Publication Items

Top Biden Climate Advisor, Others Preview 2021 Energy and Enviro News [1]

President Biden’s national climate advisor Gina McCarthy joined an outspoken U.S. senator and a roundtable of elite journalists last week to preview dramatic changes possibly ahead in U.S. and international climate policy, environmental justice, clean energy and more. Get the upshot from the Society of Environmental Journalists’ 2021 Guide to Energy & Environment event. Plus, watch video of the full program [2].

SEJ Publication Types:
SEJ News [3]
Topics on the Beat:
Climate Change [4]
Energy & Fuel [5]
Environmental Politics [6]
Government [7]
Health [8]
Journalism & Media [9]
Laws & Regulations [10]
People & Population [11]
Policy [12]
Science [13]
Water & Oceans [14]
Region:
National (U.S.) [15]
California [16]
Great Plains (IA KS ND NE MO SD) [17]
Mountain West (CO ID MT NV UT WY) [18]
Northwest (OR WA) [19]
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [20]
International [21]
Europe [22]
Visibility:
Public [23]
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“Environment, Social Justice, and the Media in the Age of the Anthropocene” [24]

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 [25]
Topics on the Beat:
Chemicals [26]
Environmental Politics [6]
Health [8]
Journalism & Media [9]
Military [27]
People & Population [11]
Pollution [28]
Region:
International [21]
Europe [22]
Visibility:
Public [23]
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Sick Schools in the City of Brotherly Love [29]

A Philadelphia Inquirer investigation into environmental harm suffered by the city’s children, minorities and poor dived into the “decaying infrastructure” of the city schools. The result? Findings of dangerous levels of lead, mold and asbestos, followed by an influx of funding to fix the problems and awards from journalism colleagues. For Inside Story, a Q&A with a reporter for the "Toxic City: Sick Schools" exposé.

SEJ Publication Types:
Inside Story [30]
Topics on the Beat:
Health [8]
Journalism & Media [9]
People & Population [11]
Pollution [28]
Region:
National (U.S.) [15]
Mid-Atlantic (DC DE MD PA VA WV) [31]
Visibility:
Public [23]
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Public Health Infrastructure Emerges As Critical Environmental Story [32]

A pandemic and a weakened public health framework underscore how essential is the public health reporting function of environmental journalism. The latest TipSheet entry in our ongoing special report, “2021 Journalists’ Guide to Energy & Environment [33],” explores what’s ahead and asks are health agencies too hollowed out to serve? Plus, story ideas and extensive reporting resources.

SEJ Publication Types:
TipSheet [34]
Topics on the Beat:
Disasters [35]
Economy & Business [36]
Environmental Health [37]
Environmental Politics [6]
Government [7]
Health [8]
Infrastructure [38]
Journalism & Media [9]
People & Population [11]
Planning & Growth [39]
Policy [12]
Science [13]
Region:
National (U.S.) [15]
International [21]
Visibility:
Public [23]
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South Slow To Adapt to Rising Sea Levels, Other Climate Impacts [40]

Preparations for the inevitable impacts of the climate crisis in the South, the country’s most vulnerable region, have been hit or miss. And one of the toughest challenges — preparing coastal communities for inevitable flooding from sea level rise — is just beginning. More on the region’s climate adaptation considerations in the final entry in our “Covering Your Climate: The South [41]” special report. Plus, a backgrounder, additional tipsheets and a toolbox.

SEJ Publication Types:
Special Reports [42]
Topics on the Beat:
Climate Change [4]
Disasters [35]
Environmental Health [37]
Environmental Politics [6]
Government [7]
Health [8]
Journalism & Media [9]
Laws & Regulations [10]
People & Population [11]
Planning & Growth [39]
Policy [12]
Water & Oceans [14]
Region:
National (U.S.) [15]
Mid-Atlantic (DC DE MD PA VA WV) [31]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [43]
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [20]
Visibility:
Public [23]
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Crisis Threatens the Country’s Most Vulnerable Region [44]

As global warming worsens, effects like extreme heat, drought, wildfires, coastal flooding and inland flooding will have an outsized impact in the Southern United States. The latest entry in our ongoing “Covering Your Climate: The South [41]” special report looks at those effects. Plus, read an introductory overview and watch for additional entries on climate mitigation and adaptation in the South.

