Publication Items

Incoming House Democrat Committee Chairs Promise News [1]

What will a divided Congress mean for environment and energy issues? This week’s TipSheet explores the question by looking at the Democrats who will now lead key House committees once the new Congress is seated next year. Take a lightning tour of a half-dozen top panels, their anticipated leadership and the issues they tackle, including drinking water safety, environmental justice and climate change, infrastructure, science policy, natural resources and more.

SEJ Publication Types:
TipSheet [2]
Topics on the Beat:
Activism [3]
Air [4]
Climate Change [5]
Economy & Business [6]
Energy & Fuel [7]
Environmental Politics [8]
Fish & Fisheries [9]
Forests [10]
Government [11]
Journalism & Media [12]
Laws & Regulations [13]
Natural Resources [14]
Policy [15]
Pollution [16]
Science [17]
Technology [18]
Transportation [19]
Water & Oceans [20]
Wildlife [21]
Region:
National (U.S.) [22]
Visibility:
Public [23]
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Wetlands Mitigation — Why Draining the Swamp Is a Local Story [24]

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 [6]
Environmental Health [25]
Environmental Politics [8]
Fish & Fisheries [9]
Government [11]
Journalism & Media [12]
Laws & Regulations [13]
Military [26]
Natural Resources [14]
People & Population [27]
Planning & Growth [28]
Policy [15]
Water & Oceans [20]
Region:
National (U.S.) [22]
Visibility:
Public [23]
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Will Hackers Crash U.S. Energy, Environment Infrastructure? [29]

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 [30]
Topics on the Beat:
Disasters [31]
Energy & Fuel [7]
Government [11]
Journalism & Media [12]
Laws & Regulations [13]
Military [26]
Nuclear Power & Radiation [32]
People & Population [27]
Planning & Growth [28]
Policy [15]
Technology [18]
Region:
National (U.S.) [22]
International [33]
Canada [34]
Asia [35]
Europe [36]
Visibility:
Public [23]
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Hunting for Wildlife Stories? Go to a Wildlife Refuge [37]

Long-standing tensions between hunting and conservation mean stories for environmental reporters, especially as hunting season gets underway. But as this week’s TipSheet points out, much hunting also takes place in one of the nation’s most protected habitats — its national wildlife refuges. A look at why, and where, plus a scan of the landscape of sources and resources to tell the story more richly.

SEJ Publication Types:
TipSheet [2]
Topics on the Beat:
Fish & Fisheries [9]
Forests [10]
Government [11]
Journalism & Media [12]
Laws & Regulations [13]
Natural Resources [14]
Wildlife [21]
Region:
National (U.S.) [22]
Visibility:
Public [23]
- Read more about Hunting for Wildlife Stories? Go to a Wildlife Refuge [37]
Environment Issues Figure in Many 2018 Mid-Term Races, Ballots [38]

Climate, environment and energy issues figure prominently in the upcoming Nov. 6 elections, whether in individual races, ballot measures or significant power shifts. This week’s TipSheet provides starting points to track relevant races, and runs down 11 big environmental ballots, ranging from measures like a carbon tax in Washington state and drilling ban in Florida, to tight congressional races in California, Minnesota, New Jersey, North Dakota, South Carolina and Virginia.

SEJ Publication Types:
TipSheet [2]
Topics on the Beat:
Activism [3]
Climate Change [5]
Disasters [31]
Economy & Business [6]
Energy & Fuel [7]
Environmental Politics [8]
Government [11]
Journalism & Media [12]
Laws & Regulations [13]
Natural Resources [14]
Policy [15]
Pollution [16]
Water & Oceans [20]
Region:
National (U.S.) [22]
California [39]
Great Lakes (IL IN MI MN OH WI) [40]
Great Plains (IA KS ND NE MO SD) [41]
Mid-Atlantic (DC DE MD PA VA WV) [42]
Mountain West (CO ID MT NV UT WY) [43]
Northeast (CT MA ME NH NJ NY RI VT) [44]
Northwest (OR WA) [45]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [46]
Visibility:
Public [23]
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How Others Are Practicing Multimedia [47]

As part of SEJournal's new EJ InSight column, a quarterly section that will explore the range of photojournalism, videography, information graphics and data visualization for environmental journalism, read a short piece on how print environmental journalists are experimenting with photography.

