Publication Items

To Report on Drinking Water, Know Its Source [1]

Safe drinking water is a long-standing challenge left unmet all across the United States. As our latest Issue Backgrounder explains, telling the story of drinkable water requires digging beneath complex relationships, understanding the sources of drinking water and much more. Here's help to do it.

SEJ Publication Types:
Backgrounders [2]
Topics on the Beat:
Chemicals [3]
Consumer [4]
Disasters [5]
Environmental Health [6]
Health [7]
Laws & Regulations [8]
Natural Resources [9]
People & Population [10]
Pollution [11]
Water & Oceans [12]
Region:
National (U.S.) [13]
Visibility:
Public [14]
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Maintenance Backlog a Pothole on Road to Parks Consensus [15]

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 [16]
Topics on the Beat:
Environmental Politics [17]
Forests [18]
Government [19]
Natural Resources [9]
Wildlife [20]
Region:
National (U.S.) [13]
Visibility:
Public [14]
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Interior Appropriations — Dead on Arrival and Live at Five [21]

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 [16]
Topics on the Beat:
Energy & Fuel [22]
Environmental Politics [17]
Forests [18]
Government [19]
Journalism & Media [23]
Laws & Regulations [8]
Natural Resources [9]
Region:
National (U.S.) [13]
Great Plains (IA KS ND NE MO SD) [24]
Mid-Atlantic (DC DE MD PA VA WV) [25]
Mountain West (CO ID MT NV UT WY) [26]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [27]
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [28]
Visibility:
Public [14]
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Trump’s Interior May Be Studying a Monument Near You [29]

Dozens of national monuments established in the last 20 years may lose their federally protected designation under a new order from the Trump administration. Find out which ones may have been targeted near you, how to find stories about the impact on public lands and who the players are in monument politics, in the latest TipSheet.

SEJ Publication Types:
TipSheet [16]
Topics on the Beat:
Environmental Politics [17]
Natural Resources [9]
Region:
National (U.S.) [13]
Visibility:
Public [14]
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"The Hidden Life of Trees: What They Feel, How They Communicate” [30]

BookShelf takes a peek into the hidden life of trees, to understand how biologists believe plants may communicate and even assist others that are struggling, and what that may mean for modern forestry.

SEJ Publication Types:
BookShelf [31]
Topics on the Beat:
Natural Resources [9]
Science [32]
Region:
National (U.S.) [13]
Visibility:
Public [14]
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Between the Lines: As Rules Change for Journalists, Room Remains for Determined Voice [33]

Energy writer Andrew Nikiforuk talks with SEJournal's Between the Lines editor about his book “Slick Water: Fracking and One Insider’s Stand Against the World’s Most Powerful Industry.” The SEJ award-winning text follows the seven-year saga of a longtime oil patch consultant-turned-whistleblower.

SEJ Publication Types:
BookShelf [31]
Topics on the Beat:
Activism [34]
Climate Change [35]
Energy & Fuel [22]
Environmental Politics [17]
Journalism & Media [23]
Natural Resources [9]
Region:
National (U.S.) [13]
Canada [36]
Visibility:
Public [14]
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EPA Budget Cuts Threaten a Program Near You [37]

As the Trump administration proposes big cuts at environmental agencies like the U.S. EPA, the latest TipSheet explores how to dig up local angles from the budget action. Examples: Tracking changes at EPA regional offices and labs, at Superfund or at state revolving funds for clean water and safe drinking water programs.

SEJ Publication Types:
TipSheet [16]
Topics on the Beat:
Environmental Health [6]
Environmental Politics [17]
Fish & Fisheries [38]
Government [19]
Journalism & Media [23]
Laws & Regulations [8]
Natural Resources [9]
Nuclear Power & Radiation [39]
Pollution [11]
Waste [40]
Water & Oceans [12]
Region:
National (U.S.) [13]
California [41]
Great Lakes (IL IN MI MN OH WI) [42]
Mid-Atlantic (DC DE MD PA VA WV) [25]
Northwest (OR WA) [43]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [27]
Visibility:
Public [14]
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Get Wise on Water Rule [44]

Wondering what WOTUS is? Or how the Clean Water Rule relates to the Clean Water Act and to the Section 404 permitting program meant to prevent the destruction of U.S. wetlands? Our Beat Basics column explains the history and background of the rule to help you cover White House, EPA and court action likely ahead.

SEJ Publication Types:
Backgrounders [2]
Topics on the Beat:
Economy & Business [45]
Environmental Politics [17]
Fish & Fisheries [38]
Government [19]
Laws & Regulations [8]
Natural Resources [9]
Planning & Growth [46]
Water & Oceans [12]
Region:
National (U.S.) [13]
Visibility:
Public [14]
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Draining a Different Kind of Swamp [47]

As the Trump administration last week began its rollback of the Clean Water Rule, reporters are likely to see many more stories about wetlands permitting — especially on the local level. The latest TipSheet walks you through the Section 404 permitting maze and helps you find out what's happening in your locale and state.

SEJ Publication Types:
TipSheet [16]
Topics on the Beat:
Environmental Politics [17]
Fish & Fisheries [38]
Laws & Regulations [8]
Natural Resources [9]
Water & Oceans [12]
Region:
National (U.S.) [13]
Mid-Atlantic (DC DE MD PA VA WV) [25]
Visibility:
Public [14]
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As Fight Flares Over Public Lands, Summoning Power of Past Bond [48]

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 [49]
Topics on the Beat:
Environmental Politics [17]
Forests [18]
Government [19]
Journalism & Media [23]
Laws & Regulations [8]
Natural Resources [9]
Wildlife [20]
Region:
National (U.S.) [13]
Visibility:
Public [14]
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