Publication Items

Potential Conflicts Spotlight Concerns Over Trump Appointments [1]

As President Trump continues to fill environment and energy leadership positions in 2018, one source of stories will be potential conflicts of interest for appointed regulators and agency leaders. This week's TipSheet runs down more than 20 key appointments to watch at EPA, Interior, Ag, Energy and more.

SEJ Publication Types:
TipSheet [2]
Topics on the Beat:
Agriculture [3]
Air [4]
Chemicals [5]
Climate Change [6]
Economy & Business [7]
Energy & Fuel [8]
Environmental Politics [9]
Fish & Fisheries [10]
Government [11]
Health [12]
Journalism & Media [13]
Laws & Regulations [14]
Natural Resources [15]
Nuclear Power & Radiation [16]
Policy [17]
Pollution [18]
Science [19]
Technology [20]
Water & Oceans [21]
Region:
National (U.S.) [22]
Visibility:
Public [23]
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Investigations May Bring News in 2018 [24]

Almost a dozen investigations are underway at the U.S. EPA and the Interior Department, including of unusual travel, private sector connections and staff/advisory panel moves. This week's TipSheet runs down the probes in detail, and offers resources for coverage of developments in 2018.

SEJ Publication Types:
TipSheet [2]
Topics on the Beat:
Climate Change [6]
Consumer [25]
Disasters [26]
Economy & Business [7]
Energy & Fuel [8]
Environmental Politics [9]
Government [11]
Laws & Regulations [14]
Policy [17]
Science [19]
Water & Oceans [21]
Region:
National (U.S.) [22]
Alaska and Hawaii [27]
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [28]
Central America & the Caribbean [29]
Visibility:
Public [23]
- Read more about Investigations May Bring News in 2018 [24]
Energy Markets Offer Clues on Environment’s Future [30]

How the U.S. economy uses energy has huge impacts on the environment. So this week's TipSheet helps journalists understand the economy-energy-environment nexus, detailing nine top trends to watch on fossil fuels and alternative energy in 2018. Plus, a list of helpful sources for tracking energy markets.

SEJ Publication Types:
TipSheet [2]
Topics on the Beat:
Climate Change [6]
Consumer [25]
Economy & Business [7]
Energy & Fuel [8]
Environmental Politics [9]
Government [11]
Journalism & Media [13]
Laws & Regulations [14]
Nuclear Power & Radiation [16]
Planning & Growth [31]
Pollution [18]
Technology [20]
Region:
National (U.S.) [22]
Visibility:
Public [23]
- Read more about Energy Markets Offer Clues on Environment’s Future [30]
"Big Chicken: The Incredible Story of How Antibiotics Created Modern Agriculture and Changed the Way the World Eats” [32]

A new book on "Big Chicken" dissects how common practices of the U.S. poultry industry are harming our air, water and health — and why Europe does it better.

SEJ Publication Types:
BookShelf [33]
Topics on the Beat:
Agriculture [3]
Consumer [25]
Economy & Business [7]
Food [34]
Waste [35]
Region:
National (U.S.) [22]
Europe [36]
Visibility:
Public [23]
- Read more about "Big Chicken: The Incredible Story of How Antibiotics Created Modern Agriculture and Changed the Way the World Eats” [32]
Amid the Fog of Policy, Reporting on Pesticide Regulation [37]

Pesticides are a big environmental story. And under Trump, they are much in the news. But pesticide regulation, and its political, environmental and public health fallout, is an older and more complex tale. The Backgrounder explains how the rules work (and don't), and provides leads and resources for your reporting.

SEJ Publication Types:
Backgrounders [38]
Topics on the Beat:
Agriculture [3]
Chemicals [5]
Economy & Business [7]
Environmental Health [39]
Environmental Politics [9]
Food [34]
Government [11]
Health [12]
Laws & Regulations [14]
Region:
National (U.S.) [22]
Great Plains (IA KS ND NE MO SD) [40]
Visibility:
Public [23]
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Trump Environmental Rule Rollback — Tracking the Trackers [41]

The Trump administration has moved aggressively to roll back environmental and energy-related rules, so much so that keeping tabs on all the developments has become a major challenge. To help reporters get the lay of the land, this week's TipSheet has a roundup of more than a dozen regulatory tracking reports. Track the trackers.

