Feature: IJNR Institute Inspires Reporters To Get on Their Boots

July 15, 2013–

If It’s Tuesday, This Must Be Guyana (Or Qatar, or France): How One Freelancer Supports a Travel Addiction

July 15, 2013–In this excerpt from the latest issue of SEJournal (Summer), freelancer Erica Gies shares how she has created a "citizen of the world" reporting portfolio, gets paid to travel, and gains perspective on herself, her country and the common problems we all face.

Not-so-hidden Resources for Busy Environmental Journalists

July 15, 2013–

SEJournal Summer 2013, Vol. 23 No. 2

July 15, 2013–Now available to non-members and non-subscribers. In this issue: ESA at 40 — 40 things journalists should know; tangled tale of the endangered wolf; SEJ resources for busy enviro journalists; how one freelancer supports a travel addiction; five book reviews; IJNR institute inspires journalists; watershed tipsheet; and SEJ's 2012 individuals donor list.

The Endangered Species Act at 40: Forty Things Journalists Should Know

July 15, 2013–In this excerpt from the latest issue of SEJournal (Summer), SEJ member John Platt, author of Scientific American's Extinction Countdown blog, offers up a great list of things that may help environmental journalists illuminate some of the issues in question as the Act prepares for its second 40 years. Photo: A California condor outfitted with tracking tags, courtesy USFWS.

The Tangled Tale of the Endangered Wolf

July 15, 2013–

Tipsheet for Stories in Your Own Watershed

July 15, 2013–

Corporations: Our Pollution Is a Trade Secret

July 3, 2013–On June 25, 2013 — the day President Obama gave his climate speech — officials from the Office of Management and Budget, the Council on Environmental Quality, and the Environmental Protection Agency held a closed-door meeting with lobbyists from the oil and chemical industries who don't want the public to know how they calculate their greenhouse gas emissions.

Exxon Seeks To Keep Pegasus Inspections Secret As KXL Twists in Wind

July 3, 2013–Exxon claims trade secrecy in its bid to hide inspection results for the pipeline that leaked 5,000 barrels of Canadian oil sands crude in Arkansas last spring, spurring debate over transparency and spill readiness. EnergyWire's Elana Schor has the story, raising questions that have still to be answered.

National Pipeline Mapping System, Though Hobbled, Can Help Journalists

July 3, 2013–After a decade of neglect, the NPMS is partly back online and marginally functional. Parts of it don't even work. But if you want to get a general clue about the location of major natural gas and hazardous liquid pipelines in your community, the NPMS is one place to start. And, there are other ways to get the info you need.