Publication Items

Will State, Local Government Replace Feds on Climate Change? [1]

Even if the incoming Trump Administration retreats from climate action, as many fear, state and local governments may fill the gap on climate policy. Our latest Issue Backgrounder takes a closer look, and offers sources and resources to help you cover the more localized climate stories that may result.

SEJ Publication Types:
Backgrounders [2]
Topics on the Beat:
Air [3]
Climate Change [4]
Environmental Politics [5]
Government [6]
Laws & Regulations [7]
Policy [8]
Region:
National (U.S.) [9]
California [10]
Great Lakes (IL IN MI MN OH WI) [11]
Mid-Atlantic (DC DE MD PA VA WV) [12]
Mountain West (CO ID MT NV UT WY) [13]
Northeast (CT MA ME NH NJ NY RI VT) [14]
Northwest (OR WA) [15]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [16]
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [17]
Canada [18]
Visibility:
Public [19]
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Watch List for Trump Federal Agency Appointments [20]

Sarah Palin for Interior secretary? Her name is among those being mentioned for top environment and energy posts in the incoming Trump administration. To help you cover the shaping of the new cabinet, the latest TipSheet runs down better-known and lesser-known candidates being floated for EPA, Interior, Energy and Agriculture department chiefs.

SEJ Publication Types:
TipSheet [21]
Topics on the Beat:
Agriculture [22]
Air [3]
Chemicals [23]
Energy & Fuel [24]
Environmental Health [25]
Environmental Politics [5]
Food [26]
Forests [27]
Government [6]
Health [28]
Laws & Regulations [7]
Natural Resources [29]
Policy [8]
Pollution [30]
Waste [31]
Water & Oceans [32]
Region:
National (U.S.) [9]
Visibility:
Public [19]
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Will Midnight Monuments Be Coming in Obama’s Final Days? [33]

The Obama administration has already used the century-old Antiquities Act to protect public lands more often than any president perhaps since FDR. Will the outgoing White House make additional controversial last-minute designations? Here are at least five possible locales to watch, in our newest TipSheet. Image: © Clipart.com [34]

SEJ Publication Types:
TipSheet [21]
Topics on the Beat:
Environmental Politics [5]
Forests [27]
Natural Resources [29]
Policy [8]
Water & Oceans [32]
Region:
National (U.S.) [9]
Alaska and Hawaii [35]
Mountain West (CO ID MT NV UT WY) [13]
Northeast (CT MA ME NH NJ NY RI VT) [14]
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [17]
Visibility:
Public [19]
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Analysis: Whither Transparency Under Trump? [36]

A flap over pool coverage of President-elect Trump may prove a prologue to new challenges for the news media. Will journalists have access to the sources and information needed to do their jobs, including covering coming policy battles over the environment? Our WatchDog editor reads the signals on press relations under a Trump Administration. Photo: By Marc Nozell [37] (Flickr) [CC BY 2.0 [38]].

SEJ Publication Types:
WatchDog TipSheet [39]
Topics on the Beat:
Environmental Politics [5]
Government [6]
Journalism & Media [40]
Laws & Regulations [7]
Policy [8]
Region:
National (U.S.) [9]
Visibility:
Public [19]
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Will a New Broom Sweep Enviro-Energy Policy Clean? Tracking the Trump To-Do List [41]

In the wake of Donald Trump’s presidential upset, U.S. environmental and energy policy may undergo dramatic change. SEJournal Online has prepared a reporter’s watchlist of 12 stories with local angles and broad impact, ranging from fossil fuels to renewables, clean air to clean water, and infrastructure to public lands. Read on. [41]

SEJ Publication Types:
TipSheet [21]
Topics on the Beat:
Air [3]
Climate Change [4]
Energy & Fuel [24]
Environmental Health [25]
Environmental Politics [5]
Government [6]
Health [28]
Laws & Regulations [7]
Natural Resources [29]
Policy [8]
Pollution [30]
Science [42]
Transportation [43]
Waste [31]
Water & Oceans [32]
Region:
National (U.S.) [9]
Visibility:
Public [19]
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Environment Is on the Ballot in Election 2016 [44]

While issues like climate change have gained little traction in the presidential race, environmental topics are playing a clearer role in some congressional contests, as well in statehouse and local elections. At the same time, a number of controversial ballot initiatives are tackling environmental topics ranging from plastic bag bans to solar energy. Get info and resources in our Election 2016 Issue Backgrounder.

SEJ Publication Types:
Backgrounders [2]
Topics on the Beat:
Climate Change [4]
Consumer [45]
Environmental Politics [5]
Government [6]
Health [28]
Laws & Regulations [7]
Natural Resources [29]
Policy [8]
Waste [31]
Region:
National (U.S.) [9]
Visibility:
Public [19]
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Following UN Morocco Climate Meeting from Home [46]

The Paris Agreement took effect Nov 4, followed by the start of the United Nations meeting on climate change this week in Marrakesh. Can't go in person, but still want to track the critical issues at stake? TipSheet offers a guide on how to report Marrakesh from home.

SEJ Publication Types:
TipSheet [21]
Topics on the Beat:
Climate Change [4]
Energy & Fuel [24]
Environmental Politics [5]
Government [6]
Journalism & Media [40]
Policy [8]
Region:
International [47]
Visibility:
Public [19]
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FOIA Policy: Many Journos Surveyed Say "Wait" Before "Release to All" [48]

A key issue on the Freedom of Information Act is once a government record is released to a single FOIA requester, should it then be automatically released to any other requester and the general public? "Yes" was the answer from most journalists surveyed by the Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press — but with an important caveat. Image: © Clipart.com. [49]

SEJ Publication Types:
WatchDog TipSheet [39]
Topics on the Beat:
Laws & Regulations [7]
Policy [8]
Visibility:
Public [19]
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How Do We Know the Science Is Conflict-Free? [50]

Disclosure issues have been in the news of late — especially the war over research on genetically modified organisms. Now journalist Sara Reardon, in Nature News & Comment, has taken a deep look at disclosure policies at the National Institutes of Health (NIH).

SEJ Publication Types:
WatchDog TipSheet [39]
Topics on the Beat:
Laws & Regulations [7]
Policy [8]
Science [42]
Visibility:
Public [19]
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Lustgarten Says Data on Who Gets Ag Subsidies Is Rare as Hens' Teeth [51]

Abrahm Lustgarten (left) wrote a nine-part series delving into farm subsidies and water policy. But his efforts to get the actual names of farm subsidy recipients or individual water users were largely thwarted. Read how info flows less quickly to the public than money and water flow to farmers in SPJ's FOI blog. Photo credit: Lars Klove.

SEJ Publication Types:
WatchDog TipSheet [39]
Topics on the Beat:
Agriculture [22]
Policy [8]
Water & Oceans [32]
Region:
California [10]
Mountain West (CO ID MT NV UT WY) [13]
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [17]
Visibility:
Public [19]
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