These story ideas were suggested by California Watch reporter Susanne Rust, the 2009 winner of the George Polk Award and the John B. Oakes Award for environmental reporting. Feel free to explore these ideas in your community. Let us know what you find.
Construction zones in your community
What is going on at that construction site down the street? Didn’t you walk through that land two years ago and see a blunt-nosed leopard lizard? Did that construction company issue an environmental impact report before digging? Government databases can be used to answer all sorts of questions about immediate environmental concerns in your community. Information about water quality, construction sites, brownfields and toxic-chemical releases can all be acquired from government databases and websites.
Beach pollution
It seems every time you take your kids to the beach, there’s a health advisory sign urging you not to go in the water. Was it always like this? Has it gotten worse? Is it just your beach? Or is it all of the beaches for 100 miles in each direction? Government databases can help you answer these questions.
Toxic releases
Sometimes, combining two or more databases – or using GPS – can provide interesting, telling and never-before-written stories. For instance, the EPA’s Toxics Release Inventory database provides GPS coordinates for the factories it lists. Try linking that with the GPS coordinates of day cares, schools, senior homes and hospitals.
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