Publication Items

There Are a Lot More Than 10 Endangered Rivers. Is One Near You? [1]

An annual list of endangered rivers is out, but with it the journalism just begins, since there are numerous troubled river systems, most likely including one near you. The latest TipSheet details how the endangered river list can serve as a template for local reporting and provides story ideas, questions to ask and resources to tap for your coverage.

SEJ Publication Types:
TipSheet [2]
Topics on the Beat:
Activism [3]
Climate Change [4]
Consumer [5]
Disasters [6]
Energy & Fuel [7]
Environmental Health [8]
Environmental Politics [9]
Fish & Fisheries [10]
Food [11]
Journalism & Media [12]
Laws & Regulations [13]
Natural Resources [14]
Pollution [15]
Transportation [16]
Water & Oceans [17]
Region:
National (U.S.) [18]
Visibility:
Public [19]
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‘The Green Years’ — When the Environment Eclipsed Politics [20]

There was a moment within living memory when Democrats and Republicans came together — in a time of extraordinary political turmoil — to pass landmark legislation to clean U.S. waters, limit toxic substances and pesticides, and empower the government to protect the environment. BookShelf’s Nano Riley reviews a new book that explores that time, and which speculates on why things have changed.

SEJ Publication Types:
BookShelf [21]
Topics on the Beat:
Activism [3]
Chemicals [22]
Environmental Politics [9]
Government [23]
Laws & Regulations [13]
Natural Resources [14]
Policy [24]
Pollution [15]
Water & Oceans [17]
Region:
National (U.S.) [18]
Visibility:
Public [19]
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Grantee Wades Into Surprising Blue-Green Algae Problem [25]

A chance encounter with a social media post from a retired government official led environmental journalist Sharon Oosthoek on a virtual, pandemic-era journey deep into the waters of Lake Superior to chase down an algal bloom. In her contribution to FEJ StoryLog, Oosthoek shares how she leveraged the tip into a grant that allowed her and her TV channel partner to produce a multi-part text, video, engagement and teaching project.

SEJ Publication Types:
FEJ StoryLog [26]
Topics on the Beat:
Climate Change [4]
Environmental Health [8]
Fish & Fisheries [10]
Journalism & Media [12]
Natural Resources [14]
Pollution [15]
Water & Oceans [17]
Region:
National (U.S.) [18]
Great Lakes (IL IN MI MN OH WI) [27]
International [28]
Canada [29]
Visibility:
Public [19]
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Houston and Other Disasters at #SEJ2022 [30]

If it often feels like the world of environmental journalism is all dour worry over our collective futures, resident humorist David Helvarg is here to remind you that our present is just as scary — if for different, and funnier, reasons. In his latest lampoon of the Society of Environmental Journalists’ annual conference [31], Helvarg shares his trademark jests from Houston. Plus, (straighter) reportage from the gathering at the conference coverage page [32].

SEJ Publication Types:
Features [33]
Topics on the Beat:
Climate Change [4]
Environmental Health [8]
Environmental Politics [9]
Journalism & Media [12]
People & Population [34]
Pollution [15]
Water & Oceans [17]
Region:
National (U.S.) [18]
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [35]
Visibility:
Public [19]
- Read more about Houston and Other Disasters at #SEJ2022 [30]
A Castoff Bumper Leads to a Literary ‘Autobiography’ of Plastic [36]

Environmental writer Allison Cobb, in “Plastic: An Autobiography,” tells the story of the ubiquitous material through a series of interwoven narratives that range from her own experiences with it (including a discarded plastic car bumper), to the corporate origins of its spread and the way it’s now dangerously carpeting nature and damaging human communities. Contributor Nano Riley has a review in our new BookShelf.

SEJ Publication Types:
BookShelf [21]
Topics on the Beat:
Consumer [5]
Environmental Health [8]
Environmental Justice [37]
Health [38]
Pollution [15]
Waste [39]
Water & Oceans [17]
Wildlife [40]
Region:
National (U.S.) [18]
Alaska and Hawaii [41]
International [28]
Canada [29]
Mexico [42]
Africa [43]
Antarctica & Arctic [44]
Asia [45]
Australia & Oceania [46]
Central America & the Caribbean [47]
Europe [48]
Middle East [49]
South America [50]
Visibility:
Public [19]
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Parks and Complications — Planning Stories Around Our Nation’s Green Spaces [51]

As more Americans make their way to the nation’s parks (and every other variety of outdoor locales), big budget bumps may not be enough to tackle a variety of ongoing worries, from overcrowding and climate change impacts to maintenance backlogs and political backlash. The latest Issue Backgrounder looks over the state of our nation’s parks.

