Publication Items

EV Charging Stations — Are They There Yet? [1]

For all the talk about the energy transition and the robust growth in electric vehicle sales, there’s one big reason for unease: getting charged. The new Backgrounder takes a deep dive on the state of EV charging stations in the United States, exploring Tesla’s diminishing dominance, coming charger standardization, charging levels, software and for-pay realities, plus the effects of government policy.

SEJ Publication Types:
Backgrounders [2]
Topics on the Beat:
Climate Change [3]
Consumer [4]
Energy & Fuel [5]
Environmental Politics [6]
Infrastructure [7]
Planning & Growth [8]
Policy [9]
Technology [10]
Transportation [11]
Region:
National (U.S.) [12]
Visibility:
Public [13]
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Ag Census Offers Journalists Acres of Data [14]

The latest data from the five-year USDA agriculture census has specialized features that suggest numerous environmental stories — whether on irrigation, pesticides and fertilizer, renewable energy, conservation or more. There’s even a feature that provides data by congressional district. The latest Reporter’s Toolbox has more on the data source and how to use it smartly for your coverage.

SEJ Publication Types:
Reporters Toolbox [15]
Topics on the Beat:
Agriculture [16]
Chemicals [17]
Climate Change [3]
Energy & Fuel [5]
Environmental Health [18]
Food [19]
Journalism & Media [20]
Pollution [21]
Water & Oceans [22]
Region:
National (U.S.) [12]
Visibility:
Public [13]
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Spurt in Hydro Relicensing To Leave U.S. Awash in Environmental Stories [23]

Hundreds of hydropower dams in the United States will see their licenses expiring in the next decade, generating years-long federal relicensing processes. That prospect calls for close local and regional coverage of the complicated balance between renewable energy needs with negative environmental impacts. The latest TipSheet explains the licensing process and the dam backstory, along with a dozen story ideas and reporting resources.

SEJ Publication Types:
TipSheet [24]
Topics on the Beat:
Activism [25]
Climate Change [3]
Consumer [4]
Energy & Fuel [5]
Environmental Health [18]
Environmental Politics [6]
Fish & Fisheries [26]
Infrastructure [7]
Journalism & Media [20]
Laws & Regulations [27]
Natural Resources [28]
Policy [9]
Water & Oceans [22]
Region:
National (U.S.) [12]
California [29]
Great Lakes (IL IN MI MN OH WI) [30]
Northeast (CT MA ME NH NJ NY RI VT) [31]
Northwest (OR WA) [32]
Visibility:
Public [13]
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Philly Steaks Out New Ground [33]

It just wouldn’t be the Society of Environmental Journalists annual conference recap without the waggish tales of SEJ’s resident wit, David Helvarg, who once again this year skewers the lot of us, sparing not a jot of our five days in Philadelphia. Read on and prepare to snicker.

SEJ Publication Types:
SEJ News [34]
Topics on the Beat:
Agriculture [16]
Climate Change [3]
Disasters [35]
Economy & Business [36]
Energy & Fuel [5]
Environmental Politics [6]
Food [19]
Government [37]
Health [38]
Infrastructure [7]
Journalism & Media [20]
Natural Resources [28]
Nuclear Power & Radiation [39]
Policy [9]
Pollution [21]
Technology [10]
Transportation [11]
Waste [40]
Water & Oceans [22]
Wildlife [41]
Region:
National (U.S.) [12]
Mid-Atlantic (DC DE MD PA VA WV) [42]
Visibility:
Public [13]
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Courage and Caring — Documentary Celebrates Environmental Icon Stewart Udall [43]

While the name of Stewart Udall, U.S. interior secretary through the tumultuous 1960s, may have faded from public memory, his influence on environmental policies is still felt today. Contributor Francesca Lyman shines the spotlight on a new documentary about Udall and his legacy, and talks with director John de Graaf about Udall’s insights and inspiration.

