Publication Items

Greenhouse Gas Inventory Key Source for Local Climate Change Stories [1]

A long-standing EPA inventory of greenhouse gasses has been gussied up of late, making it easier than ever to comb the data for global warming stories in your community. The latest Reporter’s Toolbox continues its new data journalism focus with a look at this resource, and how to use the info in it smartly.

SEJ Publication Types:
Reporters Toolbox [2]
Topics on the Beat:
Air [3]
Chemicals [4]
Climate Change [5]
Energy & Fuel [6]
Journalism & Media [7]
Laws & Regulations [8]
Pollution [9]
Science [10]
Region:
National (U.S.) [11]
Visibility:
Public [12]
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Big Environmental Impacts on Small Communities Is Story That Must Be Told [13]

While environmental journalists often focus on regulatory wrestling matches in Washington, D.C., a seasoned New York Times investigative reporter argues the most important stories are those in the real communities where bureaucratic impacts are felt. Three-time Pulitzer winner Eric Lipton makes the case for public service in journalism that tells the environment story from the outside in.

SEJ Publication Types:
Features [14]
Topics on the Beat:
Agriculture [15]
Air [3]
Chemicals [4]
Energy & Fuel [6]
Environmental Health [16]
Environmental Politics [17]
Government [18]
Health [19]
Journalism & Media [7]
Laws & Regulations [8]
Natural Resources [20]
Policy [21]
Pollution [9]
Water & Oceans [22]
Region:
National (U.S.) [11]
Alaska and Hawaii [23]
California [24]
Great Lakes (IL IN MI MN OH WI) [25]
Great Plains (IA KS ND NE MO SD) [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]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [30]
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [31]
Visibility:
Public [12]
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SEJ in Press Freedom Case, Chem Secrecy Bill Fails and More [32]

SEJ joined with several dozen other journalism groups to support the right to film police activity in a public place, and bills to block information of importance to environmental reporters failed in Louisiana, California and Iowa, but a Colorado paper was blocked from covering a wild horse roundup. All that in this month’s WatchDog Tipsheet.

SEJ Publication Types:
WatchDog TipSheet [33]
Topics on the Beat:
Activism [34]
Agriculture [15]
Air [3]
Chemicals [4]
Climate Change [5]
Economy & Business [35]
Energy & Fuel [6]
Government [18]
Journalism & Media [7]
Laws & Regulations [8]
Pollution [9]
Science [10]
Wildlife [36]
Region:
National (U.S.) [11]
California [24]
Great Plains (IA KS ND NE MO SD) [26]
Mid-Atlantic (DC DE MD PA VA WV) [27]
Mountain West (CO ID MT NV UT WY) [28]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [30]
Visibility:
Public [12]
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From Colorado Contrasts to SEJ Shifts [37]

The Society of Environmental Journalists’ annual conference in Colorado this fall will bring attendees to a state rich in contrasts and storytelling fodder. At the same time, SEJ itself is readying for seismic shifts. SEJ President Bobby Magill shares firsthand knowledge of the Square State, plus a look into changes for the organization, in his latest quarterly report.

SEJ Publication Types:
SEJ Presidents Report [38]
Topics on the Beat:
Economy & Business [35]
Energy & Fuel [6]
Environmental Politics [17]
Forests [39]
Journalism & Media [7]
Natural Resources [20]
Nuclear Power & Radiation [40]
People & Population [41]
Planning & Growth [42]
Transportation [43]
Region:
National (U.S.) [11]
Mountain West (CO ID MT NV UT WY) [28]
Visibility:
Public [12]
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Politics Putting Down Stakes Over Oil, Gas Leasing on Federal Lands [44]

The leasing of public lands to drill for oil and gas may seem a labyrinthine topic. But it could be time to get wonky and, ahem, drill down on it, as the politics of 2020 bring the controversial practice to the fore. The latest Backgrounder helps get you up to speed on the story.

SEJ Publication Types:
Backgrounders [45]
Topics on the Beat:
Climate Change [5]
Economy & Business [35]
Energy & Fuel [6]
Environmental Politics [17]
Government [18]
Laws & Regulations [8]
Natural Resources [20]
Region:
National (U.S.) [11]
International [46]
Visibility:
Public [12]
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Protecting Journalists from Attack, Info Row at Interior, PIO Standards and More [47]

Do we need a bill to criminalize attacks against those who report the news? Some Dems in Congress think so. And the Interior Department is at the center of a conflicts over freedom of information involving lobbying contacts with the newly confirmed secretary. The latest WatchDog has those developments, plus more.

