Publication Items

List of Toxics Near Military Sites May Include Leads for Reporters [1]

Drinking water contaminated with PFAS for years has caused worry, even outrage, in local communities affected by the toxic chemicals. Now, a military database may help reporters locate contamination sites. This week’s TipSheet has more on the database, along with tips for evaluating your local PFAS story.

SEJ Publication Types:
TipSheet [2]
Topics on the Beat:
Activism [3]
Chemicals [4]
Consumer [5]
Environmental Health [6]
Health [7]
Journalism & Media [8]
Laws & Regulations [9]
Military [10]
Policy [11]
Pollution [12]
Science [13]
Water & Oceans [14]
Region:
National (U.S.) [15]
Visibility:
Public [16]
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Doc on Rare Porpoise Wins Sundance Award [17]

An environmental documentary that follows a risk-laden effort to save a rare and elusive porpoise won over audiences at the recent Sundance Film Festival. Correspondent JoAnn Valenti takes a look at the film, along with other documentaries that explore the role of journalists and journalism.

SEJ Publication Types:
Features [18]
Topics on the Beat:
Activism [3]
Biodiversity [19]
Economy & Business [20]
Fish & Fisheries [21]
Journalism & Media [8]
Water & Oceans [14]
Wildlife [22]
Region:
National (U.S.) [15]
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [23]
International [24]
Mexico [25]
Visibility:
Public [16]
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Where Does All That Recycling Go? [26]

Where do all those recyclables actually go? This week’s TipSheet dives into the trash to find a story worth telling — of troubling overseas dumping, problematic local incineration and a fraying patchwork of U.S. regulation. Plus, several dozen questions you might want to ask, a pair of pro tips and a dozen resources to track the story in your area.

SEJ Publication Types:
TipSheet [2]
Topics on the Beat:
Activism [3]
Air [27]
Consumer [5]
Economy & Business [20]
Government [28]
Journalism & Media [8]
Laws & Regulations [9]
Policy [11]
Pollution [12]
Waste [29]
Region:
National (U.S.) [15]
International [24]
Asia [30]
Visibility:
Public [16]
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Border Wall a Way into Environmental Stories [31]

The fierce contest over the Trump border wall has critical environmental implications, both local and regional, per the latest TipSheet. A key suit against the Trump emergency declaration was filed by environmental groups and plans for a border barrier may harm significant wildlife habitat, as well as numerous migrating species, including some that are endangered. Get the back story and why it matters, along with story ideas and reporting resources.

SEJ Publication Types:
TipSheet [2]
Topics on the Beat:
Activism [3]
Biodiversity [19]
Environmental Politics [32]
Government [28]
Wildlife [22]
Region:
National (U.S.) [15]
California [33]
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [23]
International [24]
Mexico [25]
Visibility:
Public [16]
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Climate Scientist Canned, SCOTUS To Rule on Chemical ‘Secrets’ and Army Corps Sued Over Permit Info [34]

A scientist contracted to report on climate impacts for the National Park Service was caught up in a fracas over attempted censorship of her findings. Now she’s been fired. That, plus a FOIA case before the Supreme Court and an enviro group sues the Army Corps of Engineers over info on a permit for a new plastics plant in Louisiana. Read the latest on freedom-of-information issues in this month’s WatchDog TipSheet.

SEJ Publication Types:
WatchDog TipSheet [35]
Topics on the Beat:
Activism [3]
Chemicals [4]
Climate Change [36]
Environmental Health [6]
Environmental Politics [32]
Environmental Studies [37]
Government [28]
Health [7]
Journalism & Media [8]
Laws & Regulations [9]
Pollution [12]
Science [13]
Water & Oceans [14]
Region:
National (U.S.) [15]
Mountain West (CO ID MT NV UT WY) [38]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [39]
Visibility:
Public [16]
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As Environmental Journalism Education Changes, Challenges Abound [40]

Even as traditional journalism jobs are in decline, innovative educators are finding ways to fill seats in journalism courses. EJ Academy editor Robert Wyss unpacks a recent study that examines the challenges of environmental journalism education and explores how journalism instructors must stretch to focus on preserving the “functions of journalism.” Find out more in our latest EJ Academy column.

SEJ Publication Types:
EJ Academy [41]
Topics on the Beat:
Activism [3]
Journalism & Media [8]
Region:
National (U.S.) [15]
Great Lakes (IL IN MI MN OH WI) [42]
Visibility:
Public [16]
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Senate-Passed Public Lands Bill “An Old-School Green Deal” [43]

A rare bipartisan package of public lands measures now moving through Congress is big national news and will yield numerous regional and local stories. The bill permanently authorizes a major conservation fund, expands parks, designates wilderness areas, bars some mining, protects bird species and more. This week’s TipSheet explores why the lands bill matters so much, tracks the legislation’s likely passage and helps you prep your coverage with story ideas and more than half a dozen reporting resources.

SEJ Publication Types:
TipSheet [2]
Topics on the Beat:
Activism [3]
Environmental Politics [32]
Government [28]
Journalism & Media [8]
Natural Resources [44]
Wildlife [22]
Region:
National (U.S.) [15]
Visibility:
Public [16]
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Green New Deal Proposes Sweeping Economic Transformation [45]

Our latest Issue Backgrounder looks at the potentially historic impact of the ambitious climate action agenda known as the Green New Deal — not just on this Congress or the next, or even on the race for the White House in 2020, but for the soul of the Democratic Party. An analysis of a public policy program in the making, the political maneuvering it’s engendering and its prospects to sow division or prompt a united front.

SEJ Publication Types:
Backgrounders [46]
Topics on the Beat:
Activism [3]
Climate Change [36]
Economy & Business [20]
Energy & Fuel [47]
Environmental Politics [32]
Government [28]
Health [7]
Laws & Regulations [9]
People & Population [48]
Policy [11]
Pollution [12]
Technology [49]
Transportation [50]
Region:
National (U.S.) [15]
International [24]
Visibility:
Public [16]
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Is the Green New Deal for Real? [51]

The Green New Deal may be just a broad outline, even after the recent introduction of a resolution in Congress. But don’t think the lack of specificity means the Green New Deal won’t be news for the long term. This week’s TipSheet explains the reasons the Green New Deal may endure and why it matters, plus story ideas and resources for journalists covering climate, environmental politics and more.

SEJ Publication Types:
TipSheet [2]
Topics on the Beat:
Activism [3]
Climate Change [36]
Economy & Business [20]
Energy & Fuel [47]
Environmental Politics [32]
Government [28]
Journalism & Media [8]
Laws & Regulations [9]
People & Population [48]
Policy [11]
Region:
National (U.S.) [15]
International [24]
Visibility:
Public [16]
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Prominent Reporters See Critical Year Ahead on Energy, Environment [52]

It’s a “make or break” year for a range of environmental and energy issues, advise leading journalists at the Society of Environmental Journalists’ annual “2019 Journalists’ Guide to Energy & Environment” event in Washington, D.C., on Jan. 25. The gathering also featured a surprise appearance by a top EPA official, who was questioned about administration policy on climate change. Read our coverage of the forum in this SEJ News report.

SEJ Publication Types:
SEJ News [53]
Topics on the Beat:
Activism [3]
Agriculture [54]
Air [27]
Climate Change [36]
Disasters [55]
Economy & Business [20]
Energy & Fuel [47]
Environmental Politics [32]
Government [28]
Journalism & Media [8]
Laws & Regulations [9]
Natural Resources [44]
Policy [11]
Pollution [12]
Science [13]
Waste [29]
Water & Oceans [14]
Region:
National (U.S.) [15]
International [24]
Visibility:
Public [16]
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