Publication Items

Database Details Planetary Asset — Canada’s Forests [1]

They’re a carbon sink, a playground and a major market, but also a source of smoke pollution and pest infestation. Millions of acres of Canadian forest are a big North American story, and the latest Reporter’s Toolbox points you to a central data source that can help quantify, analyze and visualize the numbers and see the proverbial forest for the trees.

SEJ Publication Types:
Reporters Toolbox [2]
Topics on the Beat:
Agriculture [3]
Air [4]
Climate Change [5]
Economy & Business [6]
Energy & Fuel [7]
Environmental Health [8]
Environmental Politics [9]
Forests [10]
Natural Resources [11]
Policy [12]
Pollution [13]
Region:
National (U.S.) [14]
International [15]
Canada [16]
Visibility:
Public [17]
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ANWR Well Is Deep and Dark — But Is It Dry? [18]

Journalists love a secret. And WatchDog Opinion delves into a whopper on the environment beat — the hidden data surrounding a singular test well drilled in one of the most contested ecosystems in the United States. Now that the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge has been reopened for oil leasing by the Trump administration, do the findings even matter? More on the saga.

SEJ Publication Types:
WatchDog [19]
Topics on the Beat:
Energy & Fuel [7]
Environmental Health [8]
Environmental Politics [9]
Government [20]
Laws & Regulations [21]
Natural Resources [11]
Policy [12]
Region:
National (U.S.) [14]
Alaska and Hawaii [22]
Visibility:
Public [17]
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Geothermal a Valuable, But Overlooked Clean Energy Source? [23]

More heat pumps than ever are going into homes and businesses in the United States these days. But they are just one small-scale use of geothermal energy, a promising utility-scale technology that is growing worldwide — and with a minimal carbon footprint to boot. But there are drawbacks as well. The new Issue Backgrounder explains how it all works.

SEJ Publication Types:
Backgrounders [24]
Topics on the Beat:
Climate Change [5]
Energy & Fuel [7]
Natural Resources [11]
Technology [25]
Region:
National (U.S.) [14]
California [26]
International [15]
Asia [27]
Australia & Oceania [28]
Europe [29]
Middle East [30]
Visibility:
Public [17]
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Top Environment and Energy Topics To Watch in 2026 [31]

Explore our 10th annual Journalists’ Guide to Environment + Energy, as we scour the beat to identify 15 top stories to put on your radar for 2026. Our updated format for the special report provides a quick read and a broad scope — with insights on climate change and environmental justice, bird and insect declines, data centers and deep sea mining, deregulation and PFAS and much more. Get started here [31].

SEJ Publication Types:
SEJ News [32]
Topics on the Beat:
Activism [33]
Agriculture [3]
Air [4]
Biodiversity [34]
Chemicals [35]
Climate Change [5]
Disasters [36]
Economy & Business [6]
Energy & Fuel [7]
Environmental Health [8]
Environmental Justice [37]
Environmental Politics [9]
Environmental Studies [38]
Fish & Fisheries [39]
Forests [10]
Government [20]
Health [40]
Infrastructure [41]
Journalism & Media [42]
Laws & Regulations [21]
Military [43]
Natural Resources [11]
Policy [12]
Pollution [13]
Science [44]
Technology [25]
Waste [45]
Water & Oceans [46]
Wildlife [47]
Region:
National (U.S.) [14]
Alaska and Hawaii [22]
California [26]
Great Lakes (IL IN MI MN OH WI) [48]
Great Plains (IA KS ND NE MO SD) [49]
Mid-Atlantic (DC DE MD PA VA WV) [50]
Mountain West (CO ID MT NV UT WY) [51]
Northeast (CT MA ME NH NJ NY RI VT) [52]
Northwest (OR WA) [53]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [54]
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [55]
International [15]
Visibility:
Public [17]
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From Words to Frames — Writer Learns To Wield Power of Visual Storytelling [56]

When writer Gulnaz Khan saw how global warming drove both natural loss and spiritual breaks for surrounding human communities, it started her on a PBS documentary series exploring sacred sites around the world threatened by climate change. But she also undertook another odyssey, one from writer to visual storyteller. What she learned on her journey from text to screen, in the new EJ InSight column.

SEJ Publication Types:
EJ InSight [57]
Topics on the Beat:
Agriculture [3]
Biodiversity [34]
Climate Change [5]
Environmental Health [8]
Environmental Justice [37]
Food [58]
Forests [10]
Government [20]
Health [40]
Journalism & Media [42]
Natural Resources [11]
People & Population [59]
Pollution [13]
Religion, Faith and Spirituality [60]
Science [44]
Waste [45]
Water & Oceans [46]
Wildlife [47]
Region:
International [15]
Africa [61]
Asia [27]
South America [62]
Visibility:
Public [17]
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Orphans and Zombies — Reporting on Abandoned Oil and Gas Wells Across the Country [63]

For more than a century, oil and gas companies have been drilling — and abandoning — wells across the country, leaving hundreds of thousands to potentially leak pollutants into the air, water and soil. Climate and environment reporter Martha Pskowski looks at how funding and regulatory issues are impacting efforts to identify and plug these wells, and offers resources for drilling into their story.

SEJ Publication Types:
Features [64]
Topics on the Beat:
Agriculture [3]
Air [4]
Climate Change [5]
Economy & Business [6]
Energy & Fuel [7]
Environmental Health [8]
Government [20]
Health [40]
Journalism & Media [42]
Laws & Regulations [21]
Natural Resources [11]
Policy [12]
Pollution [13]
Technology [25]
Water & Oceans [46]
Wildlife [47]
Region:
National (U.S.) [14]
Great Lakes (IL IN MI MN OH WI) [48]
Great Plains (IA KS ND NE MO SD) [49]
Mid-Atlantic (DC DE MD PA VA WV) [50]
Mountain West (CO ID MT NV UT WY) [51]
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [55]
Visibility:
Public [17]
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The Cost of Losing Our ‘Sacred Acres’ [65]

In “We Are Eating the Earth,” author Michael Grunwald explains masterfully how good intentions have led us astray over our food system and climate change, writes BookShelf editor Tom Henry. Whether it’s our obsession with meat, myths about biofuels and regenerative agriculture, or feel-good ideas based on bad science, Grunwald argues it’s time for a fundamental shift in values.

SEJ Publication Types:
BookShelf [66]
Topics on the Beat:
Agriculture [3]
Climate Change [5]
Consumer [67]
Economy & Business [6]
Food [58]
Natural Resources [11]
Policy [12]
Science [44]
Region:
National (U.S.) [14]
International [15]
Visibility:
Public [17]
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At COP30, Amazon Rainforest Is Center Stage for Climate Catastrophe [68]

With the COP30 U.N. climate talks starting this week in Brazil, in the heart of the Amazon River basin, our Issue Backgrounder points out that now is a critical time to consider a central question: Is the mandate to save the immense Amazon rainforest as a way to combat climate change being irretrievably undermined by the vast, destructive forces bringing about the rainforest’s rapid destruction?

SEJ Publication Types:
Backgrounders [24]
Topics on the Beat:
Agriculture [3]
Climate Change [5]
Environmental Health [8]
Environmental Politics [9]
Forests [10]
Natural Resources [11]
Water & Oceans [46]
Region:
International [15]
South America [62]
Visibility:
Public [17]
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Tapping Into COP30 To Cover Indigenous Issues [69]

COP30 negotiators from around the world gather next week in Belém, Brazil, at the mouth of the Amazon River. Our Voices of Environmental Justice columnist Yessenia Funes says it’s a vital opportunity to engage with the Indigenous peoples who help protect the vast rainforest region — even for environmental reporters not there in person. Here’s how to tell their stories.

SEJ Publication Types:
Voices of Environmental Justice [70]
Topics on the Beat:
Agriculture [3]
Biodiversity [34]
Climate Change [5]
Economy & Business [6]
Energy & Fuel [7]
Environmental Health [8]
Environmental Justice [37]
Environmental Politics [9]
Forests [10]
Government [20]
Journalism & Media [42]
Natural Resources [11]
People & Population [59]
Planning & Growth [71]
Policy [12]
Pollution [13]
Water & Oceans [46]
Region:
International [15]
South America [62]
Visibility:
Public [17]
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Drinking Water Database Opens Spigot on Local Stories [72]

Drinking water may be ubiquitous in the United States, but that doesn’t mean it’s always safe. To report the answer in your community, the latest Reporter’s Toolbox suggests exploring the Safe Drinking Water Information System, a federal government database mandated by the Safe Drinking Water Act. Here’s how to use it to identify whether your local systems meet its standards.

SEJ Publication Types:
Reporters Toolbox [2]
Topics on the Beat:
Chemicals [35]
Consumer [67]
Health [40]
Infrastructure [41]
Journalism & Media [42]
Laws & Regulations [21]
Natural Resources [11]
Pollution [13]
Water & Oceans [46]
Region:
National (U.S.) [14]
Visibility:
Public [17]
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