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EJ TransitionWatch

Environmental Journalism TransitionWatch is a new, limited-run weekly report from SEJournal, published through Inauguration Day 2025. It will track the incoming Trump administration as it prepares to take power and reshape U.S. environmental and energy policy. The EJ TransitionWatch main page will spotlight other related stories and resources, along with the latest Trump-environment news from our EJToday headline service. Check back regularly!

SEJ Webinars

On Nov 20, this #SEJwebinar explored an essential yet underreported area of energy transition coverage: industrial decarbonization. Canary Media reporters Maria Gallucci, Jeff St. John and Julian Spector guided us through the challenges heavy industries like steel, cement and concrete face moving toward sustainable production. Invaluable insights into innovative technologies and policy solutions were shared. Webinar details, video recording and chat log.

SEJ's Environmental Events Calendar: Featured Event

Our Calendar lists professional meetings, webinars, press conferences, awards/fellowships/workshops deadlines and more. Nov 22 deadline: Better understand what #LandBack means to Indigenous people reasserting sovereignty over homelands, resources, sacred spaces and stewardship choices, with a virtual workshop, Dec 11-12, 2024, from the Institute for Journalism & Natural Resources, in conjunction with the Indigenous Journalists Association and the Society of Environmental Journalists.

Freedom of Information

Here you'll find FOIA basics; key online resources; SEJ's WatchDog, news and tools on access to environmental information; volunteer Freedom of Information Task Force; and positions taken by SEJ advocating access to environmental information and supporting media's right to know on behalf of the public.

SEJ Publication Highlights

Attention Press Officers — Read This Reporter’s Bill of Rights

11/20/2024 – Under the last Trump White House — and in quite a few presidential administrations — shoddy treatment of journalists by federal agency press offices has been the norm. And WatchDog Opinion worries it will be even worse in the new Trump administration. So it’s time to remind public information officers what we journalists fairly expect. From the latest WatchDog, an updated reporter’s bill of rights.

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Is Fluoride Facing Phaseout in Your Community’s Drinking Water?

11/20/2024 – Fluoridated drinking water has helped limit tooth decay in the United States for decades. But that could come to an end in the Trump administration, if fluoride nonfan Robert F. Kennedy Jr., slated to head Health and Human Services, has his way. In the first installment of SEJournal’s new weekly EJ TransitionWatch column, we examine the challenge to this public health success story. Plus, questions to ask and resources for your reporting.

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Threats of Media Censorship Cloud COP29

11/13/2024 – Again this year, a petrostate hosts the COP climate gathering. Azerbaijan as host not only raises questions of how an oil-rich nation can help foster the fossil fuel cuts needed to stem climate change. But WatchDog Opinion also worries what Azerbaijan’s poor press freedom record will mean for journalists covering the gathering and for the civil society that normally enlivens the meeting.

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EJToday: Headlines

"Biden Administration Requesting Roughly $100 Billion For Disaster Relief"

CNN, 11/20/2024
‘Bomb Cyclone’ Kills 1 And Knocks Out Power Across The Northwest US

AP, 11/20/2024
"Trump Threatens New York Times, Penguin Random House over Critical Coverage"

Columbia Journalism Review, 11/20/2024
"The US No Longer Supports Capping Plastic Production In UN Treaty"

Grist, 11/20/2024
Canada Helped Fossil Companies Improve Global ‘Perception’ Of Oilsands

The Narwhal, 11/20/2024
"Despite Critics, Organic Farming Thrives In Heart Of US Corn Country"

The New Lede, 11/20/2024
"Granholm Warns That Cutting EV Tax Credits Would Be ‘Ceding’ To China"

The Hill, 11/20/2024
"Lee To Lead Senate Energy Committee Next Year"

The Hill, 11/20/2024
"17,000 Axis Deer Were Killed On Maui This Year, But They Just Keep Coming"

Honolulu Civil Beat, 11/20/2024
"Drought Is an Immigration Issue"

Atlantic, 11/20/2024

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SEJ's mission is to strengthen coverage of environment, energy, health and climate news, by supporting the journalists who report that news. The benefits of joining include: access to grants for environmental reporting; mentoring by experienced journalists; and members-only e-mailing lists for sharing professional tips, news, and information. SEJ members meet and learn face-to-face from fellow members, other media professionals and topic experts, at our annual conference and volunteer-organized regional gatherings.