SEJ Publication Types:
TipSheet [2]
Topics on the Beat:
Climate Change [6]
Economy & Business [7]
Energy & Fuel [8]
Environmental Politics [9]
Government [11]
Journalism & Media [13]
Laws & Regulations [14]
Policy [17]
Region:
National (U.S.) [22]
Visibility:
Public [23]
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Court Strikes Down “Ag-Gag” Law; plus a Journalist’s Legal Guide; State Shield for Climate Research and More [42]

A federal court has ruled unconstitutional a Utah law that made undercover filming of livestock operations illegal. What's it mean for similar laws elsewhere? The latest WatchDog has the story, plus news on protecting whistleblowers, a digital journalist's legal guide, shielding of climate info and leaked government reports.

SEJ Publication Types:
WatchDog TipSheet [43]
Topics on the Beat:
Activism [44]
Agriculture [3]
Climate Change [6]
Economy & Business [7]
Energy & Fuel [8]
Environmental Health [39]
Environmental Politics [9]
Food [34]
Government [11]
Journalism & Media [13]
Laws & Regulations [14]
Nuclear Power & Radiation [16]
Policy [17]
Water & Oceans [21]
Region:
National (U.S.) [22]
Great Plains (IA KS ND NE MO SD) [40]
Mountain West (CO ID MT NV UT WY) [45]
Northeast (CT MA ME NH NJ NY RI VT) [46]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [47]
Visibility:
Public [23]
- Read more about Court Strikes Down “Ag-Gag” Law; plus a Journalist’s Legal Guide; State Shield for Climate Research and More [42]
‘Cut Through Fog’ to Cover Trump’s Fast-Moving Environmental Policy Changes [48]

Policy experts and reporters at an SEJ forum in Seattle July 6 cautioned that environmental journalists must go into overdrive to keep up with fast and furious changes coming during the Trump Administration. Get more in our SEJ News coverage. [48] Photo: Former EPA official Dennis McLerran, left, fields a query from moderator Jeff Burnside. Read McLerran's full remarks here [49].

SEJ Publication Types:
SEJ News [50]
Topics on the Beat:
Economy & Business [7]
Environmental Politics [9]
Government [11]
Journalism & Media [13]
Laws & Regulations [14]
Policy [17]
Region:
National (U.S.) [22]
Visibility:
Public [23]
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“Where the Water Goes: Life and Death Along the Colorado River” [51]

Writer David Owen's “Where the Water Goes: Life and Death Along the Colorado River” tells the story of the Colorado, while exploring water issues ranging from drought and climate degradation to cross-state and cross-border legal complexities.

SEJ Publication Types:
BookShelf [33]
Topics on the Beat:
Agriculture [3]
Consumer [25]
Economy & Business [7]
Environmental Politics [9]
Laws & Regulations [14]
Natural Resources [15]
Planning & Growth [31]
Water & Oceans [21]
Region:
National (U.S.) [22]
California [52]
Mountain West (CO ID MT NV UT WY) [45]
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [28]
Visibility:
Public [23]
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“Hot, Hungry Planet: The Fight to Stop a Global Food Crisis in the Face of Climate Change” [53]

Author Lisa Palmer tackles a question many experts in the natural and social sciences are also pondering: How can we feed a growing world population in the coming decades when climate change is stressing global food production systems?

SEJ Publication Types:
BookShelf [33]
Topics on the Beat:
Agriculture [3]
Climate Change [6]
Consumer [25]
Economy & Business [7]
Food [34]
People & Population [54]
Policy [17]
Region:
National (U.S.) [22]
International [55]
Africa [56]
Asia [57]
South America [58]
Visibility:
Public [23]
- Read more about “Hot, Hungry Planet: The Fight to Stop a Global Food Crisis in the Face of Climate Change” [53]

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