Publication Items

Peak Water: A New Way To Look at Long-Term Water Issues [1]

Viewing local, regional, national, and global water issues through the lens of "peak water," a concept explained in a Pacific Institute paper, can yield some interesting angles on water-related stories and long-term water issues.
SEJ Publication Types:
TipSheet [2]
Topics on the Beat:
Water & Oceans [3]
People & Population [4]
Visibility:
Public [5]
- Read more about Peak Water: A New Way To Look at Long-Term Water Issues [1]
Calif. Climate Ballot Fight: National Ripple Effects Either Way [6]

If Proposition 23 passes, it could disrupt plans for many green companies and their suppliers in CA and around the US — not to mention weakening political will in other states, or at the federal level, for tougher green energy policy.
SEJ Publication Types:
TipSheet [2]
Topics on the Beat:
People & Population [4]
Laws & Regulations [7]
Energy & Fuel [8]
Economy & Business [9]
Climate Change [10]
Region:
California [11]
Visibility:
Public [5]
- Read more about Calif. Climate Ballot Fight: National Ripple Effects Either Way [6]
Improved Tsunami Warning System Still Needs Work [12]

A National Research Council report says one of the most significant problems is a continuing lack of communication between federal tsunami warning system officials; local officials and emergency managers; the media; and the public.
SEJ Publication Types:
TipSheet [2]
Topics on the Beat:
Water & Oceans [3]
Planning & Growth [13]
People & Population [4]
Disasters [14]
Visibility:
Public [5]
- Read more about Improved Tsunami Warning System Still Needs Work [12]
Cities Attack Climate Change, One Kilowatt at a Time [15]

The Commission for Environmental Cooperation (Canada, US, and Mexico) issued a report on Sept. 17, 2010, illustrating the steps 13 North American cities are taking, from small, planned efforts to reduce building energy use, to comprehensive, multi-sector adopted plans for reducing energy use.
SEJ Publication Types:
TipSheet [2]
Topics on the Beat:
Planning & Growth [13]
People & Population [4]
Energy & Fuel [8]
Economy & Business [9]
Climate Change [10]
Region:
Mexico [16]
Canada [17]
International [18]
National (U.S.) [19]
Visibility:
Public [5]
- Read more about Cities Attack Climate Change, One Kilowatt at a Time [15]
EPA Enviro Justice Guidance Could Help Spotlight EJ Issues [20]

While thoroughly bureaucratic, the 55-page guidance document, as well as EPA's Environmental Justice Strategic Enforcement Assessment Tool, can be useful resources for reporters who seek to understand and highlight potential environmental justice issues unfolding at the national, regional, or state level.
SEJ Publication Types:
TipSheet [2]
Topics on the Beat:
Government [21]
People & Population [4]
Environmental Health [22]
Visibility:
Public [5]
- Read more about EPA Enviro Justice Guidance Could Help Spotlight EJ Issues [20]
Studies: Lighten Up on Roof and Pavement Color [23]

While not a stand-alone climate change-fighting measure, converting roofs and pavements in tropical and temperate cities of one million or more people to light-colored materials would provide the equivalent one-time benefit of eliminating two years' worth of global CO2 emissions, or eliminating the emissions of 300 million vehicles for 20 years.
SEJ Publication Types:
TipSheet [2]
Topics on the Beat:
Climate Change [10]
Planning & Growth [13]
Environmental Studies [24]
People & Population [4]
Science [25]
Region:
National (U.S.) [19]
Visibility:
Public [5]
- Read more about Studies: Lighten Up on Roof and Pavement Color [23]
New Federal Web Site Pulls Together Coastal Info [26]

NOAA's "State of the Coast" contains both quick facts and detailed information regarding this 95,000-mile-long zone and all the players involved. It generally addresses longer-term issues, such as environmental degradation, climate, hazards, economics, and demographics.
SEJ Publication Types:
TipSheet [2]
Topics on the Beat:
Climate Change [10]
Economy & Business [9]
Planning & Growth [13]
Water & Oceans [3]
Government [21]
People & Population [4]
Region:
National (U.S.) [19]
Visibility:
Public [5]
- Read more about New Federal Web Site Pulls Together Coastal Info [26]
Extreme Heat Events Worse in Sprawling Cities [27]

A study was published in Environmental Health Perspectives found that the most sprawling US cities have 2.6 times the risk of deadly extreme heat events than those with the least sprawl — regardless of the population, location, or rate of growth of an urban area.
SEJ Publication Types:
TipSheet [2]
Topics on the Beat:
Climate Change [10]
Planning & Growth [13]
People & Population [4]
Region:
National (U.S.) [19]
Visibility:
Public [5]
- Read more about Extreme Heat Events Worse in Sprawling Cities [27]
Natural Gas Hazards Drawing Federal Attention [28]

After hearing for years about public concern over the adverse health and environmental effects of hydraulic fracturing used to increase production of natural gas, US EPA has begun a process (including 4 public meetings in July; CO, NY, PA, TX) to decide what the issues are and how to address them.
SEJ Publication Types:
TipSheet [2]
Topics on the Beat:
Chemicals [29]
Energy & Fuel [8]
Health [30]
People & Population [4]
Environmental Health [22]
Region:
National (U.S.) [19]
Mid-Atlantic (DC DE MD PA VA WV) [31]
Northeast (CT MA ME NH NJ NY RI VT) [32]
Mountain West (CO ID MT NV UT WY) [33]
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [34]
Visibility:
Public [5]
- Read more about Natural Gas Hazards Drawing Federal Attention [28]
BP Hires Cheney Spokeswoman, Defender of Secrecy, as PR Boss [35]

Anne Womack Kolton, who as former VP Dick Cheney's press aide defended the secrecy of his energy task force, has been brought in to fix BP's PR problems in the Gulf oil spill.
SEJ Publication Types:
WatchDog TipSheet [36]
Topics on the Beat:
Fish & Fisheries [37]
Economy & Business [9]
Disasters [14]
Energy & Fuel [8]
Pollution [38]
Water & Oceans [3]
People & Population [4]
Region:
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [39]
Visibility:
Public [5]
- Read more about BP Hires Cheney Spokeswoman, Defender of Secrecy, as PR Boss [35]

Pages