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U.N. Summit Lays the Table for Environmental Reporting on Food Systems [1]

After an 18-month buildup, a one-day U.N. Food Systems Summit earlier this fall generated hundreds of commitments to end global hunger and a dizzying array of alliances dedicated to the cause. Despite controversies surrounding the summit, this groundbreaking event highlighted opportunities for reporting on food and food systems. Award-winning agriculture journalist Chris Clayton shares his insights.

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Features [2]
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Activism [3]
Agriculture [4]
Biodiversity [5]
Chemicals [6]
Climate Change [7]
Consumer [8]
Disasters [9]
Economy & Business [10]
Energy & Fuel [11]
Environmental Health [12]
Environmental Justice [13]
Environmental Politics [14]
Food [15]
Government [16]
Health [17]
Journalism & Media [18]
Laws & Regulations [19]
Natural Resources [20]
People & Population [21]
Planning & Growth [22]
Policy [23]
Pollution [24]
Science [25]
Technology [26]
Waste [27]
Region:
National (U.S.) [28]
California [29]
Great Plains (IA KS ND NE MO SD) [30]
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [31]
International [32]
Canada [33]
Africa [34]
Europe [35]
Middle East [36]
South America [37]
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As Locales Move to Decarbonize Buildings, Will States Ban Gas Bans? [39]

While climate change is certainly a global phenomenon, conflicts over addressing it often turn on local concerns. Case in point: Community bans on the use of the fossil fuel methane (aka natural gas), which has in turn prompted some states to ban the bans themselves. The latest TipSheet explains the bans and how they play into the climate change debate, plus story ideas and resources.

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TipSheet [40]
Topics on the Beat:
Activism [3]
Climate Change [7]
Consumer [8]
Energy & Fuel [11]
Environmental Politics [14]
Government [16]
Infrastructure [41]
Journalism & Media [18]
Laws & Regulations [19]
Natural Resources [20]
Policy [23]
Region:
National (U.S.) [28]
California [29]
Great Plains (IA KS ND NE MO SD) [30]
Mountain West (CO ID MT NV UT WY) [42]
Northeast (CT MA ME NH NJ NY RI VT) [43]
Northwest (OR WA) [44]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [45]
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [31]
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A Look Back at the Birth of the Animal Rights Movement [46]

The origins of the struggle to protect animal welfare began with preventing the brutal mistreatment of carriage horses. And a new volume explores how one man did much to extend those protections to many species with the founding of the ASPCA. Our BookShelf has a review of “A Traitor to His Species: Henry Bergh and the Birth of the Animal Rights Movement.”

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Great Plains (IA KS ND NE MO SD) [30]
Mid-Atlantic (DC DE MD PA VA WV) [49]
Northeast (CT MA ME NH NJ NY RI VT) [43]
International [32]
Europe [35]
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Boom and Bust — Two Books Explore Working-Class Communities in the Clean Energy Transition [50]

For a clean energy transition to succeed, it almost certainly will have to bring along displaced workers and communities. To help journalists understand the challenges underlying that shift, BookShelf’s Jenny Weeks reviews two volumes. The first is a new memoir of working in North Dakota’s booming Bakken oil fields, the second an earlier account of decline in a working-class community in Oregon.

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BookShelf [47]
Topics on the Beat:
Economy & Business [10]
Energy & Fuel [11]
Environmental Justice [13]
Environmental Politics [14]
Health [17]
People & Population [21]
Policy [23]
Region:
National (U.S.) [28]
Great Plains (IA KS ND NE MO SD) [30]
Northwest (OR WA) [44]
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Before You Cover That Pipeline Protest, Check the Law [51]

At least 16 states currently have critical infrastructure anti-protest laws that could sweep up journalists on the scene, reports the latest TipSheet. The laws, which more states are considering, apply to pipelines, but sometimes other facilities that impact the environment too, like powerlines, dams, port facilities and refineries. How to keep track and avoid going to jail.

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TipSheet [40]
Topics on the Beat:
Activism [3]
Energy & Fuel [11]
Environmental Justice [13]
Environmental Politics [14]
Government [16]
Infrastructure [41]
Journalism & Media [18]
Laws & Regulations [19]
Policy [23]
Region:
National (U.S.) [28]
Great Lakes (IL IN MI MN OH WI) [48]
Great Plains (IA KS ND NE MO SD) [30]
Mid-Atlantic (DC DE MD PA VA WV) [49]
Mountain West (CO ID MT NV UT WY) [42]
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Top Biden Climate Advisor, Others Preview 2021 Energy and Enviro News [52]

President Biden’s national climate advisor Gina McCarthy joined an outspoken U.S. senator and a roundtable of elite journalists last week to preview dramatic changes possibly ahead in U.S. and international climate policy, environmental justice, clean energy and more. Get the upshot from the Society of Environmental Journalists’ 2021 Guide to Energy & Environment event. Plus, watch video of the full program [53].