SEJ Publication Types:
WatchDog TipSheet [33]
Topics on the Beat:
Energy & Fuel [6]
Environmental Health [16]
Environmental Politics [17]
Environmental Studies [48]
Government [18]
Journalism & Media [7]
Laws & Regulations [8]
Natural Resources [20]
Policy [21]
Science [10]
Region:
National (U.S.) [11]
Alaska and Hawaii [23]
Visibility:
Public [12]
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SEJ Joins Lawsuits; Press Freedom Tracker Gets Update; Docs on ANWR Drilling Concealed, and More [49]

The Society of Environmental Journalists is backing right-to-know lawsuits brought by journalism groups, and a collaborative press freedom tracker gets new funding. Meanwhile, at the Interior Department, one watchdog group angles for environmental impact statements on ANWR drilling, while others track possible conflicts of interest by the acting secretary. That and more in the latest WatchDog roundup.

SEJ Publication Types:
WatchDog TipSheet [33]
Topics on the Beat:
Activism [34]
Biodiversity [50]
Energy & Fuel [6]
Environmental Health [16]
Environmental Politics [17]
Environmental Studies [48]
Fish & Fisheries [51]
Food [52]
Forests [39]
Government [18]
Journalism & Media [7]
Laws & Regulations [8]
Military [53]
Natural Resources [20]
Policy [21]
Pollution [9]
Wildlife [36]
Region:
National (U.S.) [11]
Alaska and Hawaii [23]
Visibility:
Public [12]
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New Coal Ash Data Help Pinpoint Local Pollution Stories [54]

Hundreds of coal ash ponds and landfills around the United States pollute drinking water supplies, and now a newly released report helps localize the problem for environmental reporters. This week’s TipSheet explores the new data source, provides the back story on coal ash regulation (or lack thereof) and the potential health risks, while offering numerous questions to ask and resources to track down.

SEJ Publication Types:
TipSheet [55]
Topics on the Beat:
Chemicals [4]
Energy & Fuel [6]
Environmental Health [16]
Environmental Politics [17]
Health [19]
Journalism & Media [7]
Laws & Regulations [8]
People & Population [41]
Pollution [9]
Waste [56]
Water & Oceans [22]
Region:
National (U.S.) [11]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [30]
Visibility:
Public [12]
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Green New Deal Proposes Sweeping Economic Transformation [57]

Our latest Issue Backgrounder looks at the potentially historic impact of the ambitious climate action agenda known as the Green New Deal — not just on this Congress or the next, or even on the race for the White House in 2020, but for the soul of the Democratic Party. An analysis of a public policy program in the making, the political maneuvering it’s engendering and its prospects to sow division or prompt a united front.

SEJ Publication Types:
Backgrounders [45]
Topics on the Beat:
Activism [34]
Climate Change [5]
Economy & Business [35]
Energy & Fuel [6]
Environmental Politics [17]
Government [18]
Health [19]
Laws & Regulations [8]
People & Population [41]
Policy [21]
Pollution [9]
Technology [58]
Transportation [43]
Region:
National (U.S.) [11]
International [46]
Visibility:
Public [12]
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“Confessions of a Rogue Nuclear Regulator” [59]

A former head of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission has written a powder keg of a book, “Confessions of a Rogue Nuclear Regulator.” Author Gregory Jaczko left the post in 2012, far more critical of nuclear power’s safety claims than he came in, his concerns amplified by the Fukushima meltdown in Japan in 2011. Now, he worries that its lessons have not sunk in deeply enough with an industry that he believes is headed toward catastrophe. Read our latest BookShelf review.

SEJ Publication Types:
BookShelf [60]
Topics on the Beat:
Disasters [61]
Energy & Fuel [6]
Environmental Politics [17]
Government [18]
Nuclear Power & Radiation [40]
Technology [58]
Region:
National (U.S.) [11]
International [46]
Asia [62]
Visibility:
Public [12]
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