Publication Items

EPA Releases All Responses to Coal Ash Survey [1]

The data, from hundreds of facilities in 35 states, provide reporters the raw material for hundreds of local stories.
SEJ Publication Types:
WatchDog TipSheet [2]
Topics on the Beat:
Disasters [3]
Energy & Fuel [4]
Government [5]
Region:
National (U.S.) [6]
Visibility:
Public [7]
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EPA Rule Targets Aircraft Deicing Runoff [8]

A proposed rule for control of fluid-contaminated runoff at primary commercial airports would reduce the substantial threats to drinking water, surface water, air quality, wildlife, plants, and soils at airports and the surrounding areas.
SEJ Publication Types:
TipSheet [9]
Topics on the Beat:
Chemicals [10]
Laws & Regulations [11]
Transportation [12]
Government [5]
Region:
National (U.S.) [6]
Visibility:
Public [7]
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EPA Releases Bulk of Tri Data for 2008 [13]

This new resource can provide some good initial clues for important stories that in years past had to be deferred at least two more months, and sometimes far longer.
SEJ Publication Types:
TipSheet [9]
Topics on the Beat:
Chemicals [10]
Government [5]
Region:
National (U.S.) [6]
Visibility:
Public [7]
- Read more about EPA Releases Bulk of Tri Data for 2008 [13]
Mercury Found in All Sampled Fish in U.S. Streams [14]

USGS researchers have found that it may be impossible for people eating fish caught in US waters to avoid eating mercury-contaminated fish.
SEJ Publication Types:
TipSheet [9]
Topics on the Beat:
Fish & Fisheries [15]
Chemicals [10]
Water & Oceans [16]
Region:
National (U.S.) [6]
Visibility:
Public [7]
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Plug-In Hybrids: Coming to a School Near You? [17]

Current economic doldrums may impair the general market appeal of plug-in hybrid electric vehicles for a while, but hybrid diesel schoolbuses are one aspect pulling into high gear.
SEJ Publication Types:
TipSheet [9]
Topics on the Beat:
Energy & Fuel [4]
Transportation [12]
Region:
National (U.S.) [6]
Visibility:
Public [7]
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Data Deficit Hampers Consumer Product Safety Commission [18]

A new GAO report says Customs has refused to give the CPSC shipping-manifest information it has been requesting for years. The manifests are a way to track products imported into the U.S. which may have been recalled due to toxicity and/or safety issues.
SEJ Publication Types:
WatchDog TipSheet [2]
Topics on the Beat:
Consumer [19]
Region:
National (U.S.) [6]
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Public [7]
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Judge Orders USDA To Release Data on Wolf Program [20]

The locations of conflicts in New Mexico and Arizona between livestock and Mexican gray wolves, which were reintroduced in 1998, will now be made public in hopes of identifying problem areas and taking preventive steps.
SEJ Publication Types:
WatchDog TipSheet [2]
Topics on the Beat:
Agriculture [21]
Biodiversity [22]
Region:
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [23]
Visibility:
Public [7]
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Info on Rare Orchid Handled Like Nuclear Secret [24]

The Canby's bog orchid, not seen in Maryland for 20 years, has reappeared at the Nassawango Nature Preserve. A Washington Post reporter was allowed to see and write about it, but with unusual restrictions.
SEJ Publication Types:
WatchDog TipSheet [2]
Topics on the Beat:
Biodiversity [22]
Region:
Mid-Atlantic (DC DE MD PA VA WV) [25]
Visibility:
Public [7]
- Read more about Info on Rare Orchid Handled Like Nuclear Secret [24]
EPA Releases Raw TRI Data Early [26]

The rawness of the data, which will be analyzed and revised by EPA at a later date, means that, for now, reporters will need to do more of their own ground-truthing in order to use it.
SEJ Publication Types:
WatchDog TipSheet [2]
Topics on the Beat:
Chemicals [10]
Pollution [27]
Government [5]
Region:
National (U.S.) [6]
Visibility:
Public [7]
- Read more about EPA Releases Raw TRI Data Early [26]
CDC Launches National Public Health Tracking Program [28]

This data tool shows promise, but it currently tracks only non-infectious conditions and not others tied to environmental causes, such as neurological, endocrine, and reproductive disorders.
SEJ Publication Types:
WatchDog TipSheet [2]
Topics on the Beat:
Health [29]
Government [5]
Region:
National (U.S.) [6]
Visibility:
Public [7]
- Read more about CDC Launches National Public Health Tracking Program [28]

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