Publication Items

Clean Power Plan Undoing Has State, Regional Fallout [1]

Rewinding the Clean Power Plan and its planned cuts in U.S. carbon emissions may not have the effect intended, reports this week's TipSheet. Why changes now underway in the electric power industry may have less to do with regulations than with the energy market itself. Plus, covering developments state by state.

SEJ Publication Types:
TipSheet [2]
Topics on the Beat:
Air [3]
Climate Change [4]
Energy & Fuel [5]
Environmental Politics [6]
Government [7]
Laws & Regulations [8]
Pollution [9]
Region:
National (U.S.) [10]
Visibility:
Public [11]
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Trump Review of Auto Emissions Standards Upsets Deal [12]

Has President Donald Trump really unraveled Obama-era auto mileage standards and the climate policy they supported? Far from it, explains our latest Backgrounder. Here's why true change on auto emissions will take much more than a presidential fiat. And get angles and sources to report the ongoing issue.

SEJ Publication Types:
Backgrounders [13]
Topics on the Beat:
Air [3]
Climate Change [4]
Consumer [14]
Energy & Fuel [5]
Environmental Politics [6]
Government [7]
Laws & Regulations [8]
Pollution [9]
Transportation [15]
Region:
National (U.S.) [10]
California [16]
Visibility:
Public [11]
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Turbulent Prospects on Environment-Energy Beat Likely in Trump Era [17]

While it's too soon to tell what the new Trump administration and 115th Congress will do, our special report suggests we may see a groundswell of environmental deregulation and massive energy development. Backgrounder looks at the top 10 energy-environment issues to watch in the President Trump era.

SEJ Publication Types:
Backgrounders [13]
Topics on the Beat:
Air [3]
Climate Change [4]
Economy & Business [18]
Energy & Fuel [5]
Environmental Politics [6]
Government [7]
Laws & Regulations [8]
Natural Resources [19]
Policy [20]
Pollution [9]
Science [21]
Transportation [15]
Waste [22]
Region:
National (U.S.) [10]
Visibility:
Public [11]
- Read more about Turbulent Prospects on Environment-Energy Beat Likely in Trump Era [17]
Congressional Regulatory Override — The Rulebook [23]

Regulations about toxic air pollution from oil refineries are among many Obama administration actions that may be targetted for reversal by Republicans in Congress. The key to such a move? The Congressional Review Act. TipSheet explains how it works — and doesn't.

SEJ Publication Types:
TipSheet [2]
Topics on the Beat:
Air [3]
Chemicals [24]
Energy & Fuel [5]
Environmental Politics [6]
Government [7]
Laws & Regulations [8]
Pollution [9]
Region:
National (U.S.) [10]
Visibility:
Public [11]
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Will State, Local Government Replace Feds on Climate Change? [25]

Even if the incoming Trump Administration retreats from climate action, as many fear, state and local governments may fill the gap on climate policy. Our latest Issue Backgrounder takes a closer look, and offers sources and resources to help you cover the more localized climate stories that may result.

SEJ Publication Types:
Backgrounders [13]
Topics on the Beat:
Air [3]
Climate Change [4]
Environmental Politics [6]
Government [7]
Laws & Regulations [8]
Policy [20]
Region:
National (U.S.) [10]
California [16]
Great Lakes (IL IN MI MN OH WI) [26]
Mid-Atlantic (DC DE MD PA VA WV) [27]
Mountain West (CO ID MT NV UT WY) [28]
Northeast (CT MA ME NH NJ NY RI VT) [29]
Northwest (OR WA) [30]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [31]
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [32]
Canada [33]
Visibility:
Public [11]
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Lead Found in National Guard Armories Across U.S. [34]

A Portland Oregonian investigation turns up problems with toxic lead in National Guard armories around the country, exposing not just military personnel, but the general public. TipSheet reports that a database built for the investigation gives journalists around the nation a way to track problems in their local facilities.

SEJ Publication Types:
TipSheet [2]
Topics on the Beat:
Air [3]
Environmental Health [35]
Military [36]
Region:
National (U.S.) [10]
Visibility:
Public [11]
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Watch List for Trump Federal Agency Appointments [37]

Sarah Palin for Interior secretary? Her name is among those being mentioned for top environment and energy posts in the incoming Trump administration. To help you cover the shaping of the new cabinet, the latest TipSheet runs down better-known and lesser-known candidates being floated for EPA, Interior, Energy and Agriculture department chiefs.

SEJ Publication Types:
TipSheet [2]
Topics on the Beat:
Agriculture [38]
Air [3]
Chemicals [24]
Energy & Fuel [5]
Environmental Health [35]
Environmental Politics [6]
Food [39]
Forests [40]
Government [7]
Health [41]
Laws & Regulations [8]
Natural Resources [19]
Policy [20]
Pollution [9]
Waste [22]
Water & Oceans [42]
Region:
National (U.S.) [10]
Visibility:
Public [11]
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Will a New Broom Sweep Enviro-Energy Policy Clean? Tracking the Trump To-Do List [43]

In the wake of Donald Trump’s presidential upset, U.S. environmental and energy policy may undergo dramatic change. SEJournal Online has prepared a reporter’s watchlist of 12 stories with local angles and broad impact, ranging from fossil fuels to renewables, clean air to clean water, and infrastructure to public lands. Read on. [43]

SEJ Publication Types:
TipSheet [2]
Topics on the Beat:
Air [3]
Climate Change [4]
Energy & Fuel [5]
Environmental Health [35]
Environmental Politics [6]
Government [7]
Health [41]
Laws & Regulations [8]
Natural Resources [19]
Policy [20]
Pollution [9]
Science [21]
Transportation [15]
Waste [22]
Water & Oceans [42]
Region:
National (U.S.) [10]
Visibility:
Public [11]
- Read more about Will a New Broom Sweep Enviro-Energy Policy Clean? Tracking the Trump To-Do List [43]
Leaked: New Secret CRS Explainers for the Environment-Energy Beat [44]

Here are some recent Congressional Research Service reports relevant to the environment and energy beat, thanks to the Federation of American Scientists' Government Secrecy Project.

SEJ Publication Types:
WatchDog TipSheet [45]
Topics on the Beat:
Air [3]
Disasters [46]
Energy & Fuel [5]
Health [41]
Transportation [15]
Region:
Antarctica & Arctic [47]
Visibility:
Public [11]
- Read more about Leaked: New Secret CRS Explainers for the Environment-Energy Beat [44]
Secret Congressional Reports of Interest to Environmental Reporters [48]

Thanks to the Federation of American Scientists' Project on Government Secrecy, we can share some recent CRS reports of interest to environmental journalists.

SEJ Publication Types:
WatchDog TipSheet [45]
Topics on the Beat:
Agriculture [38]
Air [3]
Chemicals [24]
Energy & Fuel [5]
Food [39]
Military [36]
Pollution [9]
Science [21]
Water & Oceans [42]
Visibility:
Public [11]
- Read more about Secret Congressional Reports of Interest to Environmental Reporters [48]

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