Publication Items

Covering Congress from Both Sides of the Beltway [1]

The complex workings of the U.S. Congress create reporting challenges for all kinds of journalists, including environmental ones. But our latest TipSheet provides half a dozen key resources to help you get the job done better, whether from inside or outside the Beltway.

SEJ Publication Types:
TipSheet [2]
Topics on the Beat:
Environmental Politics [3]
Government [4]
Journalism & Media [5]
Laws & Regulations [6]
Policy [7]
Region:
National (U.S.) [8]
Visibility:
Public [9]
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Trump Environmental Rule Rollback — Tracking the Trackers [10]

The Trump administration has moved aggressively to roll back environmental and energy-related rules, so much so that keeping tabs on all the developments has become a major challenge. To help reporters get the lay of the land, this week's TipSheet has a roundup of more than a dozen regulatory tracking reports. Track the trackers.

SEJ Publication Types:
TipSheet [2]
Topics on the Beat:
Climate Change [11]
Economy & Business [12]
Energy & Fuel [13]
Environmental Politics [3]
Government [4]
Journalism & Media [5]
Laws & Regulations [6]
Policy [7]
Region:
National (U.S.) [8]
Visibility:
Public [9]
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Court Strikes Down “Ag-Gag” Law; plus a Journalist’s Legal Guide; State Shield for Climate Research and More [14]

A federal court has ruled unconstitutional a Utah law that made undercover filming of livestock operations illegal. What's it mean for similar laws elsewhere? The latest WatchDog has the story, plus news on protecting whistleblowers, a digital journalist's legal guide, shielding of climate info and leaked government reports.

SEJ Publication Types:
WatchDog TipSheet [15]
Topics on the Beat:
Activism [16]
Agriculture [17]
Climate Change [11]
Economy & Business [12]
Energy & Fuel [13]
Environmental Health [18]
Environmental Politics [3]
Food [19]
Government [4]
Journalism & Media [5]
Laws & Regulations [6]
Nuclear Power & Radiation [20]
Policy [7]
Water & Oceans [21]
Region:
National (U.S.) [8]
Great Plains (IA KS ND NE MO SD) [22]
Mountain West (CO ID MT NV UT WY) [23]
Northeast (CT MA ME NH NJ NY RI VT) [24]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [25]
Visibility:
Public [9]
- Read more about Court Strikes Down “Ag-Gag” Law; plus a Journalist’s Legal Guide; State Shield for Climate Research and More [14]
‘Cut Through Fog’ to Cover Trump’s Fast-Moving Environmental Policy Changes [26]

Policy experts and reporters at an SEJ forum in Seattle July 6 cautioned that environmental journalists must go into overdrive to keep up with fast and furious changes coming during the Trump Administration. Get more in our SEJ News coverage. [26] Photo: Former EPA official Dennis McLerran, left, fields a query from moderator Jeff Burnside. Read McLerran's full remarks here [27].

SEJ Publication Types:
SEJ News [28]
Topics on the Beat:
Economy & Business [12]
Environmental Politics [3]
Government [4]
Journalism & Media [5]
Laws & Regulations [6]
Policy [7]
Region:
National (U.S.) [8]
Visibility:
Public [9]
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“Climate of Hope: How Cities, Businesses, and Citizens Can Save the Planet” [29]

The new book “Climate of Hope” by ex-New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg and former Sierra Club chief Carl Pope concludes that, despite partisan obstacles, we have made progress in fighting the planet’s warming.

SEJ Publication Types:
BookShelf [30]
Topics on the Beat:
Climate Change [11]
Environmental Studies [31]
Government [4]
Laws & Regulations [6]
Policy [7]
Region:
National (U.S.) [8]
Visibility:
Public [9]
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“Hot, Hungry Planet: The Fight to Stop a Global Food Crisis in the Face of Climate Change” [32]

Author Lisa Palmer tackles a question many experts in the natural and social sciences are also pondering: How can we feed a growing world population in the coming decades when climate change is stressing global food production systems?

