Publication Items

Searching for Environment Themes at Sundance 2018 [1]

While environmental themes were less prominent at the Sundance Film Festival this year, our correspondent JoAnn Valenti unearthed ecological messages from documentaries that explore the emergence of climate change refugees in the face of sea level rise, the escape from modernity into wilderness and the confrontation of environmental threats by young innovators.

SEJ Publication Types:
Features [2]
Topics on the Beat:
Activism [3]
Air [4]
Chemicals [5]
Climate Change [6]
Environmental Health [7]
Environmental Politics [8]
Forests [9]
Government [10]
Health [11]
Natural Resources [12]
People & Population [13]
Planning & Growth [14]
Policy [15]
Pollution [16]
Water & Oceans [17]
Region:
National (U.S.) [18]
International [19]
Australia & Oceania [20]
Visibility:
Public [21]
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Charting the Year Ahead in Environment, Energy News [22]

This is a decisive time on the energy and environment front, with challenges and confrontation expected over the consummation of the Trump deregulatory agenda. Our second annual issues guide provides a roadmap for covering the big stories. The guide's formal launch took place at an SEJ event in Washington, D.C. [23] on January 26. If you missed it, the webcast is archived here [24].

SEJ Publication Types:
Backgrounders [25]
Topics on the Beat:
Air [4]
Chemicals [5]
Climate Change [6]
Disasters [26]
Economy & Business [27]
Energy & Fuel [28]
Environmental Health [7]
Environmental Politics [8]
Forests [9]
Government [10]
Health [11]
Journalism & Media [29]
Laws & Regulations [30]
Natural Resources [12]
Policy [15]
Pollution [16]
Science [31]
Water & Oceans [17]
Region:
National (U.S.) [18]
Alaska and Hawaii [32]
California [33]
Mid-Atlantic (DC DE MD PA VA WV) [34]
Mountain West (CO ID MT NV UT WY) [35]
Northeast (CT MA ME NH NJ NY RI VT) [36]
Northwest (OR WA) [37]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [38]
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [39]
Central America & the Caribbean [40]
Visibility:
Public [21]
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Between the Lines: In Trump Era, Author Ponders What TR Would Do [41]

The environmental legacy of past presidents tells us much about the current White House, whose occupant author Douglas Brinkley calls "a used car salesman of the worst kind." In this "Between the Lines" Q&A, the historian talks about what we can learn from TR and FDR, the future of the environmental movement and the role of journalists.

SEJ Publication Types:
BookShelf [42]
Topics on the Beat:
Activism [3]
Agriculture [43]
Air [4]
Biodiversity [44]
Chemicals [5]
Climate Change [6]
Consumer [45]
Economy & Business [27]
Environmental Health [7]
Environmental Politics [8]
Forests [9]
Government [10]
Journalism & Media [29]
Laws & Regulations [30]
Natural Resources [12]
People & Population [13]
Policy [15]
Pollution [16]
Science [31]
Waste [46]
Wildlife [47]
Region:
National (U.S.) [18]
Visibility:
Public [21]
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Energy Remains Big Issue for Public Lands Management [48]

Long-standing disputes over exploitation of public lands bubble over as the Trump administration advances campaign promises to ease restrictions on energy development. A special TipSheet, part of our 2018 Journalists' Guide to Energy & Environment, has resources for covering public lands-related issues as they play out in the coming year.

SEJ Publication Types:
TipSheet [49]
Topics on the Beat:
Climate Change [6]
Disasters [26]
Energy & Fuel [28]
Environmental Politics [8]
Forests [9]
Government [10]
Laws & Regulations [30]
Natural Resources [12]
Policy [15]
Water & Oceans [17]
Region:
National (U.S.) [18]
Alaska and Hawaii [32]
California [33]
Northeast (CT MA ME NH NJ NY RI VT) [36]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [38]
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [39]
Visibility:
Public [21]
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Maintenance Backlog a Pothole on Road to Parks Consensus [50]

The maintenance backlog at the National Park System is nearly $12 billion, and a hot button issue for various constituencies. But don't look for spending to clear it up any time soon, with major budget cuts proposed. This week's TipSheet outlines the issues, and provides resources and perspectives to cover the story.

