Publication Items

Can Qatar’s World Cup Really Be Carbon Neutral? [1]

Qatar — the world’s highest carbon emitter on a per capita basis — made big promises in its winning bid for the 2022 FIFA World Cup. But will they deliver? Doha-based journalism professor Craig LaMay writes that while sports megaevent hosts face increasing pressure to address environmental concerns, critical coverage of their follow-through is challenging, especially in countries with no free press or public right to government information.

SEJ Publication Types:
Features [2]
Topics on the Beat:
Climate Change [3]
Economy & Business [4]
Energy & Fuel [5]
Environmental Politics [6]
Government [7]
Infrastructure [8]
Journalism & Media [9]
Natural Resources [10]
Technology [11]
Transportation [12]
Waste [13]
Water & Oceans [14]
Region:
International [15]
Canada [16]
Africa [17]
Asia [18]
Europe [19]
Middle East [20]
Visibility:
Public [21]
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‘Big Fish’ Report Hooks Prize With Look at Aquaculture and Environment [22]

The challenges of sustainable aquaculture are at the heart of an extensive reporting project recognized in the Society of Environmental Journalists’ most recent round of reporting awards. In this Inside Story Q&A, Hakai Magazine’s founding editor, Jude Isabella (pictured at left), and author Brian Payton share insights into the series, which looks closely at the industry and its environmental costs.

SEJ Publication Types:
Inside Story [23]
Topics on the Beat:
Economy & Business [4]
Environmental Health [24]
Environmental Justice [25]
Fish & Fisheries [26]
Food [27]
Journalism & Media [9]
Natural Resources [10]
People & Population [28]
Water & Oceans [14]
Wildlife [29]
Region:
National (U.S.) [30]
International [15]
Asia [18]
Visibility:
Public [21]
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Global Satellite Data IDs Tensions Between Food Production, Biodiversity [31]

A recent study of global cropland expansion highlights several trends that are ripe with environmental news stories. One finding: New farm fields have taken over an area the size of Texas and California combined since the start of the century, an expansion primarily affecting biodiversity-rich natural ecosystems, with Africa leading the cropland boom. Freelancer Gabriel Popkin explores the latest data and the reporting possibilities.

SEJ Publication Types:
Features [2]
Topics on the Beat:
Agriculture [32]
Biodiversity [33]
Climate Change [3]
Consumer [34]
Economy & Business [4]
Environmental Health [24]
Environmental Justice [25]
Environmental Politics [6]
Environmental Studies [35]
Food [27]
Forests [36]
Journalism & Media [9]
Natural Resources [10]
People & Population [28]
Planning & Growth [37]
Science [38]
Technology [11]
Region:
National (U.S.) [30]
International [15]
Africa [17]
Asia [18]
Europe [19]
South America [39]
Visibility:
Public [21]
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How Ireland’s Tree Farms, Licensed With Little Environmental Assessment, Harm Biodiversity, Rural Communities [40]

A crowdsourced, crowdfunded investigation on the damage caused by the spread of commercial spruce plantations, both to the biodiversity-rich areas of Ireland and the isolated farming communities where they are planted, was the subject of an award-winning report from journalist Niall Sargent. Find out how he ID’d the problem, overcame investigative challenges and ultimately told a human-centered, data-rich story. Our latest Inside Story Q&A.

SEJ Publication Types:
Inside Story [23]
Topics on the Beat:
Agriculture [32]
Biodiversity [33]
Economy & Business [4]
Environmental Health [24]
Environmental Justice [25]
Environmental Politics [6]
Forests [36]
Government [7]
Journalism & Media [9]
Natural Resources [10]
People & Population [28]
Region:
International [15]
Europe [19]
Visibility:
Public [21]
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Battlefront Emerges Over Disclosure of Financial Climate Risks [41]

The Biden administration’s “whole-of-government” attack on climate change has increasingly focused on the financial arena, with the most recent move a vote by the Securities and Exchange Commission to draft rules requiring publicly traded corporations to disclose climate risks. Industry and GOP opponents are preparing for the fight over the complex regulations, and WatchDog Opinion argues environmental journalists have a big stake.

SEJ Publication Types:
WatchDog [42]
Topics on the Beat:
Activism [43]
Climate Change [3]
Economy & Business [4]
Environmental Politics [6]
Government [7]
Journalism & Media [9]
Laws & Regulations [44]
Policy [45]
Region:
National (U.S.) [30]
Visibility:
Public [21]
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Houston Plays Host to First On-Site SEJ Conference Since 2019 [46]

Environmental journalists from around the country and beyond will gather in Houston later this month for the Society of Environmental Journalists’ 31st annual conference. Widely known as the energy capital of the world, this highly diverse city is an ideal place to drill down on the causes and consequences of climate change and other environmental issues of the day.