SEJ Publication Types:
Special Reports [42]
Topics on the Beat:
Agriculture [45]
Air [46]
Climate Change [4]
Consumer [47]
Disasters [35]
Economy & Business [36]
Energy & Fuel [5]
Environmental Health [37]
Environmental Politics [6]
Health [8]
Journalism & Media [9]
Natural Resources [48]
People & Population [11]
Planning & Growth [39]
Policy [12]
Pollution [28]
Water & Oceans [14]
Region:
National (U.S.) [15]
Mid-Atlantic (DC DE MD PA VA WV) [31]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [43]
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [20]
Visibility:
Public [23]
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Author Lopez Remembered; SEJ Speech Reshared [49]

Society of Environmental Journalists' members lamented the Dec. 25 death of renowned nature writer Barry Lopez, whose writings included "Arctic Dreams," "Of Wolves and Men" and more. Lopez gave SEJers a much-remembered address about writing, environmental journalism and more at the Barbra Streisand ranch in Malibu during the organization's 1999 annual conference in Los Angeles.

SEJ Publication Types:
SEJ News [3]
Topics on the Beat:
Diversity [50]
Environmental Health [37]
Health [8]
Journalism & Media [9]
People & Population [11]
Visibility:
Public [23]
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Is the South Confronting Its Climate Threats? [51]

The South is ground zero for the climate crisis in the United States, yet little is being done to prevent impacts or protect communities. Will the South tap its potential to be part of the solution? Our special report, “Covering Your Climate: The South,” helps reporters cover the region, starting with a backgrounder on climate concerns from Texas to Virginia.

SEJ Publication Types:
Special Reports [42]
Topics on the Beat:
Activism [52]
Agriculture [45]
Air [46]
Biodiversity [53]
Climate Change [4]
Consumer [47]
Disasters [35]
Economy & Business [36]
Energy & Fuel [5]
Environmental Health [37]
Environmental Politics [6]
Government [7]
Health [8]
Journalism & Media [9]
Laws & Regulations [10]
Natural Resources [48]
Nuclear Power & Radiation [54]
People & Population [11]
Planning & Growth [39]
Policy [12]
Pollution [28]
Science [13]
Technology [55]
Transportation [56]
Water & Oceans [14]
Region:
National (U.S.) [15]
Mid-Atlantic (DC DE MD PA VA WV) [31]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [43]
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [20]
Visibility:
Public [23]
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Environmental Justice Stories Will Keep Proliferating in 2021 [57]

The surging racial justice movement has reenergized aspirations to correct the environmental injustices that blemish countless underprivileged U.S. communities. The new TipSheet, another part of our 2021 Guide [58], scans the landscape of trouble spots, from urban to rural, industrial zones to Superfund sites. Plus, story ideas and reporting resources.

SEJ Publication Types:
TipSheet [34]
Topics on the Beat:
Activism [52]
Air [46]
Chemicals [26]
Environmental Health [37]
Environmental Politics [6]
Government [7]
Health [8]
Journalism & Media [9]
People & Population [11]
Policy [12]
Pollution [28]
Waste [59]
Water & Oceans [14]
Region:
National (U.S.) [15]
Great Lakes (IL IN MI MN OH WI) [60]
Great Plains (IA KS ND NE MO SD) [17]
Mid-Atlantic (DC DE MD PA VA WV) [31]
Mountain West (CO ID MT NV UT WY) [18]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [43]
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [20]
International [21]
Mexico [61]
Visibility:
Public [23]
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“You Can’t Fool Mother Nature: The Once and Future Triumph of Environmentalism” [62]

It’s been a half-century since the first Earth Day in 1970 and a new book from an old hand catalogues the advances and the setbacks in the decades since. BookShelf contributor Francesca Lyman reviews “You Can’t Fool Mother Nature: The Once and Future Triumph of Environmentalism,” and explores how a long view from a veteran environmentalist informs the field of environmental reporting.

SEJ Publication Types:
BookShelf [25]
Topics on the Beat:
Activism [52]
Air [46]
Climate Change [4]
Consumer [47]
Environmental Politics [6]
Journalism & Media [9]
Laws & Regulations [10]
Natural Resources [48]
People & Population [11]
Policy [12]
Pollution [28]
Waste [59]
Water & Oceans [14]
Region:
National (U.S.) [15]
Visibility:
Public [23]
- Read more about “You Can’t Fool Mother Nature: The Once and Future Triumph of Environmentalism” [62]

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