Publication Items

For Pruitt EPA, There Is No Bad News on Ozone Pollution [1]

Trying to figure out the air quality in your coverage area? The EPA may not be much help. But this week's TipSheet suggests some effective work-arounds for your reporting. Get the backstory on ozone standards, tips on how to track ozone "nonattainment" for your area and learn why smog matters so much to public health.

SEJ Publication Types:
TipSheet [2]
Topics on the Beat:
Air [3]
Chemicals [4]
Energy & Fuel [5]
Environmental Politics [6]
Government [7]
Health [8]
Journalism & Media [9]
Laws & Regulations [10]
Policy [11]
Pollution [12]
Region:
National (U.S.) [13]
California [14]
Great Plains (IA KS ND NE MO SD) [15]
Mid-Atlantic (DC DE MD PA VA WV) [16]
Northeast (CT MA ME NH NJ NY RI VT) [17]
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [18]
Visibility:
Public [19]
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FOIA Suit, Silence on Hog Farms & Sea-Level Rise, Plus Shield Laws [20]

A push for disclosure on hazardous air emissions from industrial hog farms, and reporting on how the coastal real estate industry works to block bad news about sea-level rise. That, plus the Bay Journal FOIAs the EPA over grant defunding, and a move in Congress towards a federal shield law, all in the latest WatchDog.

SEJ Publication Types:
WatchDog TipSheet [21]
Topics on the Beat:
Air [3]
Climate Change [22]
Disasters [23]
Environmental Politics [6]
Government [7]
Journalism & Media [9]
Laws & Regulations [10]
People & Population [24]
Planning & Growth [25]
Pollution [12]
Waste [26]
Water & Oceans [27]
Region:
National (U.S.) [13]
Mid-Atlantic (DC DE MD PA VA WV) [16]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [28]
Visibility:
Public [19]
- Read more about FOIA Suit, Silence on Hog Farms & Sea-Level Rise, Plus Shield Laws [20]
Clean Power Plan Showdown Ahead, But Will It Matter? [29]

President Trump campaigned partly on the promise to abolish an Obama-era program to cut power plant CO2 emissions. But as TipSheet explains in the first in a series of special reports on key issues in the coming year, the program is tied up in complex court proceedings that may, in the end, be moot. Learn why.

SEJ Publication Types:
TipSheet [2]
Topics on the Beat:
Air [3]
Climate Change [22]
Energy & Fuel [5]
Environmental Politics [6]
Laws & Regulations [10]
Pollution [12]
Region:
National (U.S.) [13]
Visibility:
Public [19]
- Read more about Clean Power Plan Showdown Ahead, But Will It Matter? [29]
State Clean Water Fund Means Local Projects, Local News [30]

An EPA program that helps pay for municipal water infrastructure is facing Congressional appropriations scrutiny. But with the program looking like it may escape big cuts, it remains a reservoir of reportable local projects. Find out more in the latest TipSheet, plus get state-by-state resources.

SEJ Publication Types:
TipSheet [2]
Topics on the Beat:
Consumer [31]
Government [7]
Journalism & Media [9]
Laws & Regulations [10]
Water & Oceans [27]
Region:
National (U.S.) [13]
Alaska and Hawaii [32]
California [14]
Great Lakes (IL IN MI MN OH WI) [33]
Great Plains (IA KS ND NE MO SD) [15]
Mid-Atlantic (DC DE MD PA VA WV) [16]
Mountain West (CO ID MT NV UT WY) [34]
Northeast (CT MA ME NH NJ NY RI VT) [17]
Northwest (OR WA) [35]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [28]
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [18]
Visibility:
Public [19]
- Read more about State Clean Water Fund Means Local Projects, Local News [30]
Amid the Fog of Policy, Reporting on Pesticide Regulation [36]

Pesticides are a big environmental story. And under Trump, they are much in the news. But pesticide regulation, and its political, environmental and public health fallout, is an older and more complex tale. The Backgrounder explains how the rules work (and don't), and provides leads and resources for your reporting.