SEJ Publication Types:
Features [44]
Topics on the Beat:
Air [45]
Biodiversity [46]
Climate Change [3]
Energy & Fuel [5]
Environmental Health [18]
Environmental Justice [47]
Environmental Politics [6]
Environmental Studies [48]
Forests [49]
Government [37]
Infrastructure [7]
Journalism & Media [20]
Laws & Regulations [27]
Natural Resources [28]
Nuclear Power & Radiation [39]
Policy [9]
Pollution [21]
Religion, Faith and Spirituality [50]
Transportation [11]
Water & Oceans [22]
Wildlife [41]
Region:
National (U.S.) [12]
California [29]
Mountain West (CO ID MT NV UT WY) [51]
Northwest (OR WA) [32]
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [52]
International [53]
Central America & the Caribbean [54]
Visibility:
Public [13]
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Solar Power, the Community Way [55]

The energy transition imperative to move from fossil fuels toward renewable energies could leave out individual homeowners unable to install rooftop solar. But as the latest TipSheet points out, there’s an alternative: community solar. Good local reporting is needed to demystify it though. The backstory, plus more than a dozen story ideas and reporting resources.

SEJ Publication Types:
TipSheet [24]
Topics on the Beat:
Climate Change [3]
Consumer [4]
Energy & Fuel [5]
Environmental Politics [6]
Infrastructure [7]
Journalism & Media [20]
Laws & Regulations [27]
Policy [9]
Region:
National (U.S.) [12]
Visibility:
Public [13]
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LNG To Fuel Conflict, Profit, Warming in Coming Years [56]

A partisan debate has flared over liquified natural gas, as industry, environmentalists and politicians wrangle over LNG’s role in climate change and the energy transition, heating and electricity prices, and international and domestic U.S. politics. Backgrounder lays out LNG’s history, starting with the fracking boom and bringing it up to speed with the war in Ukraine and upcoming presidential elections.

SEJ Publication Types:
Backgrounders [2]
Topics on the Beat:
Activism [25]
Chemicals [17]
Climate Change [3]
Energy & Fuel [5]
Environmental Politics [6]
Government [37]
Laws & Regulations [27]
Natural Resources [28]
Policy [9]
Pollution [21]
Technology [10]
Transportation [11]
Water & Oceans [22]
Region:
National (U.S.) [12]
Alaska and Hawaii [57]
Mid-Atlantic (DC DE MD PA VA WV) [42]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [58]
International [53]
Canada [59]
Mexico [60]
Asia [61]
Europe [62]
Middle East [63]
Visibility:
Public [13]
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Why Parking, Long Term, Presents a Lot of Problems [64]

A new book makes the case that U.S. cities have had their environments, their housing and their businesses warped by parking policies. BookShelf contributor Jennifer Weeks, who shares her own parking-related frustrations, explores the arguments made in “Paved Paradise: How Parking Explains the World,” and also takes a look at what the author sees as “parking-light” solutions.

SEJ Publication Types:
BookShelf [65]
Topics on the Beat:
Climate Change [3]
Consumer [4]
Economy & Business [36]
Energy & Fuel [5]
Environmental Health [18]
Environmental Politics [6]
Government [37]
Health [38]
Infrastructure [7]
Planning & Growth [8]
Policy [9]
Pollution [21]
Transportation [11]
Region:
National (U.S.) [12]
California [29]
Northeast (CT MA ME NH NJ NY RI VT) [31]
Visibility:
Public [13]
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Spill-Tracking Data Sources Help Cover Hazmat Events [66]

A new Spill Tracker website is a good source of information on chemical spills, albeit one with an agenda. But according to the latest Reporter’s Toolbox, it’s just one among a set of powerful resources for covering dangerous releases, large and small. More on Spill Tracker, plus another half-dozen-plus government and nonprofit data sources on petrochemical incidents.

SEJ Publication Types:
Reporters Toolbox [15]
Topics on the Beat:
Chemicals [17]
Disasters [35]
Energy & Fuel [5]
Environmental Health [18]
Government [37]
Journalism & Media [20]
Pollution [21]
Region:
National (U.S.) [12]
International [53]
Visibility:
Public [13]
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'Gaslit' Project Spotlights Challenges of Teaching Investigative Journalism [67]

Research, collaboration, human-centered storytelling and the ineluctable element of time — all these were among the facets of a complex, award-winning investigative report run by a team of students at Arizona State University on excessive and harmful natural gas flaring. How the project came together, and the lessons learned, in the new EJ Academy from column co-editor and longtime educator Bob Wyss.

SEJ Publication Types:
EJ Academy [68]
Topics on the Beat:
Energy & Fuel [5]
Environmental Studies [48]
Journalism & Media [20]
Natural Resources [28]
Pollution [21]
Region:
National (U.S.) [12]
Great Plains (IA KS ND NE MO SD) [69]
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [52]
Visibility:
Public [13]
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