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"Woman Loses Bid to Lead Navajos" [1]

"Lynda Lovejoy, a state senator in New Mexico, and her running mate, Earl Tulley, have lost their bid to become the first woman and the first environmental leader to lead the Navajo Nation, the largest American Indian tribe."

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Source: NYTimes [5], 11/04/2010

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April 5, 2013

DEADLINE: Knight News Challenge [6]

This News Challenge is an opportunity to accelerate promising ideas and trends. Through this contest, we hope to help extend the spirit of open gov and to catalyze partnerships between hackers, civic innovators, governments, journalists and others. Closes April 5th.

Awards and Grants [7]

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Journalism & Media [8]

December 2, 2010

Green Real Estate Conference [9]

The event will include discussion and strategic update on the economics, benefits, and value of green buildings, along with some of the best practices that can be used to create these types of properties.

Professional Meetings [10]

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Planning & Growth [11]

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Canada [12]

Got TMDLs? Sneak Peek of New Pollutant Loading Tool Could Raise Ruckus [13]

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.

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WatchDog TipSheet [14]

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Water & Oceans [15]

Technology [16]

Pollution [17]

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MY-RTK Lets Users Probe Toxic Emissions from Their Smartphones [20]

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.

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WatchDog TipSheet [14]

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Technology [16]

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EPA Gives Public an Environmental Justice Mapping Tool: EJView [21]

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.

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WatchDog TipSheet [14]

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Technology [16]

Pollution [17]

People & Population [22]

Health [23]

Government [18]

Environmental Health [24]

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TRI Offers New "Comparative Query" Tool [25]

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.

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Envirofacts Warehouse Gets Geographic Makeover, Update [26]

This newly powerful, easy-to-use mapping tool can help environmental journalists find and report great local and regional stories.

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WatchDog TipSheet [14]

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Technology [16]

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As TRI Goes Electronic, Speed Records Fall [27]

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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Cool Tools for Reporters Showcased at 2010 TRI Meeting [28]

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.

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Technology [16]

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