The IRE Resource Center is a major research library containing more than 23,250 investigative stories — both print and broadcast. Add to that more than 3,000 tipsheets from our national conferences on how to cover specific beats or do specific stories and you have a resource that no reporter or editor should be without. These stories and tipsheets are searchable online or by contacting the Resource Center directly (573-882-3364 or rescntr@ire.org) where a researcher can help you pinpoint what you need. Browse or search the tipsheet section of our library below. Logged-in members can view the tipsheets free online:
Search results for "EPA Toxic Release Inventory" ...
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Databases: Investigating Locally and Around the World
Donald's presentation explores the importance of a "data state of mind" for reporters. Beyond knowing FOIA laws, he outlines the (at least) 25 databases every newsroom should have and use in their reporting. The databases cover several different beats, and Donald details the value of each.
Tags: databases; reporting; census data; budgets; audits; tax data; personnel files; campaign finance; financial disclosure reports; voter registration; election results; crime statistics; sexual predators; business demographics; SEC 10K: EDGAR; 990s; EPA Toxic Release Inventory; EPA Enforcements; water quality data;
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Pollution Data You Can Use Everyday
This tipsheet provides a list of cues as to possible story ideas that might emerge from daily pollution data. Apart from giving links to some of EPA’s websites Ken Ward Jr. also specifies the exact form of pollution that can be researched for stories.
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Digging into Environmental Data
Water pollution is not always evident to the naked eye. The damage "happens out of sight, underwater." This tipsheet provides a list of websites and databases that can "help track down polluters and show whether regulatory agencies are protecting the public and environment." Includes sites dealing with historic pollution such as sediment analysis and information on the cleanup of polluted sites, as well as sources for current pollution information through EPA and other databases. Several environmental groups to consult also provided.
Tags: environment; cleanup; pollution; sediments; polluted site cleanup; national pollutant discharge elimination system; NPDES; EPA; toxic release inventory; stormwater; contamination; marine life
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Tips on databases and stories for Investigative Reporters and Editors Conference
Mansur's tipsheet gives some suggestions to environmental reporters who are looking for a story idea or looking for a way to get the information they need.
Tags: Toxic Release Inventory; TRI; National Pollution Discharge Eliminations System; NPDES; water; storage tanks; gas plants; EPA; Environmental Protection Agency; Tracking regulations; chemicals
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Tipsheet No: 193
"Some sources for Reporters Covering Toxic Release Inventory" includes several sources of information on the TRI, including a list of telephone and online sources from the EPA to the Working Group on Community Right-to-Know, a step-by-step guide to accessing chemical release information on the Internet (via gopher and file transfer) and an article listing problems with TRI availability and other sources of information.
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Some tips for environmental reporters
Tips for environmental reporters, including water, air and land pollution. Seven-page handout relates Hayes' experience and collected wisdom on such issues as scentometers, water sampling, NPDES permits, hazardous waste dumps, SARA Title II (Toxic Release Inventory), ozone and more.
Tags: environment; pollution; toxic waste; air pollution; water pollution; land pollution; EPA