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Why the Latest TRI Update Should Be in Your Sights for Stories [1]

Each year brings another update of the Toxics Release Inventory database. And each year, it gets ignored or downplayed by too many news outlets. As the new Reporter’s Toolbox points out, not only does the latest iteration of TRI have some notable updates but it also offers plenty of room for localizable stories. Here’s how to mine the resource.

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Environmental Justice [4]
Environmental Politics [5]
Journalism & Media [6]
Laws & Regulations [7]
Policy [8]
Pollution [9]
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National (U.S.) [10]
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Public [11]
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"EPA Slates 12 New Superfund Sites For Cleanup" [12]

"A dozen deeply contaminated areas will get a significant boost toward cleanup following an announcement this week by EPA. The agency is adding sites to the National Priorities List, a special designation under the Superfund program that oversees cleanup at areas that pose significant threats to human health and the environment."

Chemicals [3]
Laws & Regulations [7]
Pollution [9]
Waste [13]
Public [11]
National (U.S.) [10]
Source: E&E News [14], 03/18/2022
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"Report: Climate Change Threatens These 29 Michigan Chemical Sites" [15]

"Climate change is likely to bring more catastrophes to Michigan, and a new federal report warns that 29 sites that use hazardous chemicals are in the pathway of worsening floods driven by a changing planet."

Chemicals [3]
Disasters [16]
Environmental Health [17]
Laws & Regulations [7]
Pollution [9]
Water & Oceans [18]
Public [11]
National (U.S.) [10]
Great Lakes (IL IN MI MN OH WI) [19]
Source: Bridge Michigan [20], 03/17/2022
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"Illinois AG Asked To Ensure Proper Cleanup Of Oil Spill" [21]

"The Illinois Environmental Protection Agency has asked the Attorney General to enforce cleanup and other action by energy company Marathon Pipe Line after an estimated 165,000 gallons of crude oil leaked from its pipeline in Edwardsville, some of which flowed into a creek, according to the state agency."

Disasters [16]
Energy & Fuel [22]
Pollution [9]
Water & Oceans [18]
Public [11]
Great Lakes (IL IN MI MN OH WI) [19]
Source: Bellieville News-Democrat [23], 03/16/2022
  • Read more about "Illinois AG Asked To Ensure Proper Cleanup Of Oil Spill" [21]

"Court: Duke Can’t Make Customers Pay Coal-Ash Cleanup Costs" [24]

"Indiana’s biggest utility can’t make its customers pay more than $200 million in costs related to cleaning up its toxic coal ash, according to a ruling Thursday from the Indiana Supreme Court."

Energy & Fuel [22]
Environmental Health [17]
Environmental Justice [4]
Laws & Regulations [7]
Pollution [9]
Water & Oceans [18]
Public [11]
Great Lakes (IL IN MI MN OH WI) [19]
Source: Indianapolis Star [25], 03/15/2022
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Ontario Politicians Have Dodged York Region Sewage Problem For 13 Years [26]

"Georgina Island First Nation and other residents aren't convinced a new treatment plant will protect Lake Simcoe from more wastewater. With $100 million already spent, the Ford government is now proposing a pipe built under the Oak Ridges Moraine to an alternate facility".

Environmental Justice [4]
Laws & Regulations [7]
Pollution [9]
Water & Oceans [18]
Public [11]
Canada [27]
Source: The Narwhal [28], 03/14/2022
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"EPA Expands Reach Of Ozone Regulations" [29]

"Power plants, paper mills and other industries in roughly half the country would face fresh requirements to cut smog-forming emissions under a new EPA “good neighbor” plan that would sharply expand the agency’s efforts to curb harmful pollution that crosses state lines."

Pollution [9]
Public [11]
National (U.S.) [10]
Source: E&E News [30], 03/14/2022
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"Alaska North Slope Natural Gas Leak Is Under Investigation" [31]

"Authorities are investigating a natural gas leak detected last week at a ConocoPhillips Alaska oil drill site on Alaska’s North Slope, officials said."

Energy & Fuel [22]
Pollution [9]
Public [11]
Alaska and Hawaii [32]
Source: AP [33], 03/11/2022
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In Texas, Biden’s EPA Chief Puts Power Plants On Notice For Pollution [34]

"Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Michael Regan on Thursday put the U.S. power sector on notice, outlining how the Biden administration plans to cut air and water pollution spewing from the nation’s electricity plants."

Air [35]
Climate Change [36]
Energy & Fuel [22]
Environmental Health [17]
Environmental Justice [4]
Laws & Regulations [7]
Pollution [9]
Public [11]
National (U.S.) [10]
Source: Washington Post [37], 03/11/2022
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Biden Administration Stops Short of Electric Vehicle Mandates for Trucks [38]

"The EPA clean trucks proposal released this week focuses on cleaner combustion engines, but environmental justice advocates want a zero-emissions transition."

Air [35]
Climate Change [36]
Energy & Fuel [22]
Environmental Health [17]
Laws & Regulations [7]
Pollution [9]
Transportation [39]
Public [11]
National (U.S.) [10]
Source: Inside Climate News [40], 03/10/2022
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