Publication Items

SEJ Takes EPA to Task [1]

The Society of Environmental Journalists has written EPA again, asking that its press shop stop distortions, ethically questionable treatment of journalists and appropriation of partisan news for official press releases. That, plus an update on the SEJ’s executive director search, in the latest President’s Report.

SEJ Publication Types:
SEJ Presidents Report [2]
Topics on the Beat:
Activism [3]
Environmental Politics [4]
Government [5]
Journalism & Media [6]
Policy [7]
Region:
National (U.S.) [8]
Visibility:
Public [9]
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Drinking Water a Little-Noticed Environmental Justice Problem [10]

Health risks from unsafe drinking water afflict many, not only around the world, but in the United States too, especially the poor, ethnic minorities and those in remote rural areas. The latest Issue Backgrounder looks at this undercovered environmental justice story, and offers ideas and resources for how reporters can cover it.

SEJ Publication Types:
Backgrounders [11]
Topics on the Beat:
Activism [3]
Chemicals [12]
Environmental Politics [4]
Government [5]
Health [13]
Laws & Regulations [14]
People & Population [15]
Planning & Growth [16]
Policy [7]
Pollution [17]
Water & Oceans [18]
Region:
National (U.S.) [8]
Visibility:
Public [9]
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Searching for Environment Themes at Sundance 2018 [19]

While environmental themes were less prominent at the Sundance Film Festival this year, our correspondent JoAnn Valenti unearthed ecological messages from documentaries that explore the emergence of climate change refugees in the face of sea level rise, the escape from modernity into wilderness and the confrontation of environmental threats by young innovators.

SEJ Publication Types:
Features [20]
Topics on the Beat:
Activism [3]
Air [21]
Chemicals [12]
Climate Change [22]
Environmental Health [23]
Environmental Politics [4]
Forests [24]
Government [5]
Health [13]
Natural Resources [25]
People & Population [15]
Planning & Growth [16]
Policy [7]
Pollution [17]
Water & Oceans [18]
Region:
National (U.S.) [8]
International [26]
Australia & Oceania [27]
Visibility:
Public [9]
- Read more about Searching for Environment Themes at Sundance 2018 [19]
Sun Doesn’t Shine at Trump Environmental Agencies [28]

There’s little cause to celebrate upcoming Sunshine Week for those who cover Trump administration environmental agencies. The latest WatchDog catalogues how the EPA has adopted a secretive approach and displays frequent hostility to the news media, including with a troubling series of attacks on individual journalists.

SEJ Publication Types:
WatchDog TipSheet [29]
Topics on the Beat:
Activism [3]
Chemicals [12]
Climate Change [22]
Consumer [30]
Disasters [31]
Economy & Business [32]
Environmental Politics [4]
Government [5]
Health [13]
Journalism & Media [6]
Laws & Regulations [14]
Policy [7]
Pollution [17]
Science [33]
Region:
National (U.S.) [8]
Visibility:
Public [9]
- Read more about Sun Doesn’t Shine at Trump Environmental Agencies [28]
EPA Mapping App Helps Find, Deepen Environmental Justice Stories [34]

As new research reminds us that pollution often disproportionately affects poor and minority communities in the United States, a long-standing mapping tool from the EPA can help reporters explore and discover those environmental justice stories nearest them. The latest TipSheet explains the problem, and walks you through the mapping app.

SEJ Publication Types:
TipSheet [35]
Topics on the Beat:
Activism [3]
Air [21]
Environmental Health [23]
Environmental Politics [4]
Environmental Studies [36]
Government [5]
Health [13]
Journalism & Media [6]
People & Population [15]
Pollution [17]
Technology [37]
Region:
National (U.S.) [8]
California [38]
Great Lakes (IL IN MI MN OH WI) [39]
Mid-Atlantic (DC DE MD PA VA WV) [40]
Mountain West (CO ID MT NV UT WY) [41]
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [42]
Visibility:
Public [9]
- Read more about EPA Mapping App Helps Find, Deepen Environmental Justice Stories [34]
“Whitewash: The Story of a Weed Killer, Cancer, and the Corruption of Science” [43]

A hard-nosed account of Monsanto and its controversial and popular herbicide Roundup comes in a new book by a former wire service reporter, who pieced together documentation and fact-finding from over 20 years to make a case there was a dangerous cover-up. BookShelf reviews Carey Gillam’s “Whitewash.”

