Publication Items

Is Your Community Stranded on an Urban Heat Island? [1]

Urban heat is a serious environmental killer, with numerous culprits making it worse each year for many cities. But there are ways to lessen the impacts too, ranging from more trees to greener roofs. This week’s TipSheet has info on how to report on the problem of urban heat, as well as on its solutions.

SEJ Publication Types:
TipSheet [2]
Topics on the Beat:
Activism [3]
Climate Change [4]
Consumer [5]
Energy & Fuel [6]
Environmental Health [7]
Forests [8]
Government [9]
Health [10]
Journalism & Media [11]
People & Population [12]
Planning & Growth [13]
Region:
National (U.S.) [14]
Visibility:
Public [15]
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Covering 'America’s Best Idea' — National Park Stories Near You [16]

The system of national parks in the United States contains hundreds of units, and many more stories near you ... if you just know where to start. This week’s TipSheet offers six key issues likely to come up at nearby parks, plus three dozen resources to help track down your local angle.

SEJ Publication Types:
TipSheet [2]
Topics on the Beat:
Activism [3]
Climate Change [4]
Consumer [5]
Economy & Business [17]
Environmental Politics [18]
Forests [8]
Government [9]
Journalism & Media [11]
Natural Resources [19]
People & Population [12]
Wildlife [20]
Region:
National (U.S.) [14]
Visibility:
Public [15]
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Where There’s Smoke, There's ... a Health Threat [21]

When it comes to the wildfires that now regularly threaten life and property, it’s not just the flames that create risk. Wildfire smoke itself can cause harm, even a long way from the fire. This week’s TipSheet explains the health threats of wildfire smoke and how to monitor the risk for your own area.

SEJ Publication Types:
TipSheet [2]
Topics on the Beat:
Air [22]
Disasters [23]
Forests [8]
Health [10]
Journalism & Media [11]
Region:
National (U.S.) [14]
Visibility:
Public [15]
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Searching for Environment Themes at Sundance 2018 [24]

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 [25]
Topics on the Beat:
Activism [3]
Air [22]
Chemicals [26]
Climate Change [4]
Environmental Health [7]
Environmental Politics [18]
Forests [8]
Government [9]
Health [10]
Natural Resources [19]
People & Population [12]
Planning & Growth [13]
Policy [27]
Pollution [28]
Water & Oceans [29]
Region:
National (U.S.) [14]
International [30]
Australia & Oceania [31]
Visibility:
Public [15]
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Charting the Year Ahead in Environment, Energy News [32]

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. [33] on January 26. If you missed it, the webcast is archived here [34].

SEJ Publication Types:
Backgrounders [35]
Topics on the Beat:
Air [22]
Chemicals [26]
Climate Change [4]
Disasters [23]
Economy & Business [17]
Energy & Fuel [6]
Environmental Health [7]
Environmental Politics [18]
Forests [8]
Government [9]
Health [10]
Journalism & Media [11]
Laws & Regulations [36]
Natural Resources [19]
Policy [27]
Pollution [28]
Science [37]
Water & Oceans [29]
Region:
National (U.S.) [14]
Alaska and Hawaii [38]
California [39]
Mid-Atlantic (DC DE MD PA VA WV) [40]
Mountain West (CO ID MT NV UT WY) [41]
Northeast (CT MA ME NH NJ NY RI VT) [42]
Northwest (OR WA) [43]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [44]
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [45]
Central America & the Caribbean [46]
Visibility:
Public [15]
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Between the Lines: In Trump Era, Author Ponders What TR Would Do [47]

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 [48]
Topics on the Beat:
Activism [3]
Agriculture [49]
Air [22]
Biodiversity [50]
Chemicals [26]
Climate Change [4]
Consumer [5]
Economy & Business [17]
Environmental Health [7]
Environmental Politics [18]
Forests [8]
Government [9]
Journalism & Media [11]
Laws & Regulations [36]
Natural Resources [19]
People & Population [12]
Policy [27]
Pollution [28]
Science [37]
Waste [51]
Wildlife [20]
Region:
National (U.S.) [14]
Visibility:
Public [15]
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Energy Remains Big Issue for Public Lands Management [52]

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 [2]
Topics on the Beat:
Climate Change [4]
Disasters [23]
Energy & Fuel [6]
Environmental Politics [18]
Forests [8]
Government [9]
Laws & Regulations [36]
Natural Resources [19]
Policy [27]
Water & Oceans [29]
Region:
National (U.S.) [14]
Alaska and Hawaii [38]
California [39]
Northeast (CT MA ME NH NJ NY RI VT) [42]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [44]
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [45]
Visibility:
Public [15]
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Maintenance Backlog a Pothole on Road to Parks Consensus [53]

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 [2]
Topics on the Beat:
Environmental Politics [18]
Forests [8]
Government [9]
Natural Resources [19]
Wildlife [20]
Region:
National (U.S.) [14]
Visibility:
Public [15]
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Interior Appropriations — Dead on Arrival and Live at Five [54]

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 [2]
Topics on the Beat:
Energy & Fuel [6]
Environmental Politics [18]
Forests [8]
Government [9]
Journalism & Media [11]
Laws & Regulations [36]
Natural Resources [19]
Region:
National (U.S.) [14]
Great Plains (IA KS ND NE MO SD) [55]
Mid-Atlantic (DC DE MD PA VA WV) [40]
Mountain West (CO ID MT NV UT WY) [41]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [44]
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [45]
Visibility:
Public [15]
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Between the Lines: Forged in Fire — Author Follows the Flames, and Fights Them, To Cover the Changing Nature of Wildfires [56]

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 [48]
Topics on the Beat:
Climate Change [4]
Disasters [23]
Forests [8]
Journalism & Media [11]
Planning & Growth [13]
Region:
National (U.S.) [14]
Visibility:
Public [15]
- Read more about Between the Lines: Forged in Fire — Author Follows the Flames, and Fights Them, To Cover the Changing Nature of Wildfires [56]

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