Publication Items

Battlefront Emerges Over Disclosure of Financial Climate Risks [1]

The Biden administration’s “whole-of-government” attack on climate change has increasingly focused on the financial arena, with the most recent move a vote by the Securities and Exchange Commission to draft rules requiring publicly traded corporations to disclose climate risks. Industry and GOP opponents are preparing for the fight over the complex regulations, and WatchDog Opinion argues environmental journalists have a big stake.

SEJ Publication Types:
WatchDog [2]
Topics on the Beat:
Activism [3]
Climate Change [4]
Economy & Business [5]
Environmental Politics [6]
Government [7]
Journalism & Media [8]
Laws & Regulations [9]
Policy [10]
Region:
National (U.S.) [11]
Visibility:
Public [12]
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Houston Plays Host to First On-Site SEJ Conference Since 2019 [13]

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 [14]
Topics on the Beat:
Activism [3]
Air [15]
Biodiversity [16]
Chemicals [17]
Climate Change [4]
Disasters [18]
Diversity [19]
Economy & Business [5]
Energy & Fuel [20]
Environmental Health [21]
Environmental Justice [22]
Environmental Politics [6]
Fish & Fisheries [23]
Food [24]
Forests [25]
Government [7]
Health [26]
Infrastructure [27]
Journalism & Media [8]
Laws & Regulations [9]
People & Population [28]
Planning & Growth [29]
Policy [10]
Pollution [30]
Religion, Faith and Spirituality [31]
Science [32]
Technology [33]
Transportation [34]
Waste [35]
Water & Oceans [36]
Wildlife [37]
Region:
National (U.S.) [11]
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [38]
International [39]
Mexico [40]
Central America & the Caribbean [41]
Europe [42]
South America [43]
Visibility:
Public [12]
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Aussie Author’s Angry Look at ‘Crimes Against Nature’ [44]

A historical look at how profit and capitalism have ravaged the natural world is the subject of our new BookShelf review. Contributor Melody Kemp offers her take on award-winning Australian journalist Jeff Sparrow’s forthcoming volume, which explores the damage wrought by cars, roads and PR spin, as well as solutions suggested by models of Indigenous land management.

SEJ Publication Types:
BookShelf [45]
Topics on the Beat:
Activism [3]
Climate Change [4]
Economy & Business [5]
Environmental Politics [6]
Infrastructure [27]
Natural Resources [46]
People & Population [28]
Policy [10]
Pollution [30]
Transportation [34]
Region:
International [39]
Australia & Oceania [47]
Visibility:
Public [12]
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Walking With the ‘Guardians of the Forest’ — Lessons From Coverage of Amazonian Fires [48]

Three teams of video journalists descended on the Brazilian Amazon amid some of its worst-ever fires to capture efforts of Indigenous rainforest “guardians” to protect it from destruction. They returned with award-winning reporting, but also a deeper understanding of the region and its people, and of how to bring the climate change story closer to home. They share their experiences, in the new EJ InSight.

SEJ Publication Types:
EJ InSight [49]
Topics on the Beat:
Activism [3]
Agriculture [50]
Biodiversity [16]
Climate Change [4]
Environmental Health [21]
Environmental Justice [22]
Environmental Politics [6]
Forests [25]
Journalism & Media [8]
Natural Resources [46]
People & Population [28]
Region:
International [39]
South America [43]
Visibility:
Public [12]
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Deep in the Heart of Complexity … Or, the View From Texas [51]

As the Society of Environmental Journalists prepares for its annual conference in Houston this March, the SEJournal asked Texas-based reporter Greg Harman to explore the Lone Star State's most critical stories for 2022. Here, in this special Texas-focused TipSheet, are leads, resources, encouragements and challenges.

SEJ Publication Types:
TipSheet [52]
Topics on the Beat:
Activism [3]
Air [15]
Chemicals [17]
Climate Change [4]
Disasters [18]
Economy & Business [5]
Energy & Fuel [20]
Environmental Justice [22]
Environmental Politics [6]
Government [7]
Health [26]
Infrastructure [27]
Journalism & Media [8]
People & Population [28]
Planning & Growth [29]
Policy [10]
Pollution [30]
Wildlife [37]
Region:
National (U.S.) [11]
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [38]
Visibility:
Public [12]
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Conflict Over Biden’s Offshore Wind Drive To Generate News in 2022 and Beyond [53]

Offshore wind, which some see as a panacea in the search for climate-friendly energy solutions, is getting a push from the Biden administration. But as noted in this week’s TipSheet, part of our 2022 Journalists’ Guide to Energy & Environment, there are numerous obstacles to the renewable power source, whether from states, coastal property owners and towns, fishing industry and even some environmentalists.

