Publication Items

Is the Green New Deal for Real? [1]

The Green New Deal may be just a broad outline, even after the recent introduction of a resolution in Congress. But don’t think the lack of specificity means the Green New Deal won’t be news for the long term. This week’s TipSheet explains the reasons the Green New Deal may endure and why it matters, plus story ideas and resources for journalists covering climate, environmental politics and more.

SEJ Publication Types:
TipSheet [2]
Topics on the Beat:
Activism [3]
Climate Change [4]
Economy & Business [5]
Energy & Fuel [6]
Environmental Politics [7]
Government [8]
Journalism & Media [9]
Laws & Regulations [10]
People & Population [11]
Policy [12]
Region:
National (U.S.) [13]
International [14]
Visibility:
Public [15]
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Award-Winner — ‘Trust Your Gut’ but Track the Data [16]

Small market environmental beat reporting can shine a light on serious issues that affect local residents, and Texas Observer’s Christopher Collins does that with a passion. That’s the word from judges for the Society of Environmental Journalists’ annual reporting awards, who recently honored Collins for his work, citing his mix of hard-hitting info and interesting characters. In the latest Inside Story, Collins shares how he gets his story ideas, overcomes challenges and focuses on how issues affect real individuals.

SEJ Publication Types:
Inside Story [17]
Topics on the Beat:
Agriculture [18]
Air [19]
Chemicals [20]
Energy & Fuel [6]
Environmental Health [21]
Food [22]
Journalism & Media [9]
People & Population [11]
Pollution [23]
Region:
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [24]
Visibility:
Public [15]
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Environment and Energy News Outlook for 2019 [25]

With 2019 in full swing, the SEJournal offers an analysis of the year ahead in environment and energy news, with an overview of our full special report, the “2019 Journalists’ Guide to Energy & Environment [26].” Plus, don’t miss SEJ’s Jan. 25 event with top reporters [27] to help you keep track of the big stories on the beat. RSVP here [28] to attend in-person or online.

SEJ Publication Types:
Features [29]
Topics on the Beat:
Activism [3]
Air [19]
Chemicals [20]
Climate Change [4]
Disasters [30]
Economy & Business [5]
Energy & Fuel [6]
Environmental Health [21]
Environmental Politics [7]
Government [8]
Health [31]
Journalism & Media [9]
Laws & Regulations [10]
Natural Resources [32]
People & Population [11]
Policy [12]
Pollution [23]
Science [33]
Transportation [34]
Waste [35]
Water & Oceans [36]
Region:
National (U.S.) [13]
Visibility:
Public [15]
- Read more about Environment and Energy News Outlook for 2019 [25]
The 2019 Journalists’ Guide to Energy & Environment [26]

SEJournal looks ahead to key issues in the coming year with this "2019 Journalists’ Guide to Energy & Environment" special report. Stay tuned as we continue to add elements to the report up through and beyond its formal launch Jan. 25 at an annual roundtable [27], organized by the Society of Environmental Journalists with the Wilson Center in Washington, D.C.

SEJ Publication Types:
SEJ News [37]
Topics on the Beat:
Activism [3]
Air [19]
Chemicals [20]
Climate Change [4]
Consumer [38]
Disasters [30]
Economy & Business [5]
Energy & Fuel [6]
Environmental Health [21]
Environmental Politics [7]
Environmental Studies [39]
Fish & Fisheries [40]
Forests [41]
Government [8]
Health [31]
Journalism & Media [9]
Laws & Regulations [10]
Natural Resources [32]
People & Population [11]
Policy [12]
Pollution [23]
Science [33]
Technology [42]
Transportation [34]
Water & Oceans [36]
Wildlife [43]
Region:
National (U.S.) [13]
International [14]
Visibility:
Public [15]
- Read more about The 2019 Journalists’ Guide to Energy & Environment [26]
Oversight on EPA FOIA Screening, Covering Pipeline Protests, Feedlot Air Emissions, Data on Illegal Fishing [44]

The new year will likely mean subpoenas on EPA’s FOIA response policies, as a Democrat takes the chair in the House Oversight Committee amid charges the agency is choking off politically sensitive record requests. And are new laws in a dozen states making coverage of pipeline protests a felony? That, plus air emission exemptions for animal feedlot operators and data on illegal fishing. All in the latest issue of the WatchDog.

