"The Fierce Politics of Dust"
"A small town in southern Utah wanted to suppress dust on its roads. Not everyone was pleased."
Source: Washington Post, 12/08/2021
Air
Anything related to air quality, air pollution, or the atmosphere
When Reporting on Toxic Hotspots, Go Deeper With Cancer Registries
As awareness grows about how pollution can cause certain cancers, it’s smart to look beyond cancer risk and also explore available information about actual cancer cases. Reporter’s Toolbox explains how extensive data collected regularly in state-level cancer “registries” can take your coverage on the pollution-public health connection to another level. Plus, avoiding pitfalls in reporting possible clusters.
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In San Francisco Neighborhood, Advocates Do Air Monitoring Themselves
"A community program tracks air pollution in real time. Burdened by polluting facilities, 86 percent of Bayview’s children developed severe asthma before kindergarten."
Source: Inside Climate News, 11/30/2021
Biden Administration To Struggle With Environmental Justice in 2022
The history of environmental racism is a long one in the United States, far longer than the efforts to address the problem. But reporting on environmental justice continues to tick upwards, and an analysis in the latest Backgrounder points to promising progress, explaining why for journalists the year ahead may yield important stories, whether about future footholds or new missteps.
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"EPA Forces Natural Gas Plants To Make Pollution Data Public"
"For the first time, hundreds of natural gas processing plants will have to publicly report emissions of benzene and other hazardous air pollutants."
Source: E&E News, 11/24/2021
Biden Submits Treaty Fighting Climate Super-Pollutants For Senate OK
"The Biden administration submitted a treaty amendment aimed at curbing a set of climate super-pollutants for Senate approval on Tuesday, White House officials confirmed."
Source: Washington Post, 11/17/2021
New Delhi Air Pollution Is So Bad, Officials Call For Citywide Lockdown
"India's Supreme Court is calling for a lockdown in the capital, New Delhi. It's because of a health emergency, but it's not about COVID-19. It's about air pollution."
Source: NPR, 11/16/2021
Mapping Toxic U.S. Hotspots Down to the Neighborhood Level
A new project on toxic risks has yielded a tool making it far easier to use data from the Toxics Release Inventory to report on hotspots. Reporter’s Toolbox offers a guide to ProPublica’s impressive “Sacrifice Zones” special report, which maps cancer-causing industrial air pollution. Plus, join an in-depth virtual tutorial on the ProPublica tool co-sponsored by the Society of Environmental Journalists.
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"U.S. Court Voids Emissions Rules For Heavy-Duty Truck Trailers"
"A U.S. appeals court on Friday tossed out greenhouse gas emissions rules for heavy-duty truck trailers, ruling two government agencies had exceeded their authority."
Source: Reuters, 11/15/2021
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