Publication Items

Coal and Water – Do They Mix? [1]

Journalists around the US who cover water quality, as well as those who cover coal mining and/or Appalachia, will benefit from an analytical NYT series and databases, combined with a Sept. 11 EPA announcement about extended NPDES permit reviews.
SEJ Publication Types:
TipSheet [2]
Topics on the Beat:
Energy & Fuel [3]
Pollution [4]
Water & Oceans [5]
Government [6]
Region:
National (U.S.) [7]
Visibility:
Public [8]
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Could Smart Meters Allow Privacy Invasion? [9]

The Philadelphia Inquirer explores the implications of an electric meter that knows when you are sleeping, when you are awake, and a lot more besides.
SEJ Publication Types:
WatchDog TipSheet [10]
Topics on the Beat:
Energy & Fuel [3]
Government [6]
People & Population [11]
Region:
National (U.S.) [7]
Visibility:
Public [8]
- Read more about Could Smart Meters Allow Privacy Invasion? [9]
Government Clinical Trials Database Is Missing Data [12]

The Sunlight Foundation's Real Time Investigations blog explains the problems with a registry containing information on more than 78,000 clinical trials.
SEJ Publication Types:
WatchDog TipSheet [10]
Topics on the Beat:
Health [13]
Government [6]
Policy [14]
Region:
National (U.S.) [7]
Visibility:
Public [8]
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Law Allows Astroturf Roots Cover-Up [15]

Current law has no disclosure requirements for fake grass-roots lobbying — such as that of a coal industry campaign to stop climate legislation which sent forged letters to members of Congress, pretending to be from minority and community organizations.
SEJ Publication Types:
WatchDog TipSheet [10]
Topics on the Beat:
Climate Change [16]
Energy & Fuel [3]
Laws & Regulations [17]
Region:
National (U.S.) [7]
Visibility:
Public [8]
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Did EPA Hide Atrazine Risks? [18]

The Huffington Post Investigative Fund uncovers EPA's failure to warn people in at least four states about unsafe levels of the weedkiller atrazine in their wellwater.
SEJ Publication Types:
WatchDog TipSheet [10]
Topics on the Beat:
Chemicals [19]
Health [13]
Government [6]
Region:
National (U.S.) [7]
Visibility:
Public [8]
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EPA Releases All Responses to Coal Ash Survey [20]

The data, from hundreds of facilities in 35 states, provide reporters the raw material for hundreds of local stories.
SEJ Publication Types:
WatchDog TipSheet [10]
Topics on the Beat:
Disasters [21]
Energy & Fuel [3]
Government [6]
Region:
National (U.S.) [7]
Visibility:
Public [8]
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EPA Rule Targets Aircraft Deicing Runoff [22]

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 [2]
Topics on the Beat:
Chemicals [19]
Laws & Regulations [17]
Transportation [23]
Government [6]
Region:
National (U.S.) [7]
Visibility:
Public [8]
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EPA Releases Bulk of Tri Data for 2008 [24]

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 [2]
Topics on the Beat:
Chemicals [19]
Government [6]
Region:
National (U.S.) [7]
Visibility:
Public [8]
- Read more about EPA Releases Bulk of Tri Data for 2008 [24]
Mercury Found in All Sampled Fish in U.S. Streams [25]

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 [2]
Topics on the Beat:
Fish & Fisheries [26]
Chemicals [19]
Water & Oceans [5]
Region:
National (U.S.) [7]
Visibility:
Public [8]
- Read more about Mercury Found in All Sampled Fish in U.S. Streams [25]
Plug-In Hybrids: Coming to a School Near You? [27]

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 [2]
Topics on the Beat:
Energy & Fuel [3]
Transportation [23]
Region:
National (U.S.) [7]
Visibility:
Public [8]
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