SEJ Publication Types:
BookShelf [44]
Topics on the Beat:
Activism [3]
Agriculture [45]
Air [21]
Chemicals [12]
Consumer [30]
Economy & Business [32]
Environmental Health [23]
Food [46]
Government [5]
Health [13]
Journalism & Media [6]
Laws & Regulations [14]
Natural Resources [25]
Region:
National (U.S.) [8]
Visibility:
Public [9]
- Read more about “Whitewash: The Story of a Weed Killer, Cancer, and the Corruption of Science” [43]
Tools and Contacts for Covering Infrastructure [47]

Covering local infrastructure projects often means covering energy and the environment. This week’s TipSheet offers a companion to our special backgrounder on the national infrastructure story emerging out of Washington. We’ve got dozens of resources and links for finding infrastructure news and information from Congress, executive agencies, infrastructure organizations and environmental groups.

SEJ Publication Types:
TipSheet [35]
Topics on the Beat:
Activism [3]
Economy & Business [32]
Energy & Fuel [48]
Environmental Politics [4]
Government [5]
Health [13]
Journalism & Media [6]
Laws & Regulations [14]
Natural Resources [25]
Planning & Growth [16]
Policy [7]
Pollution [17]
Technology [37]
Transportation [49]
Waste [50]
Region:
National (U.S.) [8]
Visibility:
Public [9]
- Read more about Tools and Contacts for Covering Infrastructure [47]
Raising Questions about Unequal Justice in Contamination Case [51]

After an EPA Superfund settlement was rebuffed by a small town, a local environmental advocate goes to jail while executives behind a chemical plant contamination remain free. In the latest Q&A for our Inside Story column, we hear from investigative reporter Sharon Lerner of The Intercept about the complex challenges of telling this award-winning tale.

SEJ Publication Types:
Inside Story [52]
Topics on the Beat:
Activism [3]
Chemicals [12]
Government [5]
Health [13]
Journalism & Media [6]
People & Population [15]
Pollution [17]
Region:
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [53]
Visibility:
Public [9]
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Between the Lines: In Trump Era, Author Ponders What TR Would Do [54]

The environmental legacy of past presidents tells us much about the current White House, whose occupant author Douglas Brinkley calls "a used car salesman of the worst kind." In this "Between the Lines" Q&A, the historian talks about what we can learn from TR and FDR, the future of the environmental movement and the role of journalists.

SEJ Publication Types:
BookShelf [44]
Topics on the Beat:
Activism [3]
Agriculture [45]
Air [21]
Biodiversity [55]
Chemicals [12]
Climate Change [22]
Consumer [30]
Economy & Business [32]
Environmental Health [23]
Environmental Politics [4]
Forests [24]
Government [5]
Journalism & Media [6]
Laws & Regulations [14]
Natural Resources [25]
People & Population [15]
Policy [7]
Pollution [17]
Science [33]
Waste [50]
Wildlife [56]
Region:
National (U.S.) [8]
Visibility:
Public [9]
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SEJ Objects Over EPA Response to AP Story; plus, Suits & Rulings Involving Interior, EPA, NOAA [57]

The SEJ has written the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to object to its criticism of an Associated Press story about Superfund sites following Hurricane Harvey floods. That, plus a judge rules against EPA for withholding records on the pesticide Enlist Duo, and more, in this month's WatchDog.

SEJ Publication Types:
WatchDog TipSheet [29]
Topics on the Beat:
Activism [3]
Chemicals [12]
Climate Change [22]
Energy & Fuel [48]
Environmental Health [23]
Environmental Politics [4]
Government [5]
Journalism & Media [6]
Laws & Regulations [14]
Policy [7]
Pollution [17]
Science [33]
Water & Oceans [18]
Region:
National (U.S.) [8]
Visibility:
Public [9]
- Read more about SEJ Objects Over EPA Response to AP Story; plus, Suits & Rulings Involving Interior, EPA, NOAA [57]

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