Publication Items

‘Green’ Steel: Five Things To Know About the U.S. Transition [1]

Plans for two new U.S. facilities that will use hydrogen instead of coal to make steel hold the promise of decarbonizing this essential but dirty industry. But don’t expect overnight change. Reporter Maria Gallucci looks at the complexities of making the switch, from ditching the blast furnace to reducing pollution all along the supply chain.

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Features [2]
Topics on the Beat:
Activism [3]
Air [4]
Chemicals [5]
Climate Change [6]
Economy & Business [7]
Energy & Fuel [8]
Environmental Health [9]
Environmental Justice [10]
Environmental Politics [11]
Government [12]
Natural Resources [13]
Policy [14]
Pollution [15]
Science [16]
Technology [17]
Region:
National (U.S.) [18]
Great Lakes (IL IN MI MN OH WI) [19]
Mid-Atlantic (DC DE MD PA VA WV) [20]
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [21]
International [22]
Europe [23]
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Public [24]
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Spurt in Hydro Relicensing To Leave U.S. Awash in Environmental Stories [25]

Hundreds of hydropower dams in the United States will see their licenses expiring in the next decade, generating years-long federal relicensing processes. That prospect calls for close local and regional coverage of the complicated balance between renewable energy needs with negative environmental impacts. The latest TipSheet explains the licensing process and the dam backstory, along with a dozen story ideas and reporting resources.

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TipSheet [26]
Topics on the Beat:
Activism [3]
Climate Change [6]
Consumer [27]
Energy & Fuel [8]
Environmental Health [9]
Environmental Politics [11]
Fish & Fisheries [28]
Infrastructure [29]
Journalism & Media [30]
Laws & Regulations [31]
Natural Resources [13]
Policy [14]
Water & Oceans [32]
Region:
National (U.S.) [18]
California [33]
Great Lakes (IL IN MI MN OH WI) [19]
Northeast (CT MA ME NH NJ NY RI VT) [34]
Northwest (OR WA) [35]
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Public [24]
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Climate Crisis Makes for Real Fashion Emergency [36]

Fast fashion’s lack of sustainability has long been the subject of news media coverage. But now the realities of climate change mean that fashion reporting must be reimagined to include the lived environmental and human rights realities of workers making what we wear, writes contributor Yessenia Funes in the new Voices of Environmental Justice column. Ideas and resources for getting past simplistic fashion industry narratives.

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Voices of Environmental Justice [37]
Topics on the Beat:
Activism [3]
Agriculture [38]
Climate Change [6]
Consumer [27]
Economy & Business [7]
Environmental Justice [10]
Health [39]
Journalism & Media [30]
People & Population [40]
Policy [14]
Waste [41]
Region:
National (U.S.) [18]
International [22]
Asia [42]
Visibility:
Public [24]
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Will Zombie Ag-Gag Laws Ever Really Die? [43]

Laws that make undercover journalistic investigations of animal agriculture operations illegal violate the First Amendment, right? Not so clear, laments WatchDog Opinion, which points out that while the Supreme Court appeared to have struck down such laws just last year, it may now revisit the issue. Why it should matter not just to environmental reporters but to all journalists.

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WatchDog [44]
Topics on the Beat:
Activism [3]
Agriculture [38]
Environmental Politics [11]
Journalism & Media [30]
Laws & Regulations [31]
Policy [14]
Region:
National (U.S.) [18]
Great Plains (IA KS ND NE MO SD) [45]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [46]
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [21]
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Public [24]
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LNG To Fuel Conflict, Profit, Warming in Coming Years [47]

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.

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Backgrounders [48]
Topics on the Beat:
Activism [3]
Chemicals [5]
Climate Change [6]
Energy & Fuel [8]
Environmental Politics [11]
Government [12]
Laws & Regulations [31]
Natural Resources [13]
Policy [14]
Pollution [15]
Technology [17]
Transportation [49]
Water & Oceans [32]
Region:
National (U.S.) [18]
Alaska and Hawaii [50]
Mid-Atlantic (DC DE MD PA VA WV) [20]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [46]
International [22]
Canada [51]
Mexico [52]
Asia [42]
Europe [23]
Middle East [53]
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Public [24]
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Six Ways To Cover the Environmental Impacts of Animal Agriculture [54]

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 [55], 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 [2]
Topics on the Beat:
Activism [3]
Agriculture [38]
Air [4]
Biodiversity [56]
Climate Change [6]
Consumer [27]
Economy & Business [7]
Environmental Health [9]
Environmental Justice [10]
Environmental Politics [11]
Environmental Studies [57]
Food [58]
Forests [59]
Government [12]
Health [39]
Journalism & Media [30]
Pollution [15]
Waste [41]
Water & Oceans [32]
Wildlife [60]
Region:
National (U.S.) [18]
International [22]
Visibility:
Public [24]
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Eat Local for Climate’s Sake? No, Eat Less Meat [55]

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 [54].

SEJ Publication Types:
Features [2]
Topics on the Beat:
Activism [3]
Agriculture [38]
Climate Change [6]
Consumer [27]
Economy & Business [7]
Environmental Health [9]
Environmental Politics [11]
Environmental Studies [57]
Food [58]
Forests [59]
Government [12]
Health [39]
Journalism & Media [30]
Pollution [15]
Transportation [49]
Waste [41]
Water & Oceans [32]
Region:
National (U.S.) [18]
International [22]
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Public [24]
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‘Carbon Colonialism’ Details the Exporting of Degradation, Climate Collapse [61]

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.

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BookShelf [62]
Topics on the Beat:
Activism [3]
Climate Change [6]
Consumer [27]
Economy & Business [7]
Energy & Fuel [8]
Environmental Justice [10]
Environmental Politics [11]
Forests [59]
Health [39]
Natural Resources [13]
People & Population [40]
Policy [14]
Pollution [15]
Region:
International [22]
Asia [42]
Europe [23]
Visibility:
Public [24]
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What’s Ahead on Climate Justice, Climate Crisis Beat [63]

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 [37]
Topics on the Beat:
Activism [3]
Climate Change [6]
Disasters [64]
Diversity [65]
Economy & Business [7]
Energy & Fuel [8]
Environmental Justice [10]
Environmental Politics [11]
Government [12]
Health [39]
Infrastructure [29]
Journalism & Media [30]
Military [66]
People & Population [40]
Planning & Growth [67]
Policy [14]
Pollution [15]
Water & Oceans [32]
Region:
National (U.S.) [18]
Alaska and Hawaii [50]
Northeast (CT MA ME NH NJ NY RI VT) [34]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [46]
International [22]
Middle East [53]
Visibility:
Public [24]
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Neither Pandemic Nor Politics Derailed Grantee’s Trophy Hunting Story [68]

When freelancer Rachel Nuwer decided to tackle a controversial story about trophy hunting and wildlife conservation she confronted not only tricky logistics and demanding field work, but last-minute publication conflicts and the COVID-19 pandemic. But with a grant and an understanding editor, she got her clip and a new commitment to continue covering similarly challenging topics. Nuwer shares her experience in the new FEJ StoryLog.

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FEJ StoryLog [69]
Topics on the Beat:
Activism [3]
Biodiversity [56]
Economy & Business [7]
Environmental Health [9]
Environmental Politics [11]
Journalism & Media [30]
Wildlife [60]
Region:
International [22]
Africa [70]
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Public [24]
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