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December 2, 2010

Green Real Estate Conference [1]

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 [2]
Visibility: 
Public [3]
Topics on the Beat: 
Planning & Growth [4]
Region: 
Canada [5]

Got TMDLs? Sneak Peek of New Pollutant Loading Tool Could Raise Ruckus [6]

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.

SEJ Publication Types: 
WatchDog TipSheet [7]
Topics on the Beat: 
Water & Oceans [8]
Technology [9]
Pollution [10]
Government [11]
Chemicals [12]
Visibility: 
Public [3]

MY-RTK Lets Users Probe Toxic Emissions from Their Smartphones [13]

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.

SEJ Publication Types: 
WatchDog TipSheet [7]
Topics on the Beat: 
Technology [9]
Pollution [10]
Government [11]
Chemicals [12]
Visibility: 
Public [3]

EPA Gives Public an Environmental Justice Mapping Tool: EJView [14]

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.

SEJ Publication Types: 
WatchDog TipSheet [7]
Topics on the Beat: 
Technology [9]
Pollution [10]
People & Population [15]
Health [16]
Government [11]
Environmental Health [17]
Chemicals [12]
Visibility: 
Public [3]

TRI Offers New "Comparative Query" Tool [18]

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.

SEJ Publication Types: 
WatchDog TipSheet [7]
Topics on the Beat: 
Technology [9]
Pollution [10]
Government [11]
Chemicals [12]
Visibility: 
Public [3]

Envirofacts Warehouse Gets Geographic Makeover, Update [19]

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

SEJ Publication Types: 
WatchDog TipSheet [7]
Topics on the Beat: 
Technology [9]
Pollution [10]
Government [11]
Chemicals [12]
Visibility: 
Public [3]

As TRI Goes Electronic, Speed Records Fall [20]

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.

SEJ Publication Types: 
WatchDog TipSheet [7]
Topics on the Beat: 
Technology [9]
Pollution [10]
Government [11]
Chemicals [12]
Visibility: 
Public [3]

Cool Tools for Reporters Showcased at 2010 TRI Meeting [21]

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. 

SEJ Publication Types: 
WatchDog TipSheet [7]
Topics on the Beat: 
Technology [9]
Government [11]
Chemicals [12]
Visibility: 
Public [3]

"Girding for a Republican Gavel at Climate Hearings" [22]

"In the wake of Election Day, prepare for a new round of politicized skirmishes in the never-ending climate wars, with the battleground shifting once again to Capitol Hill hearing rooms."

Climate Change [23]
Environmental Politics [24]
Science [25]
Public [3]
National (U.S.) [26]
Source: Dot Earth [27], 11/03/2010

"Coal Industry Spending to Sway Next Congress" [28]

"The coal industry, facing a host of new health and safety regulations, is spending millions of dollars in lobbying and campaign donations this year to influence the makeup of the next Congress in hopes of derailing what one industry official called an Obama administration 'regulatory jihad.'"

Climate Change [23]
Energy & Fuel [29]
Environmental Politics [24]
Pollution [10]
Public [3]
National (U.S.) [26]
Source: NYTimes [30], 11/03/2010

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