SEJ Publication Types:
WatchDog TipSheet [45]
Topics on the Beat:
Activism [3]
Agriculture [18]
Air [19]
Climate Change [4]
Energy & Fuel [6]
Environmental Politics [7]
Fish & Fisheries [40]
Government [8]
Journalism & Media [9]
Laws & Regulations [10]
People & Population [11]
Pollution [23]
Water & Oceans [36]
Region:
National (U.S.) [13]
Great Lakes (IL IN MI MN OH WI) [46]
Great Plains (IA KS ND NE MO SD) [47]
Mid-Atlantic (DC DE MD PA VA WV) [48]
Mountain West (CO ID MT NV UT WY) [49]
Northeast (CT MA ME NH NJ NY RI VT) [50]
Northwest (OR WA) [51]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [52]
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [24]
Visibility:
Public [15]
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Environmental (In)Justice Coverage Grows, As More Media Take Note [53]

Environmental justice-related stories are expected to get more attention in the news media in 2019. But that’s not because the challenge of protecting marginalized communities from lopsided environmental impacts is being met. This week’s TipSheet explains, in a look-ahead to environmental justice stories making the news, the many forms the problem takes, the many communities affected and the emerging notion of “climate justice.”

SEJ Publication Types:
TipSheet [2]
Topics on the Beat:
Activism [3]
Air [19]
Chemicals [20]
Climate Change [4]
Disasters [30]
Environmental Health [21]
Environmental Politics [7]
Government [8]
Health [31]
Journalism & Media [9]
Laws & Regulations [10]
People & Population [11]
Pollution [23]
Region:
National (U.S.) [13]
Alaska and Hawaii [54]
California [55]
Great Lakes (IL IN MI MN OH WI) [46]
Great Plains (IA KS ND NE MO SD) [47]
Mid-Atlantic (DC DE MD PA VA WV) [48]
Mountain West (CO ID MT NV UT WY) [49]
Northeast (CT MA ME NH NJ NY RI VT) [50]
Northwest (OR WA) [51]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [52]
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [24]
International [14]
Mexico [56]
Central America & the Caribbean [57]
Visibility:
Public [15]
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Flood Insurance Reform Remains Key Congressional Task [58]

With flooding from hurricanes and other climate disasters becoming the new normal, badly needed flood insurance reform continues to founder in the halls of Congress. The National Flood Insurance Program is billions of dollars in debt, and aid packages are doing little to get people out of flood-prone areas. Congress watchers will keep an eye on new House leadership for insurance solutions, although politically unpalatable rate hikes swamped the big reform. This week’s TipSheet has more on the story, with leads on what to watch in 2019.

SEJ Publication Types:
TipSheet [2]
Topics on the Beat:
Climate Change [4]
Consumer [38]
Disasters [30]
Economy & Business [5]
Environmental Politics [7]
Government [8]
Laws & Regulations [10]
People & Population [11]
Region:
National (U.S.) [13]
California [55]
Mid-Atlantic (DC DE MD PA VA WV) [48]
Northeast (CT MA ME NH NJ NY RI VT) [50]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [52]
Visibility:
Public [15]
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Bear Stories Should Go Beyond Bare Facts [59]

Bears, particularly the plentiful black bears that are the source of much human-bear conflict, can serve as a opening to larger environmental stories, such as habitat destruction and the challenges of the “wildland-urban interface.” This week’s TipSheet has some of the good news/bad news on bears, with story ideas and resources for your reporting.

SEJ Publication Types:
TipSheet [2]
Topics on the Beat:
Climate Change [4]
Environmental Health [21]
Forests [41]
Journalism & Media [9]
Laws & Regulations [10]
Natural Resources [32]
People & Population [11]
Wildlife [43]
Region:
National (U.S.) [13]
Alaska and Hawaii [54]
California [55]
Great Lakes (IL IN MI MN OH WI) [46]
Great Plains (IA KS ND NE MO SD) [47]
Mountain West (CO ID MT NV UT WY) [49]
Northeast (CT MA ME NH NJ NY RI VT) [50]
Northwest (OR WA) [51]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [52]
International [14]
Canada [60]
Antarctica & Arctic [61]
Visibility:
Public [15]
- Read more about Bear Stories Should Go Beyond Bare Facts [59]
Wetlands Mitigation — Why Draining the Swamp Is a Local Story [62]

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 [2]
Topics on the Beat:
Economy & Business [5]
Environmental Health [21]
Environmental Politics [7]
Fish & Fisheries [40]
Government [8]
Journalism & Media [9]
Laws & Regulations [10]
Military [63]
Natural Resources [32]
People & Population [11]
Planning & Growth [64]
Policy [12]
Water & Oceans [36]
Region:
National (U.S.) [13]
Visibility:
Public [15]
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Will Hackers Crash U.S. Energy, Environment Infrastructure? [65]

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 [66]
Topics on the Beat:
Disasters [30]
Energy & Fuel [6]
Government [8]
Journalism & Media [9]
Laws & Regulations [10]
Military [63]
Nuclear Power & Radiation [67]
People & Population [11]
Planning & Growth [64]
Policy [12]
Technology [42]
Region:
National (U.S.) [13]
International [14]
Canada [60]
Asia [68]
Europe [69]
Visibility:
Public [15]
- Read more about Will Hackers Crash U.S. Energy, Environment Infrastructure? [65]

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