Publication Items

Climate Crisis May Quickly Confront U.S., World With National Security Threats [1]

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 [2]
Topics on the Beat:
Climate Change [3]
Disasters [4]
Environmental Health [5]
Environmental Politics [6]
Food [7]
Government [8]
Military [9]
Natural Resources [10]
People & Population [11]
Policy [12]
Water & Oceans [13]
Region:
National (U.S.) [14]
International [15]
Mexico [16]
Africa [17]
Antarctica & Arctic [18]
Asia [19]
Central America & the Caribbean [20]
Middle East [21]
South America [22]
Visibility:
Public [23]
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New Army Climate Strategy Provokes Questions, Stories on Local and Regional Impact [24]

Military bases typically have big impacts on surrounding communities, including on resource use and the environment. Now, a new U.S. Army climate strategy makes clear the military understands climate change will affect the bases themselves, with numerous ripple effects. The latest TipSheet outlines how reporters can find local stories on these new realities at bases around the country, including near you.

SEJ Publication Types:
TipSheet [25]
Topics on the Beat:
Climate Change [3]
Disasters [4]
Environmental Politics [6]
Government [8]
Journalism & Media [26]
Military [9]
Planning & Growth [27]
Policy [12]
Region:
National (U.S.) [14]
Visibility:
Public [23]
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Reporters Reveal ‘Decades of Deceit’ Over Underground Water Contamination [28]

A trove of confidential documents about a well-known groundwater pollution problem helped journalists Paul LaRocco and David M. Schwartz uncover how much had actually been hidden about the contamination’s severity and how it could have been kept from worsening. In the latest Inside Story Q&A, LaRocco and Schwartz share the story behind their award-winning investigation.

SEJ Publication Types:
Inside Story [29]
Topics on the Beat:
Chemicals [30]
Disasters [4]
Economy & Business [31]
Environmental Health [5]
Health [32]
Journalism & Media [26]
Military [9]
Pollution [33]
Water & Oceans [13]
Region:
National (U.S.) [14]
Northeast (CT MA ME NH NJ NY RI VT) [34]
Visibility:
Public [23]
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“Environment, Social Justice, and the Media in the Age of the Anthropocene” [35]

A case study in how journalists can center environmental news around social justice is at the heart of a new volume of scholarly essays reviewed in the latest BookShelf. While its tale of rural residents poisoned by contaminants is decades old, its lesson of what happens when power players bank on media acquiescence holds for stories of today.

SEJ Publication Types:
BookShelf [36]
Topics on the Beat:
Chemicals [30]
Environmental Politics [6]
Health [32]
Journalism & Media [26]
Military [9]
People & Population [11]
Pollution [33]
Region:
International [15]
Europe [37]
Visibility:
Public [23]
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Climate Change Policy Likely To Permeate Executive Under Biden [38]

What will climate change policy look like under a Biden administration? If nothing else, it appears it will be broadly based across a wide range of executive branch operations. This week’s TipSheet walks you through the top 10 federal departments, agencies and spending centers and how they will pivot to focus on global warming.

SEJ Publication Types:
TipSheet [25]
Topics on the Beat:
Agriculture [39]
Air [40]
Chemicals [30]
Economy & Business [31]
Energy & Fuel [41]
Environmental Politics [6]
Forests [42]
Government [8]
Laws & Regulations [43]
Military [9]
Natural Resources [10]
Nuclear Power & Radiation [44]
Policy [12]
Pollution [33]
Science [45]
Technology [46]
Transportation [47]
Region:
National (U.S.) [14]
International [15]
Visibility:
Public [23]
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For Waste Industry, PFAS Disposal Leads to Controversy, Regulation, Mounting Costs [48]

The toxic compounds known as PFAS are causing a crisis in the waste and recycling industry, which faces mounting regulation and litigation over handling its presence in the waste stream. One reporter on the PFAS front lines explains the industry’s dilemma, as well as the challenges of covering the story and how a financial prism led to important insights into industry’s response.

SEJ Publication Types:
Features [49]
Topics on the Beat:
Chemicals [30]
Economy & Business [31]
Environmental Health [5]
Health [32]
Journalism & Media [26]
Laws & Regulations [43]
Military [9]
Pollution [33]
Waste [50]
Water & Oceans [13]
Region:
National (U.S.) [14]
California [51]
Great Lakes (IL IN MI MN OH WI) [52]
Northeast (CT MA ME NH NJ NY RI VT) [34]
Northwest (OR WA) [53]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [54]
Visibility:
Public [23]
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Need Climate Questions? We’ve Got Climate Questions. [55]

Climate change may have made an unexpected appearance at the raucous 2020 presidential debate last night, but it's equally important to quiz state and local candidates on the topic too. The latest TipSheet offers environment and energy journalists a list of 10 key climate change questions to ask in reporting elections in your coverage area.

SEJ Publication Types:
TipSheet [25]
Topics on the Beat:
Climate Change [3]
Economy & Business [31]
Energy & Fuel [41]
Environmental Politics [6]
Government [8]
Journalism & Media [26]
Laws & Regulations [43]
Military [9]
Policy [12]
Science [45]
Region:
National (U.S.) [14]
International [15]
Visibility:
Public [23]
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Bringing Stories Home Under Lockdown, With Remote Video Interviews [56]

They’ve long been a staple of the news business. But now, with the pandemic continuing to keep journalists from their subjects, remote video interviews have become an essential tool. And even newbie video reporters can quickly learn the basics. Science video producer Eli Kintisch shares a quick eight-step remote video setup and some simple tricks of the trade, in this SEJournal how-to.