SEJ Publication Types:
TipSheet [49]
Topics on the Beat:
Environmental Politics [8]
Forests [9]
Government [10]
Natural Resources [12]
Wildlife [47]
Region:
National (U.S.) [18]
Visibility:
Public [21]
- Read more about Maintenance Backlog a Pothole on Road to Parks Consensus [50]
Interior Appropriations — Dead on Arrival and Live at Five [51]

Even though big proposed budget cuts may be DOA for the Interior Department, it doesn't mean there aren't a wide range of land and resource-related stories emerging from the debates. The latest TipSheet sets the scene and offers a half-dozen ways to localize the Interior Department funding story.

SEJ Publication Types:
TipSheet [49]
Topics on the Beat:
Energy & Fuel [28]
Environmental Politics [8]
Forests [9]
Government [10]
Journalism & Media [29]
Laws & Regulations [30]
Natural Resources [12]
Region:
National (U.S.) [18]
Great Plains (IA KS ND NE MO SD) [52]
Mid-Atlantic (DC DE MD PA VA WV) [34]
Mountain West (CO ID MT NV UT WY) [35]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [38]
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [39]
Visibility:
Public [21]
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Between the Lines: Forged in Fire — Author Follows the Flames, and Fights Them, To Cover the Changing Nature of Wildfires [53]

The global rise of large-scale, intense and devastating wildfires is the subject of a new book by award-winning photojournalist Michael Kodas, who spoke with SEJournal's book editor about what makes these new fires so different, what role climate change plays and how he joined firefighters amid the flames.

SEJ Publication Types:
BookShelf [42]
Topics on the Beat:
Climate Change [6]
Disasters [26]
Forests [9]
Journalism & Media [29]
Planning & Growth [14]
Region:
National (U.S.) [18]
Visibility:
Public [21]
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Wildfire Season Comes Earlier, Bringing Broader Stories [54]

Fire season is back, if it ever went away. And it's no longer a natural disaster story limited in geographic scope. Now it's a nationwide U.S. story touching on climate, money, politics, zoning, pollution and more. The latest Tipsheet runs down key information sources, plus what make a good peg for your local wildfire reporting.

SEJ Publication Types:
TipSheet [49]
Topics on the Beat:
Climate Change [6]
Disasters [26]
Forests [9]
Region:
National (U.S.) [18]
California [33]
Mountain West (CO ID MT NV UT WY) [35]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [38]
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [39]
Canada [55]
Visibility:
Public [21]
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As Fight Flares Over Public Lands, Summoning Power of Past Bond [56]

Bobby Magill, in his most recent SEJ President's Report, recalls his time traversing federal wilderness areas that are now increasingly the subject of dispute. How are they to be used? Who is to hold them? Will these vast Western lands remain in the public domain? And what is the role of journalists in covering this story?

SEJ Publication Types:
SEJ Presidents Report [57]
Topics on the Beat:
Environmental Politics [8]
Forests [9]
Government [10]
Journalism & Media [29]
Laws & Regulations [30]
Natural Resources [12]
Wildlife [47]
Region:
National (U.S.) [18]
Visibility:
Public [21]
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Sundance Festival a Megaphone for Climate Concerns [58]

For the first time, Sundance Film Festival spotlighted a single theme, and it was climate change. Documentaries highlighting the issue including a sequel to Al Gore's blockbuster, as well as more than a dozen other films dealing with issues like coral reefs, recyling, changing landscapes and rainforest destruction.

SEJ Publication Types:
Features [2]
Topics on the Beat:
Activism [3]
Agriculture [43]
Climate Change [6]
Energy & Fuel [28]
Environmental Politics [8]
Fish & Fisheries [59]
Forests [9]
Natural Resources [12]
People & Population [13]
Policy [15]
Waste [46]
Water & Oceans [17]
Wildlife [47]
Region:
National (U.S.) [18]
Alaska and Hawaii [32]
California [33]
Great Plains (IA KS ND NE MO SD) [52]
Mountain West (CO ID MT NV UT WY) [35]
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [39]
International [19]
Mexico [60]
Africa [61]
Australia & Oceania [20]
Visibility:
Public [21]
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