SEJ Publication Types:
BookShelf [30]
Topics on the Beat:
Agriculture [17]
Climate Change [11]
Consumer [33]
Economy & Business [12]
Food [19]
People & Population [34]
Policy [7]
Region:
National (U.S.) [8]
International [35]
Africa [36]
Asia [37]
South America [38]
Visibility:
Public [9]
- Read more about “Hot, Hungry Planet: The Fight to Stop a Global Food Crisis in the Face of Climate Change” [32]
Sundance Festival a Megaphone for Climate Concerns [39]

For the first time, Sundance Film Festival spotlighted a single theme, and it was climate change. Documentaries highlighting the issue including a sequel to Al Gore's blockbuster, as well as more than a dozen other films dealing with issues like coral reefs, recyling, changing landscapes and rainforest destruction.

SEJ Publication Types:
Features [40]
Topics on the Beat:
Activism [16]
Agriculture [17]
Climate Change [11]
Energy & Fuel [13]
Environmental Politics [3]
Fish & Fisheries [41]
Forests [42]
Natural Resources [43]
People & Population [34]
Policy [7]
Waste [44]
Water & Oceans [21]
Wildlife [45]
Region:
National (U.S.) [8]
Alaska and Hawaii [46]
California [47]
Great Plains (IA KS ND NE MO SD) [22]
Mountain West (CO ID MT NV UT WY) [23]
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [48]
International [35]
Mexico [49]
Africa [36]
Australia & Oceania [50]
Visibility:
Public [9]
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Veteran Reporters Say Ignore the Noise, and Localize [51]

Environmental journalists at a day-long event [52] urged colleagues to report on the real, local impacts of policy, more than on the buzz around the policy. On hand at the SEJ-sponsored program were representatives of administrations past and present, including Trump EPA transition team head Myron Ebell (shown).

Videos:

Tracy Mehan lll, American Water Works Association [53]
Myron Ebell, Competitive Enterprise Institute [54]
Ed Maibach, George Mason University [55]
Scott Segal, Policy Resolution Group and Bracewell LLP [56]
Bob Perciasepe, Center for Climate & Energy Solutions [57]
Environmental advocates [58]
Journalists panel [59]

SEJ Publication Types:
SEJ News [28]
Topics on the Beat:
Climate Change [11]
Energy & Fuel [13]
Environmental Health [18]
Environmental Politics [3]
Environmental Studies [31]
Government [4]
Health [60]
Journalism & Media [5]
Laws & Regulations [6]
Policy [7]
Pollution [61]
Region:
National (U.S.) [8]
Visibility:
Public [9]
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WatchDog Group Sues for Records as Pruitt Confirmation Vote Nears & More [62]

The latest WatchDog TipSheet details an open-records case against U.S. EPA nominee Scott Pruitt (shown), the scoop on an Agriculture Department animal welfare database that vanished then returned, a reporter busted at Standing Rock, plus items on whistleblowers, coal-ash and more.

SEJ Publication Types:
WatchDog TipSheet [15]
Topics on the Beat:
Activism [16]
Agriculture [17]
Energy & Fuel [13]
Environmental Politics [3]
Government [4]
Journalism & Media [5]
Laws & Regulations [6]
Nuclear Power & Radiation [20]
Policy [7]
Pollution [61]
Waste [44]
Region:
National (U.S.) [8]
Great Plains (IA KS ND NE MO SD) [22]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [25]
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [48]
Visibility:
Public [9]
- Read more about WatchDog Group Sues for Records as Pruitt Confirmation Vote Nears & More [62]
Rogue Twitter Brings Government Leaks to Masses [63]

Dozens of renegade government Twitter accounts have sprung up, with claims they're run anonymously by employees of various agencies whose missions appear threatened by the Trump administration. TipSheet has the story, plus a list of more than 40 accounts of interest to environmental reporters.

SEJ Publication Types:
TipSheet [2]
Topics on the Beat:
Activism [16]
Environmental Politics [3]
Forests [42]
Government [4]
Journalism & Media [5]
Natural Resources [43]
Policy [7]
Region:
National (U.S.) [8]
Visibility:
Public [9]
- Read more about Rogue Twitter Brings Government Leaks to Masses [63]

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