SEJ Publication Types:
SEJ News [47]
Topics on the Beat:
Activism [43]
Air [48]
Biodiversity [33]
Chemicals [49]
Climate Change [3]
Disasters [50]
Diversity [51]
Economy & Business [4]
Energy & Fuel [5]
Environmental Health [24]
Environmental Justice [25]
Environmental Politics [6]
Fish & Fisheries [26]
Food [27]
Forests [36]
Government [7]
Health [52]
Infrastructure [8]
Journalism & Media [9]
Laws & Regulations [44]
People & Population [28]
Planning & Growth [37]
Policy [45]
Pollution [53]
Religion, Faith and Spirituality [54]
Science [38]
Technology [11]
Transportation [12]
Waste [13]
Water & Oceans [14]
Wildlife [29]
Region:
National (U.S.) [30]
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [55]
International [15]
Mexico [56]
Central America & the Caribbean [57]
Europe [19]
South America [39]
Visibility:
Public [21]
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Aussie Author’s Angry Look at ‘Crimes Against Nature’ [58]

A historical look at how profit and capitalism have ravaged the natural world is the subject of our new BookShelf review. Contributor Melody Kemp offers her take on award-winning Australian journalist Jeff Sparrow’s forthcoming volume, which explores the damage wrought by cars, roads and PR spin, as well as solutions suggested by models of Indigenous land management.

SEJ Publication Types:
BookShelf [59]
Topics on the Beat:
Activism [43]
Climate Change [3]
Economy & Business [4]
Environmental Politics [6]
Infrastructure [8]
Natural Resources [10]
People & Population [28]
Policy [45]
Pollution [53]
Transportation [12]
Region:
International [15]
Australia & Oceania [60]
Visibility:
Public [21]
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Deep in the Heart of Complexity … Or, the View From Texas [61]

As the Society of Environmental Journalists prepares for its annual conference in Houston this March, the SEJournal asked Texas-based reporter Greg Harman to explore the Lone Star State's most critical stories for 2022. Here, in this special Texas-focused TipSheet, are leads, resources, encouragements and challenges.

SEJ Publication Types:
TipSheet [62]
Topics on the Beat:
Activism [43]
Air [48]
Chemicals [49]
Climate Change [3]
Disasters [50]
Economy & Business [4]
Energy & Fuel [5]
Environmental Justice [25]
Environmental Politics [6]
Government [7]
Health [52]
Infrastructure [8]
Journalism & Media [9]
People & Population [28]
Planning & Growth [37]
Policy [45]
Pollution [53]
Wildlife [29]
Region:
National (U.S.) [30]
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [55]
Visibility:
Public [21]
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Conflict Over Biden’s Offshore Wind Drive To Generate News in 2022 and Beyond [63]

Offshore wind, which some see as a panacea in the search for climate-friendly energy solutions, is getting a push from the Biden administration. But as noted in this week’s TipSheet, part of our 2022 Journalists’ Guide to Energy & Environment, there are numerous obstacles to the renewable power source, whether from states, coastal property owners and towns, fishing industry and even some environmentalists.

SEJ Publication Types:
TipSheet [62]
Topics on the Beat:
Activism [43]
Climate Change [3]
Economy & Business [4]
Energy & Fuel [5]
Environmental Politics [6]
Fish & Fisheries [26]
Government [7]
Infrastructure [8]
Journalism & Media [9]
Laws & Regulations [44]
Natural Resources [10]
Policy [45]
Water & Oceans [14]
Region:
National (U.S.) [30]
California [64]
Mid-Atlantic (DC DE MD PA VA WV) [65]
Northeast (CT MA ME NH NJ NY RI VT) [66]
Northwest (OR WA) [67]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [68]
Visibility:
Public [21]
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Reporters Reveal ‘Decades of Deceit’ Over Underground Water Contamination [69]

A trove of confidential documents about a well-known groundwater pollution problem helped journalists Paul LaRocco and David M. Schwartz uncover how much had actually been hidden about the contamination’s severity and how it could have been kept from worsening. In the latest Inside Story Q&A, LaRocco and Schwartz share the story behind their award-winning investigation.

SEJ Publication Types:
Inside Story [23]
Topics on the Beat:
Chemicals [49]
Disasters [50]
Economy & Business [4]
Environmental Health [24]
Health [52]
Journalism & Media [9]
Military [70]
Pollution [53]
Water & Oceans [14]
Region:
National (U.S.) [30]
Northeast (CT MA ME NH NJ NY RI VT) [66]
Visibility:
Public [21]
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