Publication Items

LNG To Fuel Conflict, Profit, Warming in Coming Years [1]

A partisan debate has flared over liquified natural gas, as industry, environmentalists and politicians wrangle over LNG’s role in climate change and the energy transition, heating and electricity prices, and international and domestic U.S. politics. Backgrounder lays out LNG’s history, starting with the fracking boom and bringing it up to speed with the war in Ukraine and upcoming presidential elections.

SEJ Publication Types:
Backgrounders [2]
Topics on the Beat:
Activism [3]
Chemicals [4]
Climate Change [5]
Energy & Fuel [6]
Environmental Politics [7]
Government [8]
Laws & Regulations [9]
Natural Resources [10]
Policy [11]
Pollution [12]
Technology [13]
Transportation [14]
Water & Oceans [15]
Region:
National (U.S.) [16]
Alaska and Hawaii [17]
Mid-Atlantic (DC DE MD PA VA WV) [18]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [19]
International [20]
Canada [21]
Mexico [22]
Asia [23]
Europe [24]
Middle East [25]
Visibility:
Public [26]
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Award-Winning Beat Reporting Highlights Legacy of Environmental Racism [27]

Top-flight regional reporting (and data analysis) that explored inequities between Black and white communities around Baltimore, Maryland, yielded journalist Scott Dance a wide range of stories — and a first-place prize in the most recent awards from the Society of Environmental Journalists. Dance, now on the climate desk for The Washington Post shares insights from the beat in the new Inside Story.

SEJ Publication Types:
Inside Story [28]
Topics on the Beat:
Agriculture [29]
Climate Change [5]
Environmental Justice [30]
Fish & Fisheries [31]
Health [32]
Journalism & Media [33]
People & Population [34]
Planning & Growth [35]
Policy [11]
Pollution [12]
Water & Oceans [15]
Region:
National (U.S.) [16]
Mid-Atlantic (DC DE MD PA VA WV) [18]
Visibility:
Public [26]
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Six Ways To Cover the Environmental Impacts of Animal Agriculture [36]

Animal agriculture is a massive industry with a vast environmental footprint, so there are plenty of reporting opportunities for journalists on the “eat beat.” In the second of two parts [37], following last week’s examination of diet-related greenhouse gas emissions, food-and-climate journalist Jenny Splitter serves up a variety of story ideas and information sources, plus some thoughts on solutions journalism.

SEJ Publication Types:
Features [38]
Topics on the Beat:
Activism [3]
Agriculture [29]
Air [39]
Biodiversity [40]
Climate Change [5]
Consumer [41]
Economy & Business [42]
Environmental Health [43]
Environmental Justice [30]
Environmental Politics [7]
Environmental Studies [44]
Food [45]
Forests [46]
Government [8]
Health [32]
Journalism & Media [33]
Pollution [12]
Waste [47]
Water & Oceans [15]
Wildlife [48]
Region:
National (U.S.) [16]
International [20]
Visibility:
Public [26]
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Eat Local for Climate’s Sake? No, Eat Less Meat [37]

Many people who want to reduce their carbon footprint consider the climate impacts of diet, but their efforts may be misdirected. When it comes to greenhouse gas emissions, it turns out what we eat is often more important than where it comes from. Sentient Media’s Jenny Splitter unpacks the locavore myth and explains methane burps, carbon opportunity costs and more. First of two parts [36].

SEJ Publication Types:
Features [38]
Topics on the Beat:
Activism [3]
Agriculture [29]
Climate Change [5]
Consumer [41]
Economy & Business [42]
Environmental Health [43]
Environmental Politics [7]
Environmental Studies [44]
Food [45]
Forests [46]
Government [8]
Health [32]
Journalism & Media [33]
Pollution [12]
Transportation [14]
Waste [47]
Water & Oceans [15]
Region:
National (U.S.) [16]
International [20]
Visibility:
Public [26]
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Why Parking, Long Term, Presents a Lot of Problems [49]

A new book makes the case that U.S. cities have had their environments, their housing and their businesses warped by parking policies. BookShelf contributor Jennifer Weeks, who shares her own parking-related frustrations, explores the arguments made in “Paved Paradise: How Parking Explains the World,” and also takes a look at what the author sees as “parking-light” solutions.

