Publication Items

Time To Flip the Ocean Script — From Victim to Solution [1]

The narrative around the ocean should become a more hopeful one, argues former NOAA administrator Jane Lubchenco. As evidence at the Society of Environmental Journalists’ recent virtual conference, Lubchenco cites a top-level international analysis that suggests the ocean can play a positive role in everything from reducing climate change to securing the future of food. Find out more.

SEJ Publication Types:
SEJ News [2]
Topics on the Beat:
Climate Change [3]
Economy & Business [4]
Energy & Fuel [5]
Environmental Health [6]
Environmental Politics [7]
Environmental Studies [8]
Fish & Fisheries [9]
Food [10]
Government [11]
Health [12]
Laws & Regulations [13]
Natural Resources [14]
Policy [15]
Pollution [16]
Science [17]
Transportation [18]
Waste [19]
Water & Oceans [20]
Region:
National (U.S.) [21]
International [22]
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Public [23]
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Could Dems Borrow GOP Playbook To Roll Back Trump Rules? [24]

If oddsmakers are right and the Dems sweep the White House and both houses of Congress next month, one significant outcome could be the rollback of prominent Trump administration deregulatory moves. The latest TipSheet explains how an arcane law might make such reversals possible, and then spotlights half-a-dozen potentially vulnerable Trump regulatory actions.

SEJ Publication Types:
TipSheet [25]
Topics on the Beat:
Air [26]
Chemicals [27]
Climate Change [3]
Economy & Business [4]
Energy & Fuel [5]
Environmental Politics [7]
Government [11]
Journalism & Media [28]
Laws & Regulations [13]
Policy [15]
Pollution [16]
Science [17]
Wildlife [29]
Region:
National (U.S.) [21]
Visibility:
Public [23]
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Climate-Unfriendly Coal May Be Losing Ground in U.S., But Not Worldwide [30]

When it comes to climate change, coal’s carbon emissions mean trouble. But as Backgrounder explains, if the once-powerful coal industry is on the decline in the United States, the fuel’s still finding favor worldwide. And that’s bad news for the Paris climate accord’s hopes of gaining control of runaway warming. The story behind the “exaggerated death” of coal.

SEJ Publication Types:
Backgrounders [31]
Topics on the Beat:
Air [26]
Climate Change [3]
Consumer [32]
Energy & Fuel [5]
Environmental Politics [7]
Laws & Regulations [13]
Natural Resources [14]
Policy [15]
Pollution [16]
Region:
National (U.S.) [21]
Mid-Atlantic (DC DE MD PA VA WV) [33]
Mountain West (CO ID MT NV UT WY) [34]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [35]
International [22]
Asia [36]
Australia & Oceania [37]
Visibility:
Public [23]
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Need Climate Questions? We’ve Got Climate Questions. [38]

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 [4]
Energy & Fuel [5]
Environmental Politics [7]
Government [11]
Journalism & Media [28]
Laws & Regulations [13]
Military [39]
Policy [15]
Science [17]
Region:
National (U.S.) [21]
International [22]
Visibility:
Public [23]
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Chase Down Environmental Ballot Measures for State-Level Stories [40]

Although the realities of the pandemic may mean fewer state and local ballot measures in the upcoming election — and the presidential contest is drawing much of the spotlight — they can still be potentially fruitful stories for reporters willing to seek them out. Here are eight top ways to track this year’s environment and energy ballot measures, from the latest Reporter’s Toolbox.

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Reporters Toolbox [41]
Topics on the Beat:
Activism [42]
Environmental Politics [7]
Government [11]
Journalism & Media [28]
Laws & Regulations [13]
Policy [15]
Region:
National (U.S.) [21]
Visibility:
Public [23]
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‘The Power of Partnerships’ Helps Uncover America’s Energy Gamble [43]

It took teams of journalists to produce an award-winning series of reports digging into environment and climate health effects of massive oil and natural gas production in the Southwestern United States. Our latest Inside Story talks with Jamie Smith Hopkins of the Center for Public Integrity about the benefits of reporting a big story jointly and the project’s sometimes surprising findings.

