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2019 Journalists’ Guide to Energy & Environment

The battle over environment and energy policy takes a sharp turn in January as Democrats regain control of the House and begin countering the Trump Administration's sweeping actions. On January 25, 3:00-5:00 p.m., join SEJ and the Wilson Center in Washington DC for the 7th annual Journalists' Guide to Energy and the Environment, where top reporters will look ahead at 2019's biggest stories. Reception to follow. Event will also be livestreamed. Free registration required.

“Saudi America: The Truth About Fracking and How It’s Changing the World”

The economics of fracking may be as big a worry as its environmental impacts, finds a new book on the energy extraction industry. Our latest BookShelf reviews the volume from a seasoned business reporter, who questions conventional views about a renewed U.S. energy “dominance,” probes the financial instability of the industry’s boom and raises the politically destabilizing spectre of a future decline for the fossil fuel market.

SEJ's Environmental Events Calendar: Featured Event

Our Calendar lists professional meetings, press conferences, awards/fellowships/workshops deadlines and more. Jan 18, 2019 deadline: The Radio Television Digital News Foundation offers scholarships for outstanding students and fellowships for young professionals (<10 years experience in the field) pursuing careers in radio, television, or online news. Two fellowships go to promising minority applicants.

Freelance

Freelancers: This section of SEJ.org offers resources specifically tailored to YOU. Various SEJ journalists have offered these links as sources of information. We pass them along as a service.

SEJ Publication Highlights

Getting Inside the Head of a Book Editor

01/09/2019 – “Think big, but keep your feet on the ground” — that’s the kind of sound advice that would-be authors receive behind closed doors at the Society of Environmental Journalists’ annual conference, where book editors offer confidential feedback on author pitches in the yearly “Book Slam.” Now, SEJournal has tapped Slam moderator Meera Subramanian to gather book editors’ top 15 tips from the 2018 SEJ gathering in Flint. We share them with you in our latest Between the Lines.

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Climate Change Issue Will Heat Up in 2019

01/09/2019 – The topic of climate change will certainly heat up in 2019. That’s not just because a Democratic House will push back against the Trump administration, but also because of pressure from a “Green New Deal” clean-energy jobs movement, not to mention ongoing legal action, and corporate and state-level moves to limit carbon emissions. This special edition TipSheet explores the fault lines on climate in the year ahead.

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Oversight on EPA FOIA Screening, Covering Pipeline Protests, Feedlot Air Emissions, Data on Illegal Fishing

01/02/2019 – The new year will likely mean subpoenas on EPA’s FOIA response policies, as a Democrat takes the chair in the House Oversight Committee amid charges the agency is choking off politically sensitive record requests. And are new laws in a dozen states making coverage of pipeline protests a felony? That, plus air emission exemptions for animal feedlot operators and data on illegal fishing. All in the latest issue of the WatchDog.

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Headlines

"EPA Criminal Action Against Polluters Hits 30-Year Low"

AP, 01/15/2019
"Trump Taps Commerce Watchdog To Be New Interior Inspector General"

The Hill, 01/15/2019
"Antarctic Ice Melting 6 Times Faster Than It Did In '80s"

USA TODAY, 01/15/2019
"PG&E Bankruptcy Tests Who Will Pay for California Wildfires"

NY Times, 01/15/2019
"Trump’s Executive Order Will Aggressively Cut More Forest Trees"

Washington Post, 01/15/2019
Michigan: "PFAS Response Agency Continues Without Director Or Edict"

Detroit News, 01/15/2019
"FDA To Restart More Food Safety Inspections Affected By Shutdown"

Politico, 01/15/2019
Study Questions EPA’s Cancer Classification Of Glyphosate Weed Killer

EHN, 01/15/2019
"Too Much Salt: Water Desalination Plants Harm Environment: U.N."

Reuters, 01/15/2019
"Detroit Show Has SUVs, Horsepower, But Electric Cars Are Few"

AP, 01/15/2019

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