SEJ Publication Types:
BookShelf [50]
Topics on the Beat:
Climate Change [5]
Consumer [41]
Economy & Business [42]
Energy & Fuel [6]
Environmental Health [43]
Environmental Politics [7]
Government [8]
Health [32]
Infrastructure [51]
Planning & Growth [35]
Policy [11]
Pollution [12]
Transportation [14]
Region:
National (U.S.) [16]
California [52]
Northeast (CT MA ME NH NJ NY RI VT) [53]
Visibility:
Public [26]
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Spill-Tracking Data Sources Help Cover Hazmat Events [54]

A new Spill Tracker website is a good source of information on chemical spills, albeit one with an agenda. But according to the latest Reporter’s Toolbox, it’s just one among a set of powerful resources for covering dangerous releases, large and small. More on Spill Tracker, plus another half-dozen-plus government and nonprofit data sources on petrochemical incidents.

SEJ Publication Types:
Reporters Toolbox [55]
Topics on the Beat:
Chemicals [4]
Disasters [56]
Energy & Fuel [6]
Environmental Health [43]
Government [8]
Journalism & Media [33]
Pollution [12]
Region:
National (U.S.) [16]
International [20]
Visibility:
Public [26]
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'Gaslit' Project Spotlights Challenges of Teaching Investigative Journalism [57]

Research, collaboration, human-centered storytelling and the ineluctable element of time — all these were among the facets of a complex, award-winning investigative report run by a team of students at Arizona State University on excessive and harmful natural gas flaring. How the project came together, and the lessons learned, in the new EJ Academy from column co-editor and longtime educator Bob Wyss.

SEJ Publication Types:
EJ Academy [58]
Topics on the Beat:
Energy & Fuel [6]
Environmental Studies [44]
Journalism & Media [33]
Natural Resources [10]
Pollution [12]
Region:
National (U.S.) [16]
Great Plains (IA KS ND NE MO SD) [59]
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [60]
Visibility:
Public [26]
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In Their Own Words — Story Insights From SEJ’s 2023 Award Winners [61]

When Inside Story co-editor Rocky Kistner reviewed video statements from first-place winners of the Society of Environmental Journalists 2023 reporting awards, he found a series of striking insights into the work of environmental journalism. From environment as a true crime story and going beyond the headlines, to covering communities at risk and through powerful interests, a look at nine highly effective approaches to telling environmental stories.

SEJ Publication Types:
Inside Story [28]
Topics on the Beat:
Biodiversity [40]
Chemicals [4]
Climate Change [5]
Economy & Business [42]
Energy & Fuel [6]
Environmental Health [43]
Environmental Justice [30]
Environmental Politics [7]
Forests [46]
Government [8]
Health [32]
Infrastructure [51]
Journalism & Media [33]
Natural Resources [10]
People & Population [34]
Policy [11]
Pollution [12]
Waste [47]
Water & Oceans [15]
Wildlife [48]
Region:
National (U.S.) [16]
California [52]
Great Lakes (IL IN MI MN OH WI) [62]
Mid-Atlantic (DC DE MD PA VA WV) [18]
International [20]
Africa [63]
South America [64]
Visibility:
Public [26]
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‘Carbon Colonialism’ Details the Exporting of Degradation, Climate Collapse [65]

The climate change debate is often so focused on fossil fuels and mining that it ignores impacts in economic, political, neo-colonial and social terms, writes BookShelf’s Melody Kemp in her review of “Carbon Colonialism: How Rich Countries Export Climate Breakdown.” Why concepts like corporate social responsibility do little to stem the losses that come with such development.

SEJ Publication Types:
BookShelf [50]
Topics on the Beat:
Activism [3]
Climate Change [5]
Consumer [41]
Economy & Business [42]
Energy & Fuel [6]
Environmental Justice [30]
Environmental Politics [7]
Forests [46]
Health [32]
Natural Resources [10]
People & Population [34]
Policy [11]
Pollution [12]
Region:
International [20]
Asia [23]
Europe [24]
Visibility:
Public [26]
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What’s Ahead on Climate Justice, Climate Crisis Beat [66]

What environment stories will matter most in 2024 to communities of color and Indigenous communities? Columnist Yessenia Funes sheds light on concerns ranging from the environmental damage in Gaza and extreme weather across the United States to the fallout from the U.S. presidential election to the local impacts of the clean energy transition. Insights in the latest Voices of Environmental Justice.

SEJ Publication Types:
Voices of Environmental Justice [67]
Topics on the Beat:
Activism [3]
Climate Change [5]
Disasters [56]
Diversity [68]
Economy & Business [42]
Energy & Fuel [6]
Environmental Justice [30]
Environmental Politics [7]
Government [8]
Health [32]
Infrastructure [51]
Journalism & Media [33]
Military [69]
People & Population [34]
Planning & Growth [35]
Policy [11]
Pollution [12]
Water & Oceans [15]
Region:
National (U.S.) [16]
Alaska and Hawaii [17]
Northeast (CT MA ME NH NJ NY RI VT) [53]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [19]
International [20]
Middle East [25]
Visibility:
Public [26]
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