SEJ Publication Types:
TipSheet [52]
Topics on the Beat:
Activism [3]
Climate Change [4]
Economy & Business [5]
Energy & Fuel [20]
Environmental Politics [6]
Fish & Fisheries [23]
Government [7]
Infrastructure [27]
Journalism & Media [8]
Laws & Regulations [9]
Natural Resources [46]
Policy [10]
Water & Oceans [36]
Region:
National (U.S.) [11]
California [54]
Mid-Atlantic (DC DE MD PA VA WV) [55]
Northeast (CT MA ME NH NJ NY RI VT) [56]
Northwest (OR WA) [57]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [58]
Visibility:
Public [12]
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Biden Administration To Struggle With Environmental Justice in 2022 [59]

The history of environmental racism is a long one in the United States, far longer than the efforts to address the problem. But reporting on environmental justice continues to tick upwards, and an analysis in the latest Backgrounder points to promising progress, explaining why for journalists the year ahead may yield important stories, whether about future footholds or new missteps.

SEJ Publication Types:
Backgrounders [60]
Topics on the Beat:
Activism [3]
Air [15]
Climate Change [4]
Diversity [19]
Environmental Justice [22]
Environmental Politics [6]
Government [7]
Health [26]
Infrastructure [27]
Journalism & Media [8]
Laws & Regulations [9]
People & Population [28]
Planning & Growth [29]
Policy [10]
Pollution [30]
Waste [35]
Water & Oceans [36]
Region:
National (U.S.) [11]
Great Lakes (IL IN MI MN OH WI) [61]
Great Plains (IA KS ND NE MO SD) [62]
Mountain West (CO ID MT NV UT WY) [63]
Northeast (CT MA ME NH NJ NY RI VT) [56]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [58]
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [38]
Visibility:
Public [12]
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Eating (and Reporting) My Way Through the Foods of the Rainforest [64]

Conserving crop diversity is a key to maintaining global food security, especially in the face of climate change. To understand those efforts, Portland, Ore.-based freelancer Virginia Gewin traveled to South America, supported by a grant from the Society of Environmental Journalists, to find out how Peruvian chefs and Amazon dwellers hope to save the rainforest by sharing native and wild foods.

SEJ Publication Types:
FEJ StoryLog [65]
Topics on the Beat:
Activism [3]
Agriculture [50]
Biodiversity [16]
Climate Change [4]
Economy & Business [5]
Environmental Justice [22]
Environmental Politics [6]
Food [24]
Forests [25]
Journalism & Media [8]
Natural Resources [46]
People & Population [28]
Planning & Growth [29]
Region:
International [39]
South America [43]
Visibility:
Public [12]
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U.N. Summit Lays the Table for Environmental Reporting on Food Systems [66]

After an 18-month buildup, a one-day U.N. Food Systems Summit earlier this fall generated hundreds of commitments to end global hunger and a dizzying array of alliances dedicated to the cause. Despite controversies surrounding the summit, this groundbreaking event highlighted opportunities for reporting on food and food systems. Award-winning agriculture journalist Chris Clayton shares his insights.

SEJ Publication Types:
Features [67]
Topics on the Beat:
Activism [3]
Agriculture [50]
Biodiversity [16]
Chemicals [17]
Climate Change [4]
Consumer [68]
Disasters [18]
Economy & Business [5]
Energy & Fuel [20]
Environmental Health [21]
Environmental Justice [22]
Environmental Politics [6]
Food [24]
Government [7]
Health [26]
Journalism & Media [8]
Laws & Regulations [9]
Natural Resources [46]
People & Population [28]
Planning & Growth [29]
Policy [10]
Pollution [30]
Science [32]
Technology [33]
Waste [35]
Region:
National (U.S.) [11]
California [54]
Great Plains (IA KS ND NE MO SD) [62]
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [38]
International [39]
Canada [69]
Africa [70]
Europe [42]
Middle East [71]
South America [43]
Visibility:
Public [12]
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Will 2022 See the Start of Formal Negotiations Toward a Global Plastics Treaty? [72]

Plastic waste, already the subject of preliminary international talks, could be increasingly targeted after UN meetings in early 2022. Meanwhile, this ubiquitous product is polluting land, ocean and air in its various forms, as well as through little-understood microplastic particles. The latest TipSheet has the backstory on efforts to forge an international plastics treaty, as well as ideas for how to cover plastic pollution locally.

SEJ Publication Types:
TipSheet [52]
Topics on the Beat:
Activism [3]
Air [15]
Chemicals [17]
Climate Change [4]
Consumer [68]
Economy & Business [5]
Environmental Health [21]
Environmental Politics [6]
Fish & Fisheries [23]
Food [24]
Government [7]
Health [26]
Journalism & Media [8]
Policy [10]
Pollution [30]
Waste [35]
Water & Oceans [36]
Wildlife [37]
Region:
National (U.S.) [11]
International [39]
Visibility:
Public [12]
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