wells Commonly Contaminated in Canada [36]

A University of Alberta researcher publishes his findings online March 15, 2010, in the Canadian Medical Association Journal.
SEJ Publication Types:
TipSheet [2]
Topics on the Beat:
Water & Oceans [15]
People & Population [4]
Region:
International [37]
Canada [38]
Visibility:
Public [6]
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