SEJ Publication Types:
Backgrounders [37]
Topics on the Beat:
Agriculture [38]
Chemicals [4]
Economy & Business [39]
Environmental Health [40]
Environmental Politics [6]
Food [41]
Government [7]
Health [8]
Laws & Regulations [10]
Region:
National (U.S.) [13]
Great Plains (IA KS ND NE MO SD) [15]
Visibility:
Public [19]
- Read more about Amid the Fog of Policy, Reporting on Pesticide Regulation [36]
SEJ Objects Over EPA Response to AP Story; plus, Suits & Rulings Involving Interior, EPA, NOAA [42]

The SEJ has written the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to object to its criticism of an Associated Press story about Superfund sites following Hurricane Harvey floods. That, plus a judge rules against EPA for withholding records on the pesticide Enlist Duo, and more, in this month's WatchDog.

SEJ Publication Types:
WatchDog TipSheet [21]
Topics on the Beat:
Activism [43]
Chemicals [4]
Climate Change [22]
Energy & Fuel [5]
Environmental Health [40]
Environmental Politics [6]
Government [7]
Journalism & Media [9]
Laws & Regulations [10]
Policy [11]
Pollution [12]
Science [44]
Water & Oceans [27]
Region:
National (U.S.) [13]
Visibility:
Public [19]
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Covering Congress from Both Sides of the Beltway [45]

The complex workings of the U.S. Congress create reporting challenges for all kinds of journalists, including environmental ones. But our latest TipSheet provides half a dozen key resources to help you get the job done better, whether from inside or outside the Beltway.

SEJ Publication Types:
TipSheet [2]
Topics on the Beat:
Environmental Politics [6]
Government [7]
Journalism & Media [9]
Laws & Regulations [10]
Policy [11]
Region:
National (U.S.) [13]
Visibility:
Public [19]
- Read more about Covering Congress from Both Sides of the Beltway [45]
Our Mission to Call Out Threats to the Press [46]

SEJ President Bobby Magill, in his latest report, outlines the organization's efforts to fight back against restrictions on freedom of the press, as well as a new push to build a more diverse SEJ and a special fellowship in tribute to recently deceased board member and freelancer Lizzie Grossman.

SEJ Publication Types:
SEJ Presidents Report [47]
Topics on the Beat:
Government [7]
Journalism & Media [9]
Laws & Regulations [10]
Region:
National (U.S.) [13]
Visibility:
Public [19]
- Read more about Our Mission to Call Out Threats to the Press [46]
Trump Environmental Rule Rollback — Tracking the Trackers [48]

The Trump administration has moved aggressively to roll back environmental and energy-related rules, so much so that keeping tabs on all the developments has become a major challenge. To help reporters get the lay of the land, this week's TipSheet has a roundup of more than a dozen regulatory tracking reports. Track the trackers.

SEJ Publication Types:
TipSheet [2]
Topics on the Beat:
Climate Change [22]
Economy & Business [39]
Energy & Fuel [5]
Environmental Politics [6]
Government [7]
Journalism & Media [9]
Laws & Regulations [10]
Policy [11]
Region:
National (U.S.) [13]
Visibility:
Public [19]
- Read more about Trump Environmental Rule Rollback — Tracking the Trackers [48]
Court Strikes Down “Ag-Gag” Law; plus a Journalist’s Legal Guide; State Shield for Climate Research and More [49]

A federal court has ruled unconstitutional a Utah law that made undercover filming of livestock operations illegal. What's it mean for similar laws elsewhere? The latest WatchDog has the story, plus news on protecting whistleblowers, a digital journalist's legal guide, shielding of climate info and leaked government reports.

SEJ Publication Types:
WatchDog TipSheet [21]
Topics on the Beat:
Activism [43]
Agriculture [38]
Climate Change [22]
Economy & Business [39]
Energy & Fuel [5]
Environmental Health [40]
Environmental Politics [6]
Food [41]
Government [7]
Journalism & Media [9]
Laws & Regulations [10]
Nuclear Power & Radiation [50]
Policy [11]
Water & Oceans [27]
Region:
National (U.S.) [13]
Great Plains (IA KS ND NE MO SD) [15]
Mountain West (CO ID MT NV UT WY) [34]
Northeast (CT MA ME NH NJ NY RI VT) [17]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [28]
Visibility:
Public [19]
- Read more about Court Strikes Down “Ag-Gag” Law; plus a Journalist’s Legal Guide; State Shield for Climate Research and More [49]

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