Publication Items

Oroville Crisis Points to Dam Stories in Many States [1]

California's Oroville Dam has been in the news this month, as it threatened to fail, flooding nearby communities. But worsening dam safety is a national story with local angles throughout the United States. TipSheet runs down the risks and the resources, plus offers upcoming news hooks for dam stories in your community.

SEJ Publication Types:
TipSheet [2]
Topics on the Beat:
Disasters [3]
Energy & Fuel [4]
Fish & Fisheries [5]
Natural Resources [6]
Water & Oceans [7]
Region:
National (U.S.) [8]
Visibility:
Public [9]
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Sundance Festival a Megaphone for Climate Concerns [10]

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 [11]
Topics on the Beat:
Activism [12]
Agriculture [13]
Climate Change [14]
Energy & Fuel [4]
Environmental Politics [15]
Fish & Fisheries [5]
Forests [16]
Natural Resources [6]
People & Population [17]
Policy [18]
Waste [19]
Water & Oceans [7]
Wildlife [20]
Region:
National (U.S.) [8]
Alaska and Hawaii [21]
California [22]
Great Plains (IA KS ND NE MO SD) [23]
Mountain West (CO ID MT NV UT WY) [24]
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [25]
International [26]
Mexico [27]
Africa [28]
Australia & Oceania [29]
Visibility:
Public [9]
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Rogue Twitter Brings Government Leaks to Masses [30]

Dozens of renegade government Twitter accounts have sprung up, with claims they're run anonymously by employees of various agencies whose missions appear threatened by the Trump administration. TipSheet has the story, plus a list of more than 40 accounts of interest to environmental reporters.

SEJ Publication Types:
TipSheet [2]
Topics on the Beat:
Activism [12]
Environmental Politics [15]
Forests [16]
Government [31]
Journalism & Media [32]
Natural Resources [6]
Policy [18]
Region:
National (U.S.) [8]
Visibility:
Public [9]
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Enviro, Energy Reporters Look at Prospects for Beat in 2017 [33]

Veteran journalists gathered in Washington, D.C. last Friday, Feb. 3, to share insights into how environment and energy policy may unfold in the year ahead — and to urge colleagues to prepare for possibly dramatic shifts ahead. Key takeaways, plus video, audio clips and a presentation by SEJ's president. Photo: Washington Post reporter Daryl Fears; courtesy of Schuyler Null/Wilson Center.

SEJ Publication Types:
SEJ News [34]
Topics on the Beat:
Biodiversity [35]
Climate Change [14]
Energy & Fuel [4]
Environmental Politics [15]
Journalism & Media [32]
Laws & Regulations [36]
Natural Resources [6]
Policy [18]
Science [37]
Water & Oceans [7]
Region:
National (U.S.) [8]
International [26]
Asia [38]
Visibility:
Public [9]
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Turbulent Prospects on Environment-Energy Beat Likely in Trump Era [39]

While it's too soon to tell what the new Trump administration and 115th Congress will do, our special report suggests we may see a groundswell of environmental deregulation and massive energy development. Backgrounder looks at the top 10 energy-environment issues to watch in the President Trump era.

SEJ Publication Types:
Backgrounders [40]
Topics on the Beat:
Air [41]
Climate Change [14]
Economy & Business [42]
Energy & Fuel [4]
Environmental Politics [15]
Government [31]
Laws & Regulations [36]
Natural Resources [6]
Policy [18]
Pollution [43]
Science [37]
Transportation [44]
Waste [19]
Region:
National (U.S.) [8]
Visibility:
Public [9]
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Will 'Drill, Baby, Drill' Be Watchword in Trump Era? [45]

Conflict is brewing over the leasing of oil and gas drilling rights on millions of acres of federal land, now that the pro-oil-and-gas GOP controls Congress and the White House. And one especially big battle to come? The one over opening for drilling the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, a dispute that raged for decades.

SEJ Publication Types:
TipSheet [2]
Topics on the Beat:
Environmental Politics [15]
Government [31]
Laws & Regulations [36]
Natural Resources [6]
Pollution [43]
Transportation [44]
Wildlife [20]
Region:
National (U.S.) [8]
Alaska and Hawaii [21]
Visibility:
Public [9]
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Coal Leasing on Federal Lands [46]

While resurrecting the declining U.S. coal industry, as promised by the new administration, is probably not possible, it may not stop a lifting of the moratorium on coal leasing on federal lands. TipSheet looks at how the issue moved front and center, and whether the move would help coal country.

SEJ Publication Types:
TipSheet [2]
Topics on the Beat:
Climate Change [14]
Economy & Business [42]
Energy & Fuel [4]
Environmental Politics [15]
Health [47]
Laws & Regulations [36]
Natural Resources [6]
Policy [18]
Pollution [43]
Region:
National (U.S.) [8]
Great Lakes (IL IN MI MN OH WI) [48]
Mid-Atlantic (DC DE MD PA VA WV) [49]
Mountain West (CO ID MT NV UT WY) [24]
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [25]
Visibility:
Public [9]
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Tracking Committee Leaders for 115th Congress [50]

To help keep tabs on the newly seated 115th Congress and its gate-keepers of energy and environment law, the latest TipSheet offers a checklist of committee leadership. Plus, a closer look at three key Senate panels, likely agendas and new leadership, such as Senate Energy Committee Chair John Barrasso, R-Wyo. (shown in photo).

SEJ Publication Types:
TipSheet [2]
Topics on the Beat:
Agriculture [13]
Climate Change [14]
Energy & Fuel [4]
Environmental Politics [15]
Government [31]
Laws & Regulations [36]
Natural Resources [6]
Policy [18]
Pollution [43]
Waste [19]
Water & Oceans [7]
Region:
National (U.S.) [8]
Visibility:
Public [9]
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"Water Is for Fighting Over...And Other Myths About Water in the West" [51]

"Water Is for Fighting Over" explores how Western water woes may not be so disastrous.

SEJ Publication Types:
BookShelf [52]
Topics on the Beat:
Natural Resources [6]
Water & Oceans [7]
Region:
California [22]
Great Lakes (IL IN MI MN OH WI) [48]
Visibility:
Public [9]
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Exploring a Primeval Landscape Replete with Stories [53]

SEJ Publication Types:
Features [11]
Topics on the Beat:
Natural Resources [6]
Region:
Mountain West (CO ID MT NV UT WY) [24]
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [25]
Visibility:
Public [9]
- Read more about Exploring a Primeval Landscape Replete with Stories [53]

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