Publication Items

Pavement Sealcoat Contaminates Lakes and Streams [1]

A soon-to-be-published study has found elevated levels of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons, probable human carcinogens toxic to fish and other aquatic life, in waterways are originating from coal tar-based pavement sealcoats.
SEJ Publication Types:
TipSheet [2]
Topics on the Beat:
Water & Oceans [3]
Pollution [4]
Health [5]
Chemicals [6]
Visibility:
Public [7]
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Got TMDLs? Sneak Peek of New Pollutant Loading Tool Could Raise Ruckus [8]

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 [9]
Topics on the Beat:
Water & Oceans [3]
Technology [10]
Pollution [4]
Government [11]
Chemicals [6]
Visibility:
Public [7]
- Read more about Got TMDLs? Sneak Peek of New Pollutant Loading Tool Could Raise Ruckus [8]
MY-RTK Lets Users Probe Toxic Emissions from Their Smartphones [12]

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 [9]
Topics on the Beat:
Technology [10]
Pollution [4]
Government [11]
Chemicals [6]
Visibility:
Public [7]
- Read more about MY-RTK Lets Users Probe Toxic Emissions from Their Smartphones [12]
EPA Gives Public an Environmental Justice Mapping Tool: EJView [13]

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 [9]
Topics on the Beat:
Technology [10]
Pollution [4]
People & Population [14]
Health [5]
Government [11]
Environmental Health [15]
Chemicals [6]
Visibility:
Public [7]
- Read more about EPA Gives Public an Environmental Justice Mapping Tool: EJView [13]
TRI Offers New "Comparative Query" Tool [16]

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 [9]
Topics on the Beat:
Technology [10]
Pollution [4]
Government [11]
Chemicals [6]
Visibility:
Public [7]
- Read more about TRI Offers New "Comparative Query" Tool [16]
Envirofacts Warehouse Gets Geographic Makeover, Update [17]

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 [9]
Topics on the Beat:
Technology [10]
Pollution [4]
Government [11]
Chemicals [6]
Visibility:
Public [7]
- Read more about Envirofacts Warehouse Gets Geographic Makeover, Update [17]
As TRI Goes Electronic, Speed Records Fall [18]

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.
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WatchDog TipSheet [9]
Topics on the Beat:
Technology [10]
Pollution [4]
Government [11]
Chemicals [6]
Visibility:
Public [7]
- Read more about As TRI Goes Electronic, Speed Records Fall [18]
Cool Tools for Reporters Showcased at 2010 TRI Meeting [19]

The WatchDog attended EPA's annual training conference for government workers on the Toxics Release Inventory, Nov. 1-3, 2010. See a preview of the showcased offerings, which have extra emphasis on environmental justice and EPA data tools ranging far beyond TRI.
SEJ Publication Types:
WatchDog TipSheet [9]
Topics on the Beat:
Technology [10]
Government [11]
Chemicals [6]
Visibility:
Public [7]
- Read more about Cool Tools for Reporters Showcased at 2010 TRI Meeting [19]
Peak Water: A New Way To Look at Long-Term Water Issues [20]

Viewing local, regional, national, and global water issues through the lens of "peak water," a concept explained in a Pacific Institute paper, can yield some interesting angles on water-related stories and long-term water issues.
SEJ Publication Types:
TipSheet [2]
Topics on the Beat:
Water & Oceans [3]
People & Population [14]
Visibility:
Public [7]
- Read more about Peak Water: A New Way To Look at Long-Term Water Issues [20]
Study: Fish Are Getting Whipsawed by People, Climate Change [21]

Arizona State University researchers find a major shift in top fish predators in 36 North American waterways, resulting in reduced availability of fish caught for food or sport, and long-term changes in riparian ecology that affect both people and the rest of the environment, sometimes in unpredictable ways.
SEJ Publication Types:
TipSheet [2]
Topics on the Beat:
Water & Oceans [3]
Food [22]
Climate Change [23]
Visibility:
Public [7]
- Read more about Study: Fish Are Getting Whipsawed by People, Climate Change [21]

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