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SEJ News [54]
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Climate Change [7]
Energy & Fuel [11]
Environmental Politics [14]
Government [16]
Health [17]
Journalism & Media [18]
Laws & Regulations [19]
People & Population [21]
Policy [23]
Science [25]
Water & Oceans [55]
Region:
National (U.S.) [28]
California [29]
Great Plains (IA KS ND NE MO SD) [30]
Mountain West (CO ID MT NV UT WY) [42]
Northwest (OR WA) [44]
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [31]
International [32]
Europe [35]
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Biden Nominees Foretell Aggressive Action on Climate, Environmental Justice [56]

Key picks for President Biden’s environment and energy team suggest top priorities, among them an aggressive, whole-government climate change agenda. The latest Backgrounder assesses choices to pursue Biden’s international and domestic climate policies, as well as historic selections for EPA and Interior, and more. Plus, dive into SEJournal’s expanding “2021 Journalists’ Guide to Energy & Environment [57]” special report.

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Backgrounders [58]
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Activism [3]
Climate Change [7]
Energy & Fuel [11]
Environmental Politics [14]
Government [16]
Laws & Regulations [19]
Policy [23]
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National (U.S.) [28]
California [29]
Great Lakes (IL IN MI MN OH WI) [48]
Great Plains (IA KS ND NE MO SD) [30]
Northeast (CT MA ME NH NJ NY RI VT) [43]
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [31]
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Environmental Justice Stories Will Keep Proliferating in 2021 [59]

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 [57], scans the landscape of trouble spots, from urban to rural, industrial zones to Superfund sites. Plus, story ideas and reporting resources.

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Activism [3]
Air [60]
Chemicals [6]
Environmental Health [12]
Environmental Politics [14]
Government [16]
Health [17]
Journalism & Media [18]
People & Population [21]
Policy [23]
Pollution [24]
Waste [27]
Water & Oceans [55]
Region:
National (U.S.) [28]
Great Lakes (IL IN MI MN OH WI) [48]
Great Plains (IA KS ND NE MO SD) [30]
Mid-Atlantic (DC DE MD PA VA WV) [49]
Mountain West (CO ID MT NV UT WY) [42]
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International [32]
Mexico [61]
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How Much Longer Will Insurers Cover Wildfire Loss Near You? [62]

With wildfire exploding across the West this season, it may not be long before insurance companies worried about houses built along the wildland-urban interface try to raise premiums or drop policies altogether. It’s already happening in California, which is pushing back. Will it happen in your region as well? TipSheet has the backstory, plus a range of reporting resources.

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TipSheet [40]
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Climate Change [7]
Consumer [8]
Disasters [9]
Planning & Growth [22]
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National (U.S.) [28]
California [29]
Great Lakes (IL IN MI MN OH WI) [48]
Great Plains (IA KS ND NE MO SD) [30]
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Bringing Stories Home Under Lockdown, With Remote Video Interviews [63]

They’ve long been a staple of the news business. But now, with the pandemic continuing to keep journalists from their subjects, remote video interviews have become an essential tool. And even newbie video reporters can quickly learn the basics. Science video producer Eli Kintisch shares a quick eight-step remote video setup and some simple tricks of the trade, in this SEJournal how-to.

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Chemicals [6]
Climate Change [7]
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Economy & Business [10]
Energy & Fuel [11]
Environmental Health [12]
Environmental Politics [14]
Environmental Studies [64]
Fish & Fisheries [65]
Food [15]
Forests [66]
Government [16]
Health [17]
Journalism & Media [18]
Laws & Regulations [19]
Military [67]
Natural Resources [20]
Nuclear Power & Radiation [68]
Other or All [69]
People & Population [21]
Planning & Growth [22]
Policy [23]
Pollution [24]
Science [25]
Technology [26]
Transportation [70]
Waste [27]
Water & Oceans [55]
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National (U.S.) [28]
Alaska and Hawaii [71]
California [29]
Great Lakes (IL IN MI MN OH WI) [48]
Great Plains (IA KS ND NE MO SD) [30]
Mid-Atlantic (DC DE MD PA VA WV) [49]
Mountain West (CO ID MT NV UT WY) [42]
Northeast (CT MA ME NH NJ NY RI VT) [43]
Northwest (OR WA) [44]
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Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [31]
International [32]
Canada [33]
Mexico [61]
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