Publication Items

What Biden Rules Could Congress Unplug With Review Act? [1]

As the Biden White House rushes to enact environment and energy policy before Inauguration Day, an obscure law leaves room for the incoming administration to claw them back. At risk: strengthened emissions standards for vehicles and power, tougher energy efficiency standards and plans to replace lead pipes. The latest EJ TransitionWatch explains how the reversal works — and why it might not.

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EJ TransitionWatch [2]
Topics on the Beat:
Air [3]
Climate Change [4]
Economy & Business [5]
Energy & Fuel [6]
Environmental Politics [7]
Government [8]
Infrastructure [9]
Laws & Regulations [10]
Policy [11]
Pollution [12]
Technology [13]
Transportation [14]
Water & Oceans [15]
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National (U.S.) [16]
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Public [17]
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Investigation Explores Dueling Narratives for Addressing Climate Change [18]

Is carbon capture a climate solution or a dangerous distraction? That was the question that Inside Climate News reporter Nicholas Kusnetz asked in his award-winning explanatory series, “Pipe Dreams.” For Inside Story, Kusnetz talks of the challenges of writing about a technology that largely doesn’t yet exist, and the variety of story forms he used to explore the reality of industry promises.

SEJ Publication Types:
Inside Story [19]
Topics on the Beat:
Climate Change [4]
Economy & Business [5]
Energy & Fuel [6]
Environmental Justice [20]
Environmental Politics [7]
Government [8]
Infrastructure [9]
Journalism & Media [21]
Laws & Regulations [10]
Natural Resources [22]
People & Population [23]
Policy [11]
Pollution [12]
Technology [13]
Region:
National (U.S.) [16]
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [24]
International [25]
Visibility:
Public [17]
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Worldview Data Expands Environment Reporter’s Strike Zone [26]

A sweeping array of satellites observes our planet and sends vast amounts of data back — data that the powerful NASA Worldview website can translate into graphic form to help journalists tell some of the environment beat’s most central stories. The latest Reporter’s Toolbox explores the strengths and weaknesses of Worldview in covering everything from wildfires and floods to climate.

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Reporters Toolbox [27]
Topics on the Beat:
Climate Change [4]
Environmental Health [28]
Government [8]
Journalism & Media [21]
Science [29]
Technology [13]
Region:
National (U.S.) [16]
International [25]
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Public [17]
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Pulling Back the Curtain on the Plunder of the Planet [30]

“Pitfall: The Race to Mine the World’s Most Vulnerable Places,” a new work by investigative journalist Christopher Pollon, offers a sweeping global view of how the mining industry profits, despite causing vast environmental losses and failing to acknowledge Indigenous ownership or rights to the land it mines. BookShelf’s Melody Kemp lauds Pollon’s searing observations and investigations. Read her review.

SEJ Publication Types:
BookShelf [31]
Topics on the Beat:
Activism [32]
Biodiversity [33]
Consumer [34]
Economy & Business [5]
Environmental Health [28]
Environmental Justice [20]
Environmental Politics [7]
Fish & Fisheries [35]
Forests [36]
Natural Resources [22]
Policy [11]
Pollution [12]
Technology [13]
Water & Oceans [15]
Wildlife [37]
Region:
International [25]
Africa [38]
Asia [39]
Australia & Oceania [40]
South America [41]
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Public [17]
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‘Green’ Steel: Five Things To Know About the U.S. Transition [42]

Plans for two new U.S. facilities that will use hydrogen instead of coal to make steel hold the promise of decarbonizing this essential but dirty industry. But don’t expect overnight change. Reporter Maria Gallucci looks at the complexities of making the switch, from ditching the blast furnace to reducing pollution all along the supply chain.

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Features [43]
Topics on the Beat:
Activism [32]
Air [3]
Chemicals [44]
Climate Change [4]
Economy & Business [5]
Energy & Fuel [6]
Environmental Health [28]
Environmental Justice [20]
Environmental Politics [7]
Government [8]
Natural Resources [22]
Policy [11]
Pollution [12]
Science [29]
Technology [13]
Region:
National (U.S.) [16]
Great Lakes (IL IN MI MN OH WI) [45]
Mid-Atlantic (DC DE MD PA VA WV) [46]
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [24]
International [25]
Europe [47]
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Public [17]
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EV Charging Stations — Are They There Yet? [48]

For all the talk about the energy transition and the robust growth in electric vehicle sales, there’s one big reason for unease: getting charged. The new Backgrounder takes a deep dive on the state of EV charging stations in the United States, exploring Tesla’s diminishing dominance, coming charger standardization, charging levels, software and for-pay realities, plus the effects of government policy.