SEJ Publication Types:
Features [49]
Topics on the Beat:
Activism [57]
Agriculture [39]
Air [40]
Biodiversity [58]
Chemicals [30]
Climate Change [3]
Consumer [59]
Disasters [4]
Economy & Business [31]
Energy & Fuel [41]
Environmental Health [5]
Environmental Politics [6]
Environmental Studies [60]
Fish & Fisheries [61]
Food [7]
Forests [42]
Government [8]
Health [32]
Journalism & Media [26]
Laws & Regulations [43]
Military [9]
Natural Resources [10]
Nuclear Power & Radiation [44]
Other or All [62]
People & Population [11]
Planning & Growth [27]
Policy [12]
Pollution [33]
Science [45]
Technology [46]
Transportation [47]
Waste [50]
Water & Oceans [13]
Region:
National (U.S.) [14]
Alaska and Hawaii [63]
California [51]
Great Lakes (IL IN MI MN OH WI) [52]
Great Plains (IA KS ND NE MO SD) [64]
Mid-Atlantic (DC DE MD PA VA WV) [65]
Mountain West (CO ID MT NV UT WY) [66]
Northeast (CT MA ME NH NJ NY RI VT) [34]
Northwest (OR WA) [53]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [54]
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [67]
International [15]
Canada [68]
Mexico [16]
Africa [17]
Antarctica & Arctic [18]
Asia [19]
Australia & Oceania [69]
Central America & the Caribbean [20]
Europe [37]
Middle East [21]
South America [22]
Visibility:
Public [23]
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SEJournal Relaunches WatchDog with a ‘Voice,’ Plus Coronavirus and More [70]

SEJournal welcomes back from hiatus our WatchDog feature, now recast as an opinion column from Joseph A. Davis, Society of Environmental Journalists’ veteran freedom of information advocate and longtime SEJournal contributor. In part one of a two-parter, find out why we’re relaunching the new column, plus get Davis’ take on government openness (or lack thereof) around coronavirus, as well as more on SEJ’s deep commitment to open information and a rundown of its recent FOI activities. And watch for part two next week.

SEJ Publication Types:
WatchDog [71]
Topics on the Beat:
Activism [57]
Agriculture [39]
Air [40]
Biodiversity [58]
Chemicals [30]
Climate Change [3]
Consumer [59]
Disasters [4]
Economy & Business [31]
Energy & Fuel [41]
Environmental Health [5]
Environmental Politics [6]
Environmental Studies [60]
Fish & Fisheries [61]
Food [7]
Forests [42]
Government [8]
Health [32]
Journalism & Media [26]
Laws & Regulations [43]
Military [9]
Natural Resources [10]
Nuclear Power & Radiation [44]
Other or All [62]
People & Population [11]
Planning & Growth [27]
Policy [12]
Pollution [33]
Science [45]
Technology [46]
Transportation [47]
Waste [50]
Water & Oceans [13]
Wildlife [72]
Region:
National (U.S.) [14]
Alaska and Hawaii [63]
California [51]
Great Lakes (IL IN MI MN OH WI) [52]
Great Plains (IA KS ND NE MO SD) [64]
Mid-Atlantic (DC DE MD PA VA WV) [65]
Mountain West (CO ID MT NV UT WY) [66]
Northeast (CT MA ME NH NJ NY RI VT) [34]
Northwest (OR WA) [53]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [54]
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [67]
International [15]
Canada [68]
Mexico [16]
Africa [17]
Antarctica & Arctic [18]
Asia [19]
Australia & Oceania [69]
Central America & the Caribbean [20]
Europe [37]
Middle East [21]
South America [22]
Visibility:
Public [23]
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An A-to-Z Guide to Emerald Corridor Climate Impacts [73]

In Part Two of our ongoing “Covering Your Climate: The Emerald Corridor [74]” special report, we take a look at the impacts of climate change on the Pacific Northwest region — and how best to cover them. Our A-to-Z Guide explores 26 neglected angles and stories, plus resource links to get you started. And check out our inaugural backgrounder [75] and watch in coming weeks for additional tipsheets and a toolbox.

SEJ Publication Types:
Special Reports [76]
Topics on the Beat:
Activism [57]
Agriculture [39]
Air [40]
Biodiversity [58]
Climate Change [3]
Consumer [59]
Disasters [4]
Economy & Business [31]
Energy & Fuel [41]
Environmental Health [5]
Environmental Politics [6]
Fish & Fisheries [61]
Food [7]
Forests [42]
Government [8]
Health [32]
Journalism & Media [26]
Laws & Regulations [43]
Military [9]
Natural Resources [10]
People & Population [11]
Planning & Growth [27]
Policy [12]
Science [45]
Technology [46]
Transportation [47]
Water & Oceans [13]
Region:
National (U.S.) [14]
Northwest (OR WA) [53]
International [15]
Canada [68]
Visibility:
Public [23]
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