Publication Items

COP 27 Egypt — From Afar, How UN Meeting Will Affect Climate Change Reporting [1]

How will the UN’s yearly climate treaty talks in Egypt next month touch domestic U.S. reporting? The latest Backgrounder has an outlook, with close attention to the question of compensation for nations suffering the worst impacts of global warming, plus the politics of war and energy, methane and HFCs. The prospects for action in and after Egypt.

SEJ Publication Types:
Backgrounders [2]
Topics on the Beat:
Climate Change [3]
Disasters [4]
Energy & Fuel [5]
Environmental Health [6]
Environmental Justice [7]
Environmental Politics [8]
Government [9]
Journalism & Media [10]
Policy [11]
Region:
National (U.S.) [12]
International [13]
Mexico [14]
Africa [15]
Asia [16]
Australia & Oceania [17]
Central America & the Caribbean [18]
Europe [19]
Middle East [20]
South America [21]
Visibility:
Public [22]
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On the Persistence of Ocean Plastics [23]

Concerns about seaborne plastic waste go back decades, but science writer Juli Berwald suggests that myths and disinformation about sources and solutions continue to cloud the waters. From lentil-sized nurdles to sprawling fishing nets, 200 million tons of plastic now fill the ocean and, for her, it has become evident that the ocean plastics story is really a land story. But will the newly signed international treaty on plastics offer relief?

SEJ Publication Types:
Features [24]
Topics on the Beat:
Activism [25]
Biodiversity [26]
Chemicals [27]
Climate Change [3]
Consumer [28]
Economy & Business [29]
Energy & Fuel [5]
Environmental Health [6]
Environmental Studies [30]
Fish & Fisheries [31]
Government [9]
Infrastructure [32]
Journalism & Media [10]
Laws & Regulations [33]
Natural Resources [34]
Policy [11]
Pollution [35]
Science [36]
Technology [37]
Waste [38]
Water & Oceans [39]
Wildlife [40]
Region:
National (U.S.) [12]
Alaska and Hawaii [41]
California [42]
Northeast (CT MA ME NH NJ NY RI VT) [43]
Northwest (OR WA) [44]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [45]
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [46]
International [13]
Mexico [14]
Africa [15]
Asia [16]
Europe [19]
Visibility:
Public [22]
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Beat Reporter’s Coverage Calls Out Natural Gas Proponents [47]

Electric utilities may sound like a wonky beat, but in the hands of L.A. Times’ Sammy Roth, it became an opportunity to weave together seemingly dry, technical subject matter into a series of award-winning stories on natural gas that captured flash points for climate change, communities of color and energy politics. Roth shares his reporting experience in the latest Inside Story Q&A.

SEJ Publication Types:
Inside Story [48]
Topics on the Beat:
Activism [25]
Air [49]
Climate Change [3]
Consumer [28]
Economy & Business [29]
Energy & Fuel [5]
Environmental Justice [7]
Environmental Politics [8]
Infrastructure [32]
Journalism & Media [10]
Natural Resources [34]
People & Population [50]
Policy [11]
Pollution [35]
Region:
National (U.S.) [12]
California [42]
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [46]
Visibility:
Public [22]
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Toolbox on Nature-Based Solutions and Native/Indigenous Perspectives [51]

As concerns over global warming, the endangerment of plant and animal species, and water rights escalate, many environmentalists are turning to Indigenous people for guidance. As part of a Society of Environmental Journalists special initiative focused on covering climate solutions, we take a closer look at nature-based solutions and Indigenous people with reporter Brian Bull. Check out a resource toolbox and stay tuned for a reporting tipsheet in coming weeks. Plus, be sure to register for a Sept. 28 webinar [52] on covering Indigenous communities and nature-based climate solutions.

SEJ Publication Types:
Special Reports [53]
Topics on the Beat:
Activism [25]
Agriculture [54]
Biodiversity [26]
Climate Change [3]
Diversity [55]
Energy & Fuel [5]
Environmental Health [6]
Environmental Justice [7]
Environmental Politics [8]
Fish & Fisheries [31]
Food [56]
Forests [57]
Government [9]
Health [58]
Natural Resources [34]
Nuclear Power & Radiation [59]
People & Population [50]
Religion, Faith and Spirituality [60]
Technology [37]
Waste [38]
Water & Oceans [39]
Wildlife [40]
Region:
National (U.S.) [12]
International [13]
Visibility:
Public [22]
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Methane, a Key Global Warming Source, Is Targeted by Nations [61]

Carbon dioxide may get more attention, but the second-most damaging greenhouse gas, methane, is now the focus of a global pledge to cut emissions 30% by 2030. As part of a Society of Environmental Journalists publishing project focused on covering climate solutions, we take a closer look at methane with energy reporter Nushin Huq. A primer on the climate-related problems of methane and the promise of methane-based solutions. Plus, watch a recent SEJ methane solutions webinar [62] and see our Methane and Climate Change Toolbox [63].

