Publication Items

Climate Change Policy Likely To Permeate Executive Under Biden [1]

What will climate change policy look like under a Biden administration? If nothing else, it appears it will be broadly based across a wide range of executive branch operations. This week’s TipSheet walks you through the top 10 federal departments, agencies and spending centers and how they will pivot to focus on global warming.

SEJ Publication Types:
TipSheet [2]
Topics on the Beat:
Agriculture [3]
Air [4]
Chemicals [5]
Economy & Business [6]
Energy & Fuel [7]
Environmental Politics [8]
Forests [9]
Government [10]
Laws & Regulations [11]
Military [12]
Natural Resources [13]
Nuclear Power & Radiation [14]
Policy [15]
Pollution [16]
Science [17]
Technology [18]
Transportation [19]
Region:
National (U.S.) [20]
International [21]
Visibility:
Public [22]
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Carmakers Map Out Shifting Road Ahead [23]

Automakers are at the heart of the conflict over climate change policy, thanks to the prevalence of transportation-related greenhouse gas emissions. That may now be changing. And not just because of the incoming Biden administration, but also with shifting investment in the future of electric vehicles. A look at how car companies are piloting that path, from the latest Backgrounder. Electric Hummer, anyone?

SEJ Publication Types:
Backgrounders [24]
Topics on the Beat:
Air [4]
Climate Change [25]
Consumer [26]
Economy & Business [6]
Energy & Fuel [7]
Environmental Politics [8]
Government [10]
Health [27]
Laws & Regulations [11]
Policy [15]
Pollution [16]
Transportation [19]
Region:
National (U.S.) [20]
California [28]
Visibility:
Public [22]
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Midnight Deregulation Zombie Horror Show Begins [29]

A rush of last-minute regulatory (and deregulatory) actions are underway in the waning days of the Trump administration. And the latest TipSheet has suggestions not only for how to keep track, but also how to bird-dog the numerous ways the incoming Biden administration might try to reverse Trump’s course.

SEJ Publication Types:
TipSheet [2]
Topics on the Beat:
Air [4]
Climate Change [25]
Energy & Fuel [7]
Environmental Politics [8]
Government [10]
Health [27]
Journalism & Media [30]
Laws & Regulations [11]
Natural Resources [13]
Policy [15]
Pollution [16]
Science [17]
Transportation [19]
Region:
National (U.S.) [20]
Alaska and Hawaii [31]
Visibility:
Public [22]
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For Waste Industry, PFAS Disposal Leads to Controversy, Regulation, Mounting Costs [32]

The toxic compounds known as PFAS are causing a crisis in the waste and recycling industry, which faces mounting regulation and litigation over handling its presence in the waste stream. One reporter on the PFAS front lines explains the industry’s dilemma, as well as the challenges of covering the story and how a financial prism led to important insights into industry’s response.

SEJ Publication Types:
Features [33]
Topics on the Beat:
Chemicals [5]
Economy & Business [6]
Environmental Health [34]
Health [27]
Journalism & Media [30]
Laws & Regulations [11]
Military [12]
Pollution [16]
Waste [35]
Water & Oceans [36]
Region:
National (U.S.) [20]
California [28]
Great Lakes (IL IN MI MN OH WI) [37]
Northeast (CT MA ME NH NJ NY RI VT) [38]
Northwest (OR WA) [39]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [40]
Visibility:
Public [22]
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“Man of Tomorrow: The Relentless Life of Jerry Brown” [41]

The memorable career of California Gov. Jerry Brown has at its core a spiritual connection to the environment, a connection that he successfully channeled into the political realm, particularly around climate change. That’s according to the writer of a new biography that delves into the origins of Brown’s environmental politics and his climate change legacy. Read our latest BookShelf review.

