Publication Items

Environmental Issues Likely To Find Their Way to Courts in 2021 [1]

Environmental journalists may want to brush up on their legalese for 2021, as the likelihood of legal challenges over environmental policies — and Trump-era rollbacks — increases. Our Issue Backgrounder, the newest entry in our growing special report, “2021 Journalists’ Guide to Energy & Environment [2],” looks at potential legal conflicts over climate change, pipelines, drilling, auto emissions, clean water and more.

SEJ Publication Types:
Backgrounders [3]
Topics on the Beat:
Air [4]
Climate Change [5]
Environmental Politics [6]
Government [7]
Journalism & Media [8]
Laws & Regulations [9]
Policy [10]
Pollution [11]
Water & Oceans [12]
Region:
National (U.S.) [13]
Visibility:
Public [14]
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Renewables To Flourish Further in 2021 [15]

Energy markets may mean more than government action in the ongoing effort to cut global warming emissions. But industry spin makes it tough to sort out the facts. The latest TipSheet, part of our expanding “2021 Journalists’ Guide to Energy & Environment [2]” special report, has context on tech advances, shifting demand and the impact of subsidies. That, plus six top developments to watch.

SEJ Publication Types:
TipSheet [16]
Topics on the Beat:
Activism [17]
Climate Change [5]
Consumer [18]
Economy & Business [19]
Energy & Fuel [20]
Environmental Politics [6]
Government [7]
Journalism & Media [8]
Laws & Regulations [9]
Natural Resources [21]
Policy [10]
Pollution [11]
Technology [22]
Transportation [23]
Region:
National (U.S.) [13]
Visibility:
Public [14]
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South Slow To Adapt to Rising Sea Levels, Other Climate Impacts [24]

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 [25]” special report. Plus, a backgrounder, additional tipsheets and a toolbox.

SEJ Publication Types:
Special Reports [26]
Topics on the Beat:
Climate Change [5]
Disasters [27]
Environmental Health [28]
Environmental Politics [6]
Government [7]
Health [29]
Journalism & Media [8]
Laws & Regulations [9]
People & Population [30]
Planning & Growth [31]
Policy [10]
Water & Oceans [12]
Region:
National (U.S.) [13]
Mid-Atlantic (DC DE MD PA VA WV) [32]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [33]
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [34]
Visibility:
Public [14]
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Crisis Threatens the Country’s Most Vulnerable Region [35]

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 [25]” 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 [26]
Topics on the Beat:
Agriculture [36]
Air [4]
Climate Change [5]
Consumer [18]
Disasters [27]
Economy & Business [19]
Energy & Fuel [20]
Environmental Health [28]
Environmental Politics [6]
Health [29]
Journalism & Media [8]
Natural Resources [21]
People & Population [30]
Planning & Growth [31]
Policy [10]
Pollution [11]
Water & Oceans [12]
Region:
National (U.S.) [13]
Mid-Atlantic (DC DE MD PA VA WV) [32]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [33]
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [34]
Visibility:
Public [14]
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Author Lopez Remembered; SEJ Speech Reshared [37]

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 [38]
Topics on the Beat:
Diversity [39]
Environmental Health [28]
Health [29]
Journalism & Media [8]
People & Population [30]
Visibility:
Public [14]
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Why the South Lags on Staving Off Crisis [40]

Most Southern state leaders are doing the least to fight the climate crisis, despite having the most to lose environmentally and economically. When will that begin to change? The latest entry in our “Covering Your Climate: The South [25]” special report looks at the politics of the climate crisis, the dominance of utilities, and the transportation and forestry sectors, along with the few climate breakthroughs.

SEJ Publication Types:
Special Reports [26]
Topics on the Beat:
Air [4]
Climate Change [5]
Consumer [18]
Economy & Business [19]
Energy & Fuel [20]
Environmental Politics [6]
Government [7]
Health [29]
Journalism & Media [8]
Laws & Regulations [9]
Natural Resources [21]
Planning & Growth [31]
Policy [10]
Pollution [11]
Transportation [23]
Region:
National (U.S.) [13]
Mid-Atlantic (DC DE MD PA VA WV) [32]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [33]
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [34]
Visibility:
Public [14]
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Is the South Confronting Its Climate Threats? [41]

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 [26]
Topics on the Beat:
Activism [17]
Agriculture [36]
Air [4]
Biodiversity [42]
Climate Change [5]
Consumer [18]
Disasters [27]
Economy & Business [19]
Energy & Fuel [20]
Environmental Health [28]
Environmental Politics [6]
Government [7]
Health [29]
Journalism & Media [8]
Laws & Regulations [9]
Natural Resources [21]
Nuclear Power & Radiation [43]
People & Population [30]
Planning & Growth [31]
Policy [10]
Pollution [11]
Science [44]
Technology [22]
Transportation [23]
Water & Oceans [12]
Region:
National (U.S.) [13]
Mid-Atlantic (DC DE MD PA VA WV) [32]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [33]
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [34]
Visibility:
Public [14]
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Environmental Justice Stories Will Keep Proliferating in 2021 [45]

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 [46], 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 [16]
Topics on the Beat:
Activism [17]
Air [4]
Chemicals [47]
Environmental Health [28]
Environmental Politics [6]
Government [7]
Health [29]
Journalism & Media [8]
People & Population [30]
Policy [10]
Pollution [11]
Waste [48]
Water & Oceans [12]
Region:
National (U.S.) [13]
Great Lakes (IL IN MI MN OH WI) [49]
Great Plains (IA KS ND NE MO SD) [50]
Mid-Atlantic (DC DE MD PA VA WV) [32]
Mountain West (CO ID MT NV UT WY) [51]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [33]
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [34]
International [52]
Mexico [53]
Visibility:
Public [14]
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“You Can’t Fool Mother Nature: The Once and Future Triumph of Environmentalism” [54]

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 [55]
Topics on the Beat:
Activism [17]
Air [4]
Climate Change [5]
Consumer [18]
Environmental Politics [6]
Journalism & Media [8]
Laws & Regulations [9]
Natural Resources [21]
People & Population [30]
Policy [10]
Pollution [11]
Waste [48]
Water & Oceans [12]
Region:
National (U.S.) [13]
Visibility:
Public [14]
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Searching for Narrative in the Groundwater Where It Happens [56]

A graduate field scientist-cum-multimedia storyteller trains her eye on the confounding challenges of western water, with award-winning student reporting on three family farms that face the draining of critical groundwater basins. Could land that drought makes untenable for farming be restored as habitat for endangered species? That, plus how the “ladder of abstraction” helped her tell the tale. The most recent entry in EJ Academy.

SEJ Publication Types:
EJ Academy [57]
Topics on the Beat:
Agriculture [36]
Environmental Health [28]
Food [58]
Journalism & Media [8]
Natural Resources [21]
Planning & Growth [31]
Water & Oceans [12]
Region:
National (U.S.) [13]
California [59]
Visibility:
Public [14]
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