SEJ Publication Types:
EJ InSight [48]
Topics on the Beat:
Journalism & Media [12]
People & Population [27]
Region:
International [33]
Antarctica & Arctic [49]
Asia [35]
Visibility:
Public [23]
- Read more about How Others Are Practicing Multimedia [47]
Reporting from Iraq — with Both Camera and Notebook [50]

In the first edition of a new SEJournal column — EJ InSight — we look at how one freelance print journalist took up the camera to diversify her skills and report a unique story from the marshes of Iraq. See a photo gallery [51] of her images. Plus, multimedia efforts from other environmental reporters [47].

SEJ Publication Types:
EJ InSight [48]
Topics on the Beat:
Agriculture [52]
Fish & Fisheries [9]
Food [53]
Journalism & Media [12]
Natural Resources [14]
People & Population [27]
Water & Oceans [20]
Region:
International [33]
Middle East [54]
Visibility:
Public [23]
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SEJ Weighs in on Khashoggi, Parks Canada; Plus, Zinke Calendar & Data Resources [55]

The Society of Environmental Journalists has joined several dozen other journalism groups calling for the investigation into the disappearance of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi, and separately, urged Parks Canada to stop imposing reporting barriers for journalists. That, plus black holes in the calendar for Secretary of Interior Ryan Zinke, and new data resources for reporters. All in the latest WatchDog Tipsheet.

SEJ Publication Types:
WatchDog TipSheet [56]
Topics on the Beat:
Activism [3]
Biodiversity [57]
Environmental Politics [8]
Government [11]
Journalism & Media [12]
Laws & Regulations [13]
Natural Resources [14]
Planning & Growth [28]
Wildlife [21]
Region:
National (U.S.) [22]
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [58]
International [33]
Canada [34]
Visibility:
Public [23]
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As Climate Struggle Gets Real, Cities Stand on Front Line [59]

When it comes to facing the risks of coming climate change, cities and states are leading the way for the United States. That means planning for future emissions reductions, as well as preparing for probable impacts. This week’s TipSheet has the story, with details on which local governments are acting and resources to find more, plus ten key questions to ask.

SEJ Publication Types:
TipSheet [2]
Topics on the Beat:
Activism [3]
Climate Change [5]
Disasters [31]
Economy & Business [6]
Energy & Fuel [7]
Environmental Politics [8]
Government [11]
Journalism & Media [12]
Laws & Regulations [13]
People & Population [27]
Planning & Growth [28]
Policy [15]
Region:
National (U.S.) [22]
California [39]
Great Lakes (IL IN MI MN OH WI) [40]
Great Plains (IA KS ND NE MO SD) [41]
Mid-Atlantic (DC DE MD PA VA WV) [42]
Northeast (CT MA ME NH NJ NY RI VT) [44]
Northwest (OR WA) [45]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [46]
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [58]
International [33]
Visibility:
Public [23]
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Between the Lines: From News to Nest, Veteran Reporter Follows Seabirds' 'Improbable Quest' [60]

Pulitzer Prize finalist Derrick Jackson had written about everything from sports to politics. But then as his interest in the environment began to grow, he had a close encounter with some threatened puffin chicks that became a defining long-term project. Our latest “Between the Lines” author Q&A explores how this newsman and columnist came to co-author and photograph “Project Puffin: The Improbable Quest to Bring a Beloved Seabird Back to Egg Rock. [61]”

SEJ Publication Types:
BookShelf [62]
Topics on the Beat:
Biodiversity [57]
Fish & Fisheries [9]
Journalism & Media [12]
Science [17]
Water & Oceans [20]
Region:
National (U.S.) [22]
Northeast (CT MA ME NH NJ NY RI VT) [44]
Visibility:
Public [23]
- Read more about Between the Lines: From News to Nest, Veteran Reporter Follows Seabirds' 'Improbable Quest' [60]

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