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- A cooperative effort of federal and state agencies, coal companies, and environmental groups, the database lists coal-waste impoundments in West Virginia, Kentucky, Tennessee, Pennsylvania, and Ohio.SEJ Publication Types:Topics on the Beat:Region:Visibility:
North American Toxics Data Released
The Commission for Environmental Cooperation, which is a joint effort of Canada, the US, and Mexico, released on June 10, 2009, its annual report tracking and comparing toxic emissions.SEJ Publication Types:Topics on the Beat:Region:Visibility:EPA To Announce Proposed NO2 Standard
After several years of preparatory work, EPA is expected to announce by June 26, 2009, its proposed primary standard for one of the six "criteria" air pollutants, nitrogen dioxide.
SEJ Publication Types:Region:Visibility:"Crime Scene Cleanup" in Kelly AFB Toxics Case
New evidence indicates the Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry fails to protect communities from dangers such as the now-disappearing plumes of toxic groundwater carrying cancer-causing chemicals far beyond the Kelly Air Force Base near San Antonio, TX.SEJ Publication Types:Topics on the Beat:Region:Visibility:The Beat: Leaking Gas Tanks And Chemical Pollution Are Common Focus
Ever wonder what lies beneath your feet – what's down there in the ground on which we walk? The Toledo Blade's Tom Henry has an editor who asked that question and the result was an interesting look at what the government is doing – or not doing – to clean up gasoline spills from leaky underground tanks.
Region:Visibility:Cumulative Ocean Impacts Mapped Off U.S. and Mexican Shores
Researchers from California and Hawaii have analyzed 25 factors and developed a map that reflects the relative cumulative magnitude of their effects on the waters extending for about 250-350 miles off the shores of Washington, Oregon, California, and the Baja Peninsula.SEJ Publication Types:Topics on the Beat:Visibility:Black Carbon: A Key Cause Of Warming Not Well Recognized
SEJ Publication Types:Topics on the Beat:Region:Visibility:Web Publication Uses Data to Tell Complex Air-Toxics Story
A visit to a boot camp before the last Society of Environmental Journalists conference in Vermont opened the door for a special report on air pollution in San Diego by a webonly publication, voiceofsandiego.org
Reporter Rob Davis, who covers environmental issues for the Internet-based nonprofit news outlet, gives lots of credit to the special training and insights of the boot camp followed up by the annual conference. And, he also got help from fellow SEJ members.
Topics on the Beat:Region:Visibility:"Most Endangered Rivers" List To Be Released April 7
The conservation group American Rivers publishes an annual list of rivers endangered by dams, pollution, mining projects, and other threats they believe require urgent action.SEJ Publication Types:Topics on the Beat:Region:Visibility:Consent Decree Forces Regs on Selected Gas and Diesel Engines
Restrictions would be placed on many types of stationary diesel and gas-fired engines under a proposed EPA rule.SEJ Publication Types:Topics on the Beat:Region:Visibility:










