Publication Items

EPA Inaction Leaves Smog an Endless Summer Story [1]

It’s summer smog season, with all its unpleasant environmental and health impacts. But if you’re reporting on this perpetual problem, you may not be able to rely on the EPA to help you figure out where it is worst. This week’s TipSheet explains, then helps get you started on your own smog coverage.

SEJ Publication Types:
TipSheet [2]
Topics on the Beat:
Air [3]
Energy & Fuel [4]
Environmental Politics [5]
Government [6]
Health [7]
Journalism & Media [8]
Laws & Regulations [9]
Pollution [10]
Transportation [11]
Region:
National (U.S.) [12]
California [13]
Great Lakes (IL IN MI MN OH WI) [14]
Mid-Atlantic (DC DE MD PA VA WV) [15]
Northeast (CT MA ME NH NJ NY RI VT) [16]
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [17]
Visibility:
Public [18]
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Environmental Protections in Play Amid Farm Bill Furor [19]

Big environmental issues such as the use of pesticides, labelling of organic foods and the preservation of farmland and water are central to a huge farm bill lurching its way through the nation’s legislature, hamstrung by partisan politics. Our latest Backgrounder sets up the landscape for your coverage.

SEJ Publication Types:
Backgrounders [20]
Topics on the Beat:
Agriculture [21]
Air [3]
Chemicals [22]
Consumer [23]
Economy & Business [24]
Environmental Health [25]
Environmental Politics [5]
Food [26]
Forests [27]
Government [6]
Health [7]
Laws & Regulations [9]
Policy [28]
Pollution [10]
Water & Oceans [29]
Region:
National (U.S.) [12]
Visibility:
Public [18]
- Read more about Environmental Protections in Play Amid Farm Bill Furor [19]
Where There’s Smoke, There's ... a Health Threat [30]

When it comes to the wildfires that now regularly threaten life and property, it’s not just the flames that create risk. Wildfire smoke itself can cause harm, even a long way from the fire. This week’s TipSheet explains the health threats of wildfire smoke and how to monitor the risk for your own area.

SEJ Publication Types:
TipSheet [2]
Topics on the Beat:
Air [3]
Disasters [31]
Forests [27]
Health [7]
Journalism & Media [8]
Region:
National (U.S.) [12]
Visibility:
Public [18]
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Selective Media Tour on EPA Scandal, ‘Weaponizing’ Transparency and More [32]

The EPA turns to friendly media to share its news, while limiting access to mainstream reporters. And the agency moves to “weaponize” transparency. Those stories, plus, a new way to map political influence on environmental policy, and key reports made public, in the latest WatchDog TipSheet.

SEJ Publication Types:
WatchDog TipSheet [33]
Topics on the Beat:
Activism [34]
Air [3]
Climate Change [35]
Consumer [23]
Economy & Business [24]
Energy & Fuel [4]
Environmental Politics [5]
Environmental Studies [36]
Government [6]
Health [7]
Journalism & Media [8]
Laws & Regulations [9]
Policy [28]
Pollution [10]
Science [37]
Region:
National (U.S.) [12]
Visibility:
Public [18]
- Read more about Selective Media Tour on EPA Scandal, ‘Weaponizing’ Transparency and More [32]
Searching for Environment Themes at Sundance 2018 [38]

While environmental themes were less prominent at the Sundance Film Festival this year, our correspondent JoAnn Valenti unearthed ecological messages from documentaries that explore the emergence of climate change refugees in the face of sea level rise, the escape from modernity into wilderness and the confrontation of environmental threats by young innovators.

SEJ Publication Types:
Features [39]
Topics on the Beat:
Activism [34]
Air [3]
Chemicals [22]
Climate Change [35]
Environmental Health [25]
Environmental Politics [5]
Forests [27]
Government [6]
Health [7]
Natural Resources [40]
People & Population [41]
Planning & Growth [42]
Policy [28]
Pollution [10]
Water & Oceans [29]
Region:
National (U.S.) [12]
International [43]
Australia & Oceania [44]
Visibility:
Public [18]
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EPA Mapping App Helps Find, Deepen Environmental Justice Stories [45]

As new research reminds us that pollution often disproportionately affects poor and minority communities in the United States, a long-standing mapping tool from the EPA can help reporters explore and discover those environmental justice stories nearest them. The latest TipSheet explains the problem, and walks you through the mapping app.

SEJ Publication Types:
TipSheet [2]
Topics on the Beat:
Activism [34]
Air [3]
Environmental Health [25]
Environmental Politics [5]
Environmental Studies [36]
Government [6]
Health [7]
Journalism & Media [8]
People & Population [41]
Pollution [10]
Technology [46]
Region:
National (U.S.) [12]
California [13]
Great Lakes (IL IN MI MN OH WI) [14]
Mid-Atlantic (DC DE MD PA VA WV) [15]
Mountain West (CO ID MT NV UT WY) [47]
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [17]
Visibility:
Public [18]
- Read more about EPA Mapping App Helps Find, Deepen Environmental Justice Stories [45]
“Whitewash: The Story of a Weed Killer, Cancer, and the Corruption of Science” [48]

A hard-nosed account of Monsanto and its controversial and popular herbicide Roundup comes in a new book by a former wire service reporter, who pieced together documentation and fact-finding from over 20 years to make a case there was a dangerous cover-up. BookShelf reviews Carey Gillam’s “Whitewash.”

SEJ Publication Types:
BookShelf [49]
Topics on the Beat:
Activism [34]
Agriculture [21]
Air [3]
Chemicals [22]
Consumer [23]
Economy & Business [24]
Environmental Health [25]
Food [26]
Government [6]
Health [7]
Journalism & Media [8]
Laws & Regulations [9]
Natural Resources [40]
Region:
National (U.S.) [12]
Visibility:
Public [18]
- Read more about “Whitewash: The Story of a Weed Killer, Cancer, and the Corruption of Science” [48]
Policy ‘Confrontation’ is Watchword, Say Journalists at Issue Look-Ahead Forum [50]

Top reporters at an event sponsored by the Society of Environmental Journalists predicted clashes in 2018 over climate, drilling on public lands, environmental laws, infrastructure, national monuments and more. Here's what these journalistic veterans forecast. Plus, check out the accompanying annual issues guide [51].

SEJ Publication Types:
SEJ News [52]
Topics on the Beat:
Air [3]
Biodiversity [53]
Chemicals [22]
Climate Change [35]
Energy & Fuel [4]
Environmental Health [25]
Environmental Politics [5]
Government [6]
Health [7]
Journalism & Media [8]
Laws & Regulations [9]
Policy [28]
Science [37]
Region:
National (U.S.) [12]
Visibility:
Public [18]
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Charting the Year Ahead in Environment, Energy News [54]

This is a decisive time on the energy and environment front, with challenges and confrontation expected over the consummation of the Trump deregulatory agenda. Our second annual issues guide provides a roadmap for covering the big stories. The guide's formal launch took place at an SEJ event in Washington, D.C. [55] on January 26. If you missed it, the webcast is archived here [56].

SEJ Publication Types:
Backgrounders [20]
Topics on the Beat:
Air [3]
Chemicals [22]
Climate Change [35]
Disasters [31]
Economy & Business [24]
Energy & Fuel [4]
Environmental Health [25]
Environmental Politics [5]
Forests [27]
Government [6]
Health [7]
Journalism & Media [8]
Laws & Regulations [9]
Natural Resources [40]
Policy [28]
Pollution [10]
Science [37]
Water & Oceans [29]
Region:
National (U.S.) [12]
Alaska and Hawaii [57]
California [13]
Mid-Atlantic (DC DE MD PA VA WV) [15]
Mountain West (CO ID MT NV UT WY) [47]
Northeast (CT MA ME NH NJ NY RI VT) [16]
Northwest (OR WA) [58]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [59]
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [17]
Central America & the Caribbean [60]
Visibility:
Public [18]
- Read more about Charting the Year Ahead in Environment, Energy News [54]
Governing May Not Come Naturally to Trump Agencies in 2018 [61]

The effectiveness of Trump administration governance looms large in environment stories for 2018, and this week's TipSheet looks at flash points like an Interior Department reorg and the reshaping of the EPA, plus budgets and shutdowns. Ideas to help you cover the story.

SEJ Publication Types:
TipSheet [2]
Topics on the Beat:
Air [3]
Energy & Fuel [4]
Environmental Politics [5]
Government [6]
Laws & Regulations [9]
Natural Resources [40]
Policy [28]
Water & Oceans [29]
Region:
National (U.S.) [12]
Visibility:
Public [18]
- Read more about Governing May Not Come Naturally to Trump Agencies in 2018 [61]

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