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Backgrounders [49]
Topics on the Beat:
Climate Change [4]
Consumer [34]
Energy & Fuel [6]
Environmental Politics [7]
Infrastructure [9]
Planning & Growth [50]
Policy [11]
Technology [13]
Transportation [14]
Region:
National (U.S.) [16]
Visibility:
Public [17]
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Harnessing the Power of Global Forest Watch for Data-Driven Reporting on Land Cover Change [51]

Whether trees fall to chain saws or go up in smoke, deforestation is a major climate change driver. But on-the-ground reporting on forest loss is often challenging. Global Forest Watch provides worldwide land cover change data and tools that can help journalists contextualize deforestation events. Mongabay editor Morgan Erickson-Davis explains the power of this free online platform and shares her favorite features.

SEJ Publication Types:
Features [43]
Topics on the Beat:
Agriculture [52]
Biodiversity [33]
Climate Change [4]
Environmental Health [28]
Environmental Studies [53]
Forests [36]
Journalism & Media [21]
Natural Resources [22]
Science [29]
Technology [13]
Wildlife [37]
Region:
National (U.S.) [16]
International [25]
Visibility:
Public [17]
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Philly Steaks Out New Ground [54]

It just wouldn’t be the Society of Environmental Journalists annual conference recap without the waggish tales of SEJ’s resident wit, David Helvarg, who once again this year skewers the lot of us, sparing not a jot of our five days in Philadelphia. Read on and prepare to snicker.

SEJ Publication Types:
SEJ News [55]
Topics on the Beat:
Agriculture [52]
Climate Change [4]
Disasters [56]
Economy & Business [5]
Energy & Fuel [6]
Environmental Politics [7]
Food [57]
Government [8]
Health [58]
Infrastructure [9]
Journalism & Media [21]
Natural Resources [22]
Nuclear Power & Radiation [59]
Policy [11]
Pollution [12]
Technology [13]
Transportation [14]
Waste [60]
Water & Oceans [15]
Wildlife [37]
Region:
National (U.S.) [16]
Mid-Atlantic (DC DE MD PA VA WV) [46]
Visibility:
Public [17]
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LNG To Fuel Conflict, Profit, Warming in Coming Years [61]

A partisan debate has flared over liquified natural gas, as industry, environmentalists and politicians wrangle over LNG’s role in climate change and the energy transition, heating and electricity prices, and international and domestic U.S. politics. Backgrounder lays out LNG’s history, starting with the fracking boom and bringing it up to speed with the war in Ukraine and upcoming presidential elections.

SEJ Publication Types:
Backgrounders [49]
Topics on the Beat:
Activism [32]
Chemicals [44]
Climate Change [4]
Energy & Fuel [6]
Environmental Politics [7]
Government [8]
Laws & Regulations [10]
Natural Resources [22]
Policy [11]
Pollution [12]
Technology [13]
Transportation [14]
Water & Oceans [15]
Region:
National (U.S.) [16]
Alaska and Hawaii [62]
Mid-Atlantic (DC DE MD PA VA WV) [46]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [63]
International [25]
Canada [64]
Mexico [65]
Asia [39]
Europe [47]
Middle East [66]
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Public [17]
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Will AI Make It Easier To Limit Press Freedom? [67]

Artificial intelligence is at the confluence of forces — concentrated media ownership, the dominance of social media platforms — that are harming press freedoms and the work of journalists. But the WatchDog Opinion column warns AI may quickly further problems of disinformation and censorship. Here’s why, along with some hopeful responses from the journalism profession.

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WatchDog [68]
Topics on the Beat:
Journalism & Media [21]
Policy [11]
Technology [13]
Region:
National (U.S.) [16]
International [25]
Visibility:
Public [17]
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