SEJ Publication Types:
BookShelf [42]
Topics on the Beat:
Climate Change [25]
Economy & Business [6]
Energy & Fuel [7]
Environmental Politics [8]
Government [10]
Policy [15]
Pollution [16]
Water & Oceans [36]
Region:
National (U.S.) [20]
California [28]
Visibility:
Public [22]
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Even Without Senate, Biden Can Still Do Much To Fight Climate Change [43]

What will a Biden presidency mean for climate and environmental policy if it’s facing the prospect of a GOP-controlled Senate? Quite a bit actually. The latest Backgrounder examines a range of executive actions that the Biden White House could take on energy and the environment. Plus, a look at what’s possible through independent agencies and, yes, bipartisan legislation. But there are a lot of powerful climate actions [44] a Biden administration could take — by executive action alone [45]. Also see headlines on the topic [46] from EJ Today.

SEJ Publication Types:
Backgrounders [24]
Topics on the Beat:
Activism [47]
Air [4]
Climate Change [25]
Economy & Business [6]
Energy & Fuel [7]
Environmental Politics [8]
Government [10]
Health [27]
Journalism & Media [30]
Laws & Regulations [11]
Policy [15]
Pollution [16]
Region:
National (U.S.) [20]
International [21]
Visibility:
Public [22]
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Tracking Respiratory Health Risks From Wildfire Smoke [48]

Respiratory risks are high on the public health agenda these days amid the COVID-19 pandemic. So when Reporter’s Toolbox noticed some exemplary reporting on how West Coast wildfires were polluting the air, it took a look under the hood to see how other environmental journalists might use the same data sets for localized stories.

SEJ Publication Types:
Reporters Toolbox [49]
Topics on the Beat:
Air [4]
Climate Change [25]
Disasters [50]
Health [27]
Journalism & Media [30]
Pollution [16]
Region:
National (U.S.) [20]
California [28]
Mountain West (CO ID MT NV UT WY) [51]
Northwest (OR WA) [39]
Visibility:
Public [22]
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SEJ Grant Program Gives Boost to Environmental Coverage [52]

With this issue, SEJournal launches its newest column — FEJ StoryLog. The bimonthly feature will bring you the lessons of journalists who have been able to pursue their public service reporting work through the largesse of the Fund for Environmental Journalism. Column editor Carolyn Whetzel tells the story of the grant program and its successes. And watch in coming weeks for our first grantee StoryLog, from reporter Christine Woodside.

SEJ Publication Types:
FEJ StoryLog [53]
Topics on the Beat:
Agriculture [3]
Disasters [50]
Environmental Health [34]
Health [27]
Journalism & Media [30]
Nuclear Power & Radiation [14]
Pollution [16]
Waste [35]
Water & Oceans [36]
Region:
National (U.S.) [20]
Northeast (CT MA ME NH NJ NY RI VT) [38]
International [21]
Asia [54]
Europe [55]
Visibility:
Public [22]
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Conservative Court To Consider Upcoming Environment Cases [56]

Amy Coney Barrett’s swearing-in as associate justice this week brings a solidifying conservative majority to the Supreme Court. That likely means environmental issues coming before the justices will face new legal tests. The latest TipSheet explores four prominent cases coming to the high court this term that will help shed light on its evolving views on climate, water and public information.

SEJ Publication Types:
TipSheet [2]
Topics on the Beat:
Biodiversity [57]
Climate Change [25]
Energy & Fuel [7]
Environmental Politics [8]
Fish & Fisheries [58]
Journalism & Media [30]
Laws & Regulations [11]
Policy [15]
Pollution [16]
Water & Oceans [36]
Wildlife [59]
Region:
National (U.S.) [20]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [40]
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [60]
Visibility:
Public [22]
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Letting Residents Take the Lead in ‘Polluter's Paradise’ [61]

A battery of polluting industry spewing toxic pollution and a small town of residents south of Baton Rouge unbowed by their circumstance make for the ingredients of a powerful team investigative project, newly named to the top prize in the Society of Environmental Journalists’ 2020 reporting awards. Inside Story offers a look behind “Polluter’s Paradise” in a Q&A with reporter Tristan Baurick.

SEJ Publication Types:
Inside Story [62]
Topics on the Beat:
Activism [47]
Air [4]
Chemicals [5]
Environmental Politics [8]
Health [27]
Journalism & Media [30]
People & Population [63]
Pollution [16]
Region:
National (U.S.) [20]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [40]
Visibility:
Public [22]
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