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Dillon Bergin

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Dangers in Our Air: Mapping Chicago’s Air Pollution Hotspots

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Chicago’s air quality is among the worst in the U.S., and the city has several local hotspots for particulate matter 2.5 — the tiny particles that come from diesel trucks and industry and enter people’s lungs and blood, causing significant health problems. Between April 2021 and March 2023, the tech company Microsoft installed and monitored 115 air quality sensors across Chicago. We worked with Chicago newsrooms, including the Cicero Independiente, WBEZ and the Chicago Sun-Times, ​​to analyze this data for a series of stories on the city’s comparatively poor air quality. We then installed our own air quality sensors in Chicago neighborhoods that lacked coverage in the Microsoft network — and looked for trends and spikes in pollution.

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Documenting COVID-19 project

The Documenting COVID-19 project is a repository of searchable documents related to the COVID-19 pandemic obtained through state open-records laws and the Freedom of Information Act. It has produced hundreds of stories with local, regional and national newsroom partners throughout the United States.

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Disappearing Day Care: Child Care Crisis in the U.S.

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"Disappearing Day Care" is our ongoing series on the U.S. child care industry. We published our first part of this series in Michigan in 2022, with the Detroit Free-Press and Chalkbeat Detroit. In 2023, we are focusing on Missouri, with The Missouri Independent.

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As wildfire smoke worsens public health, government watchdog calls EPA response 'ad hoc'

As wildfire smoke worsens public health, government watchdog calls EPA response ‘ad hoc’

by Dillon Bergin and Molly Peterson
May 23, 2023

Congressional investigators say the use of a regulatory loophole to erase smoke pollution from the official record is on the rise.

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Latest Requests See all

Title Status Agency Jurisdiction
Bureau of Air operating permits and associated forms for Chicago Extruded Metals Co. Fix Required Illinois Environmental Protection Agency Illinois
Bureau of Air operating permits and associated forms for Koppers Inc. Fix Required Illinois Environmental Protection Agency Illinois
Exceptional event demonstration contracts (Texas Commission on Environmental Quality) Completed Texas Commission on Environmental Quality Texas
Exceptional event demonstration contracts (Ohio Environmental Protection Agency) Completed Ohio Environmental Protection Agency Ohio
Exceptional event demonstration contracts (Department of Natural Resources and Conservation) No Responsive Documents Department of Natural Resources and Conservation Montana

Recently Completed Requests See all

Title Status Agency Jurisdiction
Underlying data for "Industrial Site Map" Completed Department of Planning and Development Chicago, IL
Bureau of Air operating permits and associated forms for Corey Steel Co. Completed Illinois Environmental Protection Agency Illinois
Use of Force Reports 2021 and 2022 Completed New Mexico State Police New Mexico
Exceptional event demonstration contracts (Ohio Environmental Protection Agency) Completed Ohio Environmental Protection Agency Ohio
Monkeypox and wastewater email correspondence Completed Department of Health and Mental Hygiene New York City, NY

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