Publication Items

“Canoes: A Natural History in North America” [1]

Canoes have long been part of North America’s cultural fabric. And a hefty new book, rich in visuals, tells the story of this unique mode of transport, which brings us closer to nature and despite changes in materials has remained essentially unchanged.

SEJ Publication Types:
BookShelf [2]
Topics on the Beat:
Transportation [3]
Water & Oceans [4]
Region:
National (U.S.) [5]
Visibility:
Public [6]
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Trump Review of Auto Emissions Standards Upsets Deal [7]

Has President Donald Trump really unraveled Obama-era auto mileage standards and the climate policy they supported? Far from it, explains our latest Backgrounder. Here's why true change on auto emissions will take much more than a presidential fiat. And get angles and sources to report the ongoing issue.

SEJ Publication Types:
Backgrounders [8]
Topics on the Beat:
Air [9]
Climate Change [10]
Consumer [11]
Energy & Fuel [12]
Environmental Politics [13]
Government [14]
Laws & Regulations [15]
Pollution [16]
Transportation [3]
Region:
National (U.S.) [5]
California [17]
Visibility:
Public [6]
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Turbulent Prospects on Environment-Energy Beat Likely in Trump Era [18]

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 [8]
Topics on the Beat:
Air [9]
Climate Change [10]
Economy & Business [19]
Energy & Fuel [12]
Environmental Politics [13]
Government [14]
Laws & Regulations [15]
Natural Resources [20]
Policy [21]
Pollution [16]
Science [22]
Transportation [3]
Waste [23]
Region:
National (U.S.) [5]
Visibility:
Public [6]
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Will 'Drill, Baby, Drill' Be Watchword in Trump Era? [24]

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 [25]
Topics on the Beat:
Environmental Politics [13]
Government [14]
Laws & Regulations [15]
Natural Resources [20]
Pollution [16]
Transportation [3]
Wildlife [26]
Region:
National (U.S.) [5]
Alaska and Hawaii [27]
Visibility:
Public [6]
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Omnibus Politics: Building an Infrastructure Program [28]

Democrats and Republications may agree on a vast federal program to build and repair the nation's crumbling infrastructure, but still uncertain is what will be built, how it will be paid for and who will vote for it. TipSheet looks at the politics of public works (what journalists used to call "pork").

SEJ Publication Types:
TipSheet [25]
Topics on the Beat:
Economy & Business [19]
Energy & Fuel [12]
Environmental Politics [13]
Government [14]
Laws & Regulations [15]
Planning & Growth [29]
Policy [21]
Transportation [3]
Waste [23]
Water & Oceans [4]
Region:
National (U.S.) [5]
Visibility:
Public [6]
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Pipelines and Energy Infrastructure Pose Conflict [30]

Oil pipelines like the Keystone XL and Dakota Access are back at the center of a political firestorm, with a new executive order from President Trump just a few days into his new administration giving them the go-ahead. But it's just the beginning — many other pipelines, for both gas and oil, have been proposed.

SEJ Publication Types:
TipSheet [25]
Topics on the Beat:
Climate Change [10]
Energy & Fuel [12]
Environmental Politics [13]
Laws & Regulations [15]
Transportation [3]
Region:
National (U.S.) [5]
Great Plains (IA KS ND NE MO SD) [31]
Canada [32]
Visibility:
Public [6]
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Will a New Broom Sweep Enviro-Energy Policy Clean? Tracking the Trump To-Do List [33]

In the wake of Donald Trump’s presidential upset, U.S. environmental and energy policy may undergo dramatic change. SEJournal Online has prepared a reporter’s watchlist of 12 stories with local angles and broad impact, ranging from fossil fuels to renewables, clean air to clean water, and infrastructure to public lands. Read on. [33]

SEJ Publication Types:
TipSheet [25]
Topics on the Beat:
Air [9]
Climate Change [10]
Energy & Fuel [12]
Environmental Health [34]
Environmental Politics [13]
Government [14]
Health [35]
Laws & Regulations [15]
Natural Resources [20]
Policy [21]
Pollution [16]
Science [22]
Transportation [3]
Waste [23]
Water & Oceans [4]
Region:
National (U.S.) [5]
Visibility:
Public [6]
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What Congress Won't Let You Read: Latest CRS Explainers Leaked [36]

The Congressional Research Service produces expert nonpartisan backgrounders on many subjects of interest to environment and energy journalists. But Congress won't release them. Thanks to the Federation of American Scientists' Project on Government Secrecy, you can read them now.

SEJ Publication Types:
WatchDog TipSheet [37]
Topics on the Beat:
Agriculture [38]
Climate Change [10]
Disasters [39]
Economy & Business [19]
Energy & Fuel [12]
Health [35]
Laws & Regulations [15]
Pollution [16]
Transportation [3]
Visibility:
Public [6]
- Read more about What Congress Won't Let You Read: Latest CRS Explainers Leaked [36]
Leaked: New Secret CRS Explainers for the Environment-Energy Beat [40]

Here are some recent Congressional Research Service reports relevant to the environment and energy beat, thanks to the Federation of American Scientists' Government Secrecy Project.

SEJ Publication Types:
WatchDog TipSheet [37]
Topics on the Beat:
Air [9]
Disasters [39]
Energy & Fuel [12]
Health [35]
Transportation [3]
Region:
Antarctica & Arctic [41]
Visibility:
Public [6]
- Read more about Leaked: New Secret CRS Explainers for the Environment-Energy Beat [40]
Leaked Again: Secret CRS Reports for Environment Beat [42]

Here are the latest leaked explainers, written by the Congressional Research Service, that may be of use to environmental journalists.

SEJ Publication Types:
WatchDog TipSheet [37]
Topics on the Beat:
Climate Change [10]
Disasters [39]
Energy & Fuel [12]
Health [35]
Laws & Regulations [15]
Transportation [3]
Water & Oceans [4]
Visibility:
Public [6]
- Read more about Leaked Again: Secret CRS Reports for Environment Beat [42]

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