Publication Items

SEJ Grant Program Gives Boost to Environmental Coverage [1]

With this issue, SEJournal launches its newest column — FEJ StoryLog. The bimonthly feature will bring you the lessons of journalists who have been able to pursue their public service reporting work through the largesse of the Fund for Environmental Journalism. Column editor Carolyn Whetzel tells the story of the grant program and its successes. And watch in coming weeks for our first grantee StoryLog, from reporter Christine Woodside.

SEJ Publication Types:
FEJ StoryLog [2]
Topics on the Beat:
Agriculture [3]
Disasters [4]
Environmental Health [5]
Health [6]
Journalism & Media [7]
Nuclear Power & Radiation [8]
Pollution [9]
Waste [10]
Water & Oceans [11]
Region:
National (U.S.) [12]
Northeast (CT MA ME NH NJ NY RI VT) [13]
International [14]
Asia [15]
Europe [16]
Visibility:
Public [17]
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Conservative Court To Consider Upcoming Environment Cases [18]

Amy Coney Barrett’s swearing-in as associate justice this week brings a solidifying conservative majority to the Supreme Court. That likely means environmental issues coming before the justices will face new legal tests. The latest TipSheet explores four prominent cases coming to the high court this term that will help shed light on its evolving views on climate, water and public information.

SEJ Publication Types:
TipSheet [19]
Topics on the Beat:
Biodiversity [20]
Climate Change [21]
Energy & Fuel [22]
Environmental Politics [23]
Fish & Fisheries [24]
Journalism & Media [7]
Laws & Regulations [25]
Policy [26]
Pollution [9]
Water & Oceans [11]
Wildlife [27]
Region:
National (U.S.) [12]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [28]
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [29]
Visibility:
Public [17]
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Climate Assessment Delayed? Plus, High Court To Hear Enviro FOIA Case [30]

A forthcoming U.S. National Climate Assessment, due in 2022, faces delays, thanks to Trump administration foot-dragging, according to the new WatchDog Opinion column. And the Supreme Court, possibly with a new Justice Amy Coney Barrett aboard, is about to hear arguments on a freedom of information case involving the Endangered Species Act.

SEJ Publication Types:
WatchDog [31]
Topics on the Beat:
Biodiversity [20]
Climate Change [21]
Environmental Health [5]
Environmental Politics [23]
Fish & Fisheries [24]
Government [32]
Journalism & Media [7]
Laws & Regulations [25]
Policy [26]
Science [33]
Water & Oceans [11]
Wildlife [27]
Region:
National (U.S.) [12]
Visibility:
Public [17]
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Climate Money Meets the Super PACs [34]

Amid the frenzy of Election 2020 comes a quieter development: The emergence of Big Climate money. Green groups and climate-focused fundraisers are now starting to take their place as major players alongside Big Oil as campaign contributors. The latest Reporter’s Toolbox suggests databases and other resources to help track climate (and other election) money.

SEJ Publication Types:
Reporters Toolbox [35]
Topics on the Beat:
Activism [36]
Climate Change [21]
Economy & Business [37]
Energy & Fuel [22]
Environmental Politics [23]
Government [32]
Journalism & Media [7]
Policy [26]
Region:
National (U.S.) [12]
Visibility:
Public [17]
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Letting Residents Take the Lead in ‘Polluter's Paradise’ [38]

A battery of polluting industry spewing toxic pollution and a small town of residents south of Baton Rouge unbowed by their circumstance make for the ingredients of a powerful team investigative project, newly named to the top prize in the Society of Environmental Journalists’ 2020 reporting awards. Inside Story offers a look behind “Polluter’s Paradise” in a Q&A with reporter Tristan Baurick.

SEJ Publication Types:
Inside Story [39]
Topics on the Beat:
Activism [36]
Air [40]
Chemicals [41]
Environmental Politics [23]
Health [6]
Journalism & Media [7]
People & Population [42]
Pollution [9]
Region:
National (U.S.) [12]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [28]
Visibility:
Public [17]
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Could Dems Borrow GOP Playbook To Roll Back Trump Rules? [43]

If oddsmakers are right and the Dems sweep the White House and both houses of Congress next month, one significant outcome could be the rollback of prominent Trump administration deregulatory moves. The latest TipSheet explains how an arcane law might make such reversals possible, and then spotlights half-a-dozen potentially vulnerable Trump regulatory actions.

SEJ Publication Types:
TipSheet [19]
Topics on the Beat:
Air [40]
Chemicals [41]
Climate Change [21]
Economy & Business [37]
Energy & Fuel [22]
Environmental Politics [23]
Government [32]
Journalism & Media [7]
Laws & Regulations [25]
Policy [26]
Pollution [9]
Science [33]
Wildlife [27]
Region:
National (U.S.) [12]
Visibility:
Public [17]
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Plant Trackers Help Mark Coal’s Decline [44]

Keeping tabs on the increasingly frequent closing of U.S. coal-fired electric power plants is an important way to follow developments on the larger climate change beat. The latest Reporter’s Toolbox points to several mapping databases that help make the job far easier — whether watching the industry in the United States or abroad.

SEJ Publication Types:
Reporters Toolbox [35]
Topics on the Beat:
Activism [36]
Air [40]
Climate Change [21]
Energy & Fuel [22]
Journalism & Media [7]
Natural Resources [45]
Pollution [9]
Region:
National (U.S.) [12]
International [14]
Visibility:
Public [17]
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Why Reporters Should Catch the Watershed by the Tale [46]

Drainage basin may not be the sexiest of ecosystem designations, but watersheds have essential stories to tell. And environment reporters would be wise to view them as regional beats all their own, argues a long-time watershed reporter, who explains why and offers a series of tips to help journalists get the best of the basin beat.

SEJ Publication Types:
Features [47]
Topics on the Beat:
Fish & Fisheries [24]
Journalism & Media [7]
Natural Resources [45]
Water & Oceans [11]
Region:
National (U.S.) [12]
Mid-Atlantic (DC DE MD PA VA WV) [48]
Visibility:
Public [17]
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Need Climate Questions? We’ve Got Climate Questions. [49]

Climate change may have made an unexpected appearance at the raucous 2020 presidential debate last night, but it's equally important to quiz state and local candidates on the topic too. The latest TipSheet offers environment and energy journalists a list of 10 key climate change questions to ask in reporting elections in your coverage area.

SEJ Publication Types:
TipSheet [19]
Topics on the Beat:
Climate Change [21]
Economy & Business [37]
Energy & Fuel [22]
Environmental Politics [23]
Government [32]
Journalism & Media [7]
Laws & Regulations [25]
Military [50]
Policy [26]
Science [33]
Region:
National (U.S.) [12]
International [14]
Visibility:
Public [17]
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Trump Flack Tries To Spin Key CDC Weekly Report [51]

More revelations of Trump administration duplicity on the science front, per the new WatchDog opinion column, which reports on a scoop about political appointees trying to warp weekly public health data to ensure they don’t undercut Trump’s political messaging. Oh, and Bob Woodward’s new book affirming the president knew of COVID-19’s dangers early on, but deliberately played them down.

SEJ Publication Types:
WatchDog [31]
Topics on the Beat:
Disasters [4]
Environmental Politics [23]
Government [32]
Health [6]
Journalism & Media [7]
Science [33]
Region:
National (U.S.) [12]
Visibility:
Public [17]
- Read more about Trump Flack Tries To Spin Key CDC Weekly Report [51]

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