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March 13, 2012

Poisons in the Press: Deciding for Yourself What's 'Safe' (in San Francisco) [1]

When the news media report on contamination in the air, drinking water or food supply, the public understandably demands to know straight away, “Is it safe?” A distinguished panel of toxicologists and environmental journalists will discuss why the question defies straightforward answers, what’s keeping the public in the dark, and how citizens can make informed decisions on toxic risks in the absence of certainty.

News Events & Press Conferences [2]
Visibility: 
Public [3]
Topics on the Beat: 
Pollution [4]
Environmental Health [5]
Chemicals [6]
Region: 
California [7]

EPA Makes Surface Water Pollution Easier To Investigate [8]

This user-friendly tool will help you understand and analyze discharges from point sources such as factories, sewage treatment plants, power plants, airports, and feedlots. EPA consolidated data from a number of inventories, making it easier to see who is dumping what, when, and where, and who is known to be in violation of their permit.

SEJ Publication Types: 
TipSheet [9]
Topics on the Beat: 
Water & Oceans [10]
Pollution [4]
Visibility: 
Public [3]

Consortium Launches Web Site on Feedlot Air Pollution [11]

The confidential National Air Quality Site Assessment Tool helps the livestock owner/operator figure out how changing on-site practices can reduce emissions of ammonia, methane, volatile organic compounds, hydrogen sulfide, fine particulates, and odors. This may be useful for journalists; whether an owner/operator will discuss the details of their operation or not, there's a story.

SEJ Publication Types: 
TipSheet [9]
Topics on the Beat: 
Technology [12]
Pollution [4]
Air [13]
Agriculture [14]
Visibility: 
Public [3]

With Tips From Whistle-Blowers, More Hands on Deck in Pollution Cases [15]

"Seafaring whistle-blowers, frequently seeking a financial bounty, have become one of prosecutors’ most potent weapons against maritime polluters, providing the backbone for a growing number of cases the federal government has pursued in Baltimore and other port cities across the country."

Pollution [4]
Public [3]
National (U.S.) [16]
Source: NY Times [17], 02/14/2012

Pennsylvania: "EPA Probing Washington County Shale Operations" [18]

"The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is investigating whether specific Marcellus Shale drilling and compressor station operations in Washington County have caused environmental damage that violates federal regulations."

Pollution [4]
Public [3]
Mid-Atlantic (DC DE MD PA VA WV) [19]
Source: Pittsburgh Post-Gazette [20], 02/14/2012

Salazar Cuts Back Plan To Develop Oil Shale on US Land in Rockies [21]

"Federal authorities are planning to scale back a Bush-era push to open 2 million acres of public lands in the Rocky Mountain region for commercial oil-shale development — with support from Colorado agricultural, municipal and recreation industry leaders."

Energy & Fuel [22]
Natural Resources [23]
Pollution [4]
Public [3]
Mountain West (CO ID MT NV UT WY) [24]
Source: Denver Post [25], 02/06/2012

SEJ's 22nd Annual Conference Coverage [26]

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Oct. 17-21, 2012 in Lubbock. Find multimedia coverage here. [26] It's never too late to send us your story links [27] for inclusion. If you attended the conference, we would love your feedback; please complete our online survey. [28] The Texas Observer published on Dec. 11 a deeply flawed story about SEJ's 2012 conference. Please go here [29] for SEJ's formal response through letters to the Observer's editor and publisher, from SEJ President Don Hopey and Board Member Roger Witherspoon, setting the record straight, as well as replies received from Texas Observer editor Dave Mann. © Photo: Communicating Climate Change plenary by Lindsey Hoshaw. [30]

Topics on the Beat: 
Water & Oceans [10]
Pollution [4]
Planning & Growth [31]
People & Population [32]
Nuclear Power & Radiation [33]
Forests [34]
Energy & Fuel [22]
Disasters [35]
Climate Change [36]
Visibility: 
Public [3]

"Filmmaker Sounds Alarm Over Ocean of Plastic" [37]

"HONG KONG -- On Midway atoll in the North Pacific, dozens of young albatross lie dead on the sand, their stomachs filled with cigarette lighters, toy soldiers and other small plastic objects their parents have mistaken for food."

Pollution [4]
Water & Oceans [10]
Public [3]
International [38]
Source: AFP [39], 02/03/2012

"Ohio Tries to Escape Fate as a Dumping Ground for Fracking Fluid" [40]

"The millions of gallons of chemical-laced wastewater that fracking produces must flow somewhere, and Ohio is trying not to be that place."

Pollution [4]
Waste [41]
Water & Oceans [10]
Public [3]
National (U.S.) [16]
Source: Bloomberg [42], 02/03/2012

"EPA Beach Pollution Rules Allow 1 in 28 To Get Sick" [43]

"Proposed new beach pollution regulations from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, meant to protect public health, instead would continue to allow lots of people to get sick, according to the Natural Resources Defense Council, or NRDC."

Pollution [4]
Public [3]
National (U.S.) [16]
Source: LA Times [44], 02/02/2012

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