SEJ Publication Types:
Inside Story [44]
Topics on the Beat:
Climate Change [3]
Economy & Business [4]
Energy & Fuel [5]
Journalism & Media [28]
Natural Resources [14]
Policy [15]
Region:
National (U.S.) [21]
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [45]
International [22]
Visibility:
Public [23]
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Bringing Stories Home Under Lockdown, With Remote Video Interviews [46]

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 [47]
Topics on the Beat:
Activism [42]
Agriculture [48]
Air [26]
Biodiversity [49]
Chemicals [27]
Climate Change [3]
Consumer [32]
Disasters [50]
Economy & Business [4]
Energy & Fuel [5]
Environmental Health [6]
Environmental Politics [7]
Environmental Studies [8]
Fish & Fisheries [9]
Food [10]
Forests [51]
Government [11]
Health [12]
Journalism & Media [28]
Laws & Regulations [13]
Military [39]
Natural Resources [14]
Nuclear Power & Radiation [52]
Other or All [53]
People & Population [54]
Planning & Growth [55]
Policy [15]
Pollution [16]
Science [17]
Technology [56]
Transportation [18]
Waste [19]
Water & Oceans [20]
Region:
National (U.S.) [21]
Alaska and Hawaii [57]
California [58]
Great Lakes (IL IN MI MN OH WI) [59]
Great Plains (IA KS ND NE MO SD) [60]
Mid-Atlantic (DC DE MD PA VA WV) [33]
Mountain West (CO ID MT NV UT WY) [34]
Northeast (CT MA ME NH NJ NY RI VT) [61]
Northwest (OR WA) [62]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [35]
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [45]
International [22]
Canada [63]
Mexico [64]
Africa [65]
Antarctica & Arctic [66]
Asia [36]
Australia & Oceania [37]
Central America & the Caribbean [67]
Europe [68]
Middle East [69]
South America [70]
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Public [23]
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‘Green Recovery’ Policies an Elusive Promise [71]

As Democratic and Republican parties plan their nominating conventions beginning next week amid a pandemic and a recession, it’s instructive to examine the state of thinking about a “green recovery.” Backgrounder looks at the politicking and policies behind the notion that a massive clean energy plan could be good not just for addressing climate change, but also the economy.

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Backgrounders [31]
Topics on the Beat:
Activism [42]
Climate Change [3]
Energy & Fuel [5]
Environmental Politics [7]
Government [11]
Journalism & Media [28]
Laws & Regulations [13]
Policy [15]
Region:
National (U.S.) [21]
International [22]
Australia & Oceania [37]
Europe [68]
Visibility:
Public [23]
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Disaster Aid Sometimes Helps Fund the Next Disaster [72]

As hurricane season gets into full swing, a perpetual paradox reemerges — does disaster aid help or harm? Government financial assistance in a disaster’s wake may seem a boon, but could it just encourage communities to repeat the mistakes of the past? The latest TipSheet explores the question and provides context, reporting resources and story ideas.

SEJ Publication Types:
TipSheet [25]
Topics on the Beat:
Climate Change [3]
Disasters [50]
Environmental Politics [7]
Government [11]
Journalism & Media [28]
Laws & Regulations [13]
People & Population [54]
Planning & Growth [55]
Policy [15]
Water & Oceans [20]
Region:
National (U.S.) [21]
Visibility:
Public [23]
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Coronavirus Silence, Secrecy Harms Public Health [73]

Mishandling of vital information by the U.S. government worsened the COVID-19 pandemic, argues the latest WatchDog. The no-holds-barred opinion piece, which notes that coronavirus is as much an environmental story as a public health one, points the finger at the White House and the “Silent CDC,” sifts the wreckage of the testing program and speculates about the dearth of data as the nation reopens.

SEJ Publication Types:
WatchDog [74]
Topics on the Beat:
Disasters [50]
Environmental Politics [7]
Government [11]
Health [12]
Journalism & Media [28]
People & Population [54]
Policy [15]
Science [17]
Region:
National (U.S.) [21]
Visibility:
Public [23]
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