SEJ Publication Types:
Backgrounders [52]
Topics on the Beat:
Climate Change [4]
Environmental Politics [9]
Forests [53]
Government [23]
Infrastructure [54]
Journalism & Media [12]
Laws & Regulations [13]
Natural Resources [14]
Water & Oceans [17]
Region:
National (U.S.) [18]
Visibility:
Public [19]
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Houston Plays Host to First On-Site SEJ Conference Since 2019 [55]

Environmental journalists from around the country and beyond will gather in Houston later this month for the Society of Environmental Journalists’ 31st annual conference. Widely known as the energy capital of the world, this highly diverse city is an ideal place to drill down on the causes and consequences of climate change and other environmental issues of the day.

SEJ Publication Types:
SEJ News [56]
Topics on the Beat:
Activism [3]
Air [57]
Biodiversity [58]
Chemicals [22]
Climate Change [4]
Disasters [6]
Diversity [59]
Economy & Business [60]
Energy & Fuel [7]
Environmental Health [8]
Environmental Justice [37]
Environmental Politics [9]
Fish & Fisheries [10]
Food [11]
Forests [53]
Government [23]
Health [38]
Infrastructure [54]
Journalism & Media [12]
Laws & Regulations [13]
People & Population [34]
Planning & Growth [61]
Policy [24]
Pollution [15]
Religion, Faith and Spirituality [62]
Science [63]
Technology [64]
Transportation [16]
Waste [39]
Water & Oceans [17]
Wildlife [40]
Region:
National (U.S.) [18]
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [35]
International [28]
Mexico [42]
Central America & the Caribbean [47]
Europe [48]
South America [50]
Visibility:
Public [19]
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Climate Crisis May Quickly Confront U.S., World With National Security Threats [65]

The climate-security nexus has drawn attention from the Biden administration, but less so elsewhere, even as security experts worry about climate change as a threat multiplier that can exacerbate other causes of conflict. Our new Backgrounder explores these concerns, with a look at how the issue has played out in recent U.S. politics. Plus, seven global regions where climate change may worsen ongoing conflict.

SEJ Publication Types:
Backgrounders [52]
Topics on the Beat:
Climate Change [4]
Disasters [6]
Environmental Health [8]
Environmental Politics [9]
Food [11]
Government [23]
Military [66]
Natural Resources [14]
People & Population [34]
Policy [24]
Water & Oceans [17]
Region:
National (U.S.) [18]
International [28]
Mexico [42]
Africa [43]
Antarctica & Arctic [44]
Asia [45]
Central America & the Caribbean [47]
Middle East [49]
South America [50]
Visibility:
Public [19]
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Making A Hard Rain Less Hard To Cover [67]

As extreme precipitation, intensified by climate change, becomes a more frequent story for environmental journalists, recent coverage points to important holes in the rain data bucket. But the latest Reporter’s Toolbox identifies some useful government and commercial data resources that track and predict rainfall and offers suggestions on using the data they provide.

SEJ Publication Types:
Reporters Toolbox [68]
Topics on the Beat:
Climate Change [4]
Disasters [6]
Infrastructure [54]
Journalism & Media [12]
Water & Oceans [17]
Region:
National (U.S.) [18]
Visibility:
Public [19]
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The Call of the Conch — How Seashells Tell Nature’s Story [69]

Cynthia Barnett’s deeply researched and engagingly written new book, “The Sound of the Sea: Seashells and the Fate of the Oceans,” brilliantly weaves together mollusk anecdotes, ocean science and human history as it takes a deep dive into the nature of seashells and the story of their connection to us. Read Tom Henry’s review in the new BookShelf.

SEJ Publication Types:
BookShelf [21]
Topics on the Beat:
Biodiversity [58]
Science [63]
Water & Oceans [17]
Wildlife [40]
Region:
National (U.S.) [18]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [70]
International [28]
Asia [45]
Central America & the Caribbean [47]
Visibility:
Public [19]
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