Publication Items

Covering Your Climate: The Emerald Corridor [1]

This special report is designed to help journalists in the Pacific Northwest cover the impacts of climate change, as well as the actions taken to mitigate its worst effects and to adapt to what can’t be stopped. The report includes a wide-ranging issue backgrounder and tipsheets on climate impacts, mitigation and adaptation, plus a toolbox of sources. Read on for a wealth of story ideas for right now, and over the coming decade. We hope this is the first in a series of regional climate special reports, and welcome your suggestions [2] and ideas for future editions of "Covering Your Climate."

Topics on the Beat:
Agriculture [3]
Air [4]
Biodiversity [5]
Climate Change [6]
Consumer [7]
Disasters [8]
Diversity [9]
Economy & Business [10]
Energy & Fuel [11]
Environmental Health [12]
Environmental Justice [13]
Environmental Politics [14]
Environmental Studies [15]
Fish & Fisheries [16]
Food [17]
Forests [18]
Government [19]
Health [20]
Journalism & Media [21]
Laws & Regulations [22]
Military [23]
Natural Resources [24]
Nuclear Power & Radiation [25]
People & Population [26]
Planning & Growth [27]
Policy [28]
Pollution [29]
Science [30]
Technology [31]
Transportation [32]
Water & Oceans [33]
Wildlife [34]
Region:
National (U.S.) [35]
Northwest (OR WA) [36]
International [37]
Canada [38]
Visibility:
Public [39]
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“Giants of the Monsoon Forest: Living and Working With Elephants” [40]

A new book, “Giants of the Monsoon Forest,” offers an intimate look at the lives of working elephants in conflict-ridden Myanmar, where one of the planet’s most majestic animals faces increasing pressures. BookShelf reviewer Melody Kemp, based in Laos, describes her own experience with elephants, their surprising history with man and hopeful possibilities for their future.

SEJ Publication Types:
BookShelf [41]
Topics on the Beat:
Biodiversity [5]
Forests [18]
Military [23]
Wildlife [34]
Region:
International [37]
Asia [42]
Visibility:
Public [39]
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“Bombs Away: Militarization, Conservation, and Ecological Restoration” [43]

Does the military use ecological restoration as a means to “green” over the complex relationship between nature and culture, undermining the impacts of history and warfare? Our latest BookShelf review of the new volume, “Bombs Away: Militarization, Conservation, and Ecological Restoration,” explores one author’s argument that it does.

SEJ Publication Types:
BookShelf [41]
Topics on the Beat:
Environmental Politics [14]
Government [19]
Military [23]
Region:
National (U.S.) [35]
California [44]
Great Lakes (IL IN MI MN OH WI) [45]
International [37]
Asia [42]
Europe [46]
Visibility:
Public [39]
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SEJ Joins Lawsuits; Press Freedom Tracker Gets Update; Docs on ANWR Drilling Concealed, and More [47]

The Society of Environmental Journalists is backing right-to-know lawsuits brought by journalism groups, and a collaborative press freedom tracker gets new funding. Meanwhile, at the Interior Department, one watchdog group angles for environmental impact statements on ANWR drilling, while others track possible conflicts of interest by the acting secretary. That and more in the latest WatchDog roundup.

SEJ Publication Types:
WatchDog TipSheet [48]
Topics on the Beat:
Activism [49]
Biodiversity [5]
Energy & Fuel [11]
Environmental Health [12]
Environmental Politics [14]
Environmental Studies [15]
Fish & Fisheries [16]
Food [17]
Forests [18]
Government [19]
Journalism & Media [21]
Laws & Regulations [22]
Military [23]
Natural Resources [24]
Policy [28]
Pollution [29]
Wildlife [34]
Region:
National (U.S.) [35]
Alaska and Hawaii [50]
Visibility:
Public [39]
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List of Toxics Near Military Sites May Include Leads for Reporters [51]

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 [52]
Topics on the Beat:
Activism [49]
Chemicals [53]
Consumer [7]
Environmental Health [12]
Health [20]
Journalism & Media [21]
Laws & Regulations [22]
Military [23]
Policy [28]
Pollution [29]
Science [30]
Water & Oceans [33]
Region:
National (U.S.) [35]
Visibility:
Public [39]
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Wetlands Mitigation — Why Draining the Swamp Is a Local Story [54]

As the Trump administration challenges wetlands preservation policy under the Clean Water Act, an important related practice has come into question. Mitigation banking — the creation or preservation of one wetland to offset the loss of another — has become a billion-dollar industry. But as this week’s TipSheet reports, the legal and regulatory tangle aside, wetlands permitting and mitigation continues, likely near you. Tracking the local story.

SEJ Publication Types:
TipSheet [52]
Topics on the Beat:
Economy & Business [10]
Environmental Health [12]
Environmental Politics [14]
Fish & Fisheries [16]
Government [19]
Journalism & Media [21]
Laws & Regulations [22]
Military [23]
Natural Resources [24]
People & Population [26]
Planning & Growth [27]
Policy [28]
Water & Oceans [33]
Region:
National (U.S.) [35]
Visibility:
Public [39]
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Will Hackers Crash U.S. Energy, Environment Infrastructure? [55]

The vulnerability of critical U.S. infrastructure to cyberattacks has been a growing worry for years, as electric utilities, drinking water systems, chemical plants, nuclear plants, pipelines and more are the target of a burgeoning cadre of hackers. But for environmental and other journalists focused on the story, another problem has emerged: The secrecy that has long been part of the U.S. cybersecurity policy. In this comprehensive Backgrounder, SEJournal takes a look at the risk, the response and the resources to let reporters go deep on cyber warfare as an energy and environment story.

SEJ Publication Types:
Backgrounders [56]
Topics on the Beat:
Disasters [8]
Energy & Fuel [11]
Government [19]
Journalism & Media [21]
Laws & Regulations [22]
Military [23]
Nuclear Power & Radiation [25]
People & Population [26]
Planning & Growth [27]
Policy [28]
Technology [31]
Region:
National (U.S.) [35]
International [37]
Canada [38]
Asia [42]
Europe [46]
Visibility:
Public [39]
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Lead Found in National Guard Armories Across U.S. [57]

A Portland Oregonian investigation turns up problems with toxic lead in National Guard armories around the country, exposing not just military personnel, but the general public. TipSheet reports that a database built for the investigation gives journalists around the nation a way to track problems in their local facilities.

SEJ Publication Types:
TipSheet [52]
Topics on the Beat:
Air [4]
Environmental Health [12]
Military [23]
Region:
National (U.S.) [35]
Visibility:
Public [39]
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Secret Congressional Reports of Interest to Environmental Reporters [58]

Thanks to the Federation of American Scientists' Project on Government Secrecy, we can share some recent CRS reports of interest to environmental journalists.

SEJ Publication Types:
WatchDog TipSheet [48]
Topics on the Beat:
Agriculture [3]
Air [4]
Chemicals [53]
Energy & Fuel [11]
Food [17]
Military [23]
Pollution [29]
Science [30]
Water & Oceans [33]
Visibility:
Public [39]
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Read the Reports Congress Doesn't Want You To Read [59]

Here are some reports of possible interest to environmental journalists from the Congressional Research Service (CRS). Congress does not release them to the public, but the Union of Concerned Scientists' Government Secrecy Project does.
SEJ Publication Types:
WatchDog TipSheet [48]
Topics on the Beat:
Agriculture [3]
Chemicals [53]
Economy & Business [10]
Energy & Fuel [11]
Government [19]
Laws & Regulations [22]
Military [23]
Transportation [32]
Water & Oceans [33]
Visibility:
Public [39]
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