SEJ Publication Types:
Special Reports [53]
Topics on the Beat:
Chemicals [27]
Climate Change [3]
Energy & Fuel [5]
Environmental Health [6]
Environmental Politics [8]
Environmental Studies [30]
Government [9]
Journalism & Media [10]
Natural Resources [34]
Policy [11]
Pollution [35]
Region:
National (U.S.) [12]
Alaska and Hawaii [41]
Great Plains (IA KS ND NE MO SD) [64]
Mountain West (CO ID MT NV UT WY) [65]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [45]
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [46]
International [13]
Visibility:
Public [22]
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Will Congress Pass Manchin’s Energy Permitting 'Side Deal'? [66]

In the fine print of the historic Biden climate bill is a controversial commitment to pass legislation on fossil fuel permitting, a measure deeply opposed by the environmental community and calling for heavy political muscle to move through Congress this month. Issue Backgrounder details what’s in it, and what’s not, and takes the measure of the measure’s prospects.

SEJ Publication Types:
Backgrounders [2]
Topics on the Beat:
Activism [25]
Climate Change [3]
Energy & Fuel [5]
Environmental Justice [7]
Environmental Politics [8]
Government [9]
Laws & Regulations [33]
Natural Resources [34]
Policy [11]
Region:
National (U.S.) [12]
Visibility:
Public [22]
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Burgeoning National EV Trend Helps Drive Local Environment, Climate Stories [67]

The auto market is getting supercharged by California’s recent decision to require all-electric vehicle sales in a little over a decade. The latest TipSheet looks at how this big national trend will affect climate change by cutting CO2 emissions, how California came to have such an outsized impact on the U.S. market and how local environmental reporters can plug in for stories around their communities.

SEJ Publication Types:
TipSheet [68]
Topics on the Beat:
Air [49]
Climate Change [3]
Consumer [28]
Energy & Fuel [5]
Environmental Politics [8]
Government [9]
Journalism & Media [10]
Laws & Regulations [33]
Policy [11]
Pollution [35]
Transportation [69]
Region:
National (U.S.) [12]
California [42]
Visibility:
Public [22]
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Methane and Climate Change Toolbox [63]

Levels of methane, a potent greenhouse gas, have doubled in the past 150 years due to human activity, particularly from fossil fuels and extensive farming. As part of an ongoing Society of Environmental Journalists special project focused on covering climate solutions, check out a methane resource toolbox and stay tuned for a methane reporting tipsheet in the coming weeks. Plus, watch the recording [62] of an SEJ virtual webinar, Covering Climate Solutions: Containing and Monitoring Methane.

SEJ Publication Types:
Special Reports [53]
Topics on the Beat:
Agriculture [54]
Air [49]
Climate Change [3]
Energy & Fuel [5]
Environmental Health [6]
Environmental Studies [30]
Government [9]
Journalism & Media [10]
Laws & Regulations [33]
Natural Resources [34]
Policy [11]
Pollution [35]
Science [36]
Technology [37]
Region:
National (U.S.) [12]
Great Plains (IA KS ND NE MO SD) [64]
Mid-Atlantic (DC DE MD PA VA WV) [70]
Mountain West (CO ID MT NV UT WY) [65]
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [46]
International [13]
Visibility:
Public [22]
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Grants Uncover Downside of Wood Stoves, Water Subsidy Impacts [71]

When a young Ohio-based journalist found her interest piqued by the environmental impacts of wood-burning stoves, she turned — for a second time — to the Fund for Environmental Journalism. Her grant helped her dig deeper and, ultimately, produce a report for Undark. Reporter Diana Kruzman shares her experience with both FEJ-funded projects, along with advice for other grant seekers, in the new StoryLog.

SEJ Publication Types:
FEJ StoryLog [72]
Topics on the Beat:
Air [49]
Consumer [28]
Energy & Fuel [5]
Environmental Health [6]
Environmental Justice [7]
Government [9]
Health [58]
Journalism & Media [10]
Pollution [35]
Region:
National (U.S.) [12]
Northeast (CT MA ME NH NJ NY RI VT) [43]
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [46]
International [13]
Visibility:
Public [22]
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Can Qatar’s World Cup Really Be Carbon Neutral? [73]

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 [24]
Topics on the Beat:
Climate Change [3]
Economy & Business [29]
Energy & Fuel [5]
Environmental Politics [8]
Government [9]
Infrastructure [32]
Journalism & Media [10]
Natural Resources [34]
Technology [37]
Transportation [69]
Waste [38]
Water & Oceans [39]
Region:
International [13]
Canada [74]
Africa [15]
Asia [16]
Europe [19]
Middle East [20]
Visibility:
Public [22]
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