Publication Items

“Superpower: One Man’s Quest to Transform American Energy” [1]

The new book, “Superpower: One Man’s Quest to Transform American Energy,” takes what our reviewer calls an illuminating look into the politics and economics of energy development. The volume examines the decade-long effort to build long-distance transmission lines for wind-generated electricity. More in our latest BookShelf review.

SEJ Publication Types:
BookShelf [2]
Topics on the Beat:
Climate Change [3]
Energy & Fuel [4]
Laws & Regulations [5]
Planning & Growth [6]
Region:
National (U.S.) [7]
Great Plains (IA KS ND NE MO SD) [8]
Northeast (CT MA ME NH NJ NY RI VT) [9]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [10]
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [11]
Visibility:
Public [12]
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Big Environmental Impacts on Small Communities Is Story That Must Be Told [13]

While environmental journalists often focus on regulatory wrestling matches in Washington, D.C., a seasoned New York Times investigative reporter argues the most important stories are those in the real communities where bureaucratic impacts are felt. Three-time Pulitzer winner Eric Lipton makes the case for public service in journalism that tells the environment story from the outside in.

SEJ Publication Types:
Features [14]
Topics on the Beat:
Agriculture [15]
Air [16]
Chemicals [17]
Energy & Fuel [4]
Environmental Health [18]
Environmental Politics [19]
Government [20]
Health [21]
Journalism & Media [22]
Laws & Regulations [5]
Natural Resources [23]
Policy [24]
Pollution [25]
Water & Oceans [26]
Region:
National (U.S.) [7]
Alaska and Hawaii [27]
California [28]
Great Lakes (IL IN MI MN OH WI) [29]
Great Plains (IA KS ND NE MO SD) [8]
Mid-Atlantic (DC DE MD PA VA WV) [30]
Mountain West (CO ID MT NV UT WY) [31]
Northeast (CT MA ME NH NJ NY RI VT) [9]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [10]
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [11]
Visibility:
Public [12]
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Closure of Civilian Conservation Centers Ignites Controversy [32]

A decades-old environmental jobs program that provided work for thousands of disadvantaged young people across more than a dozen states has been hit with one of the largest federal downsizings in a decade. Find out how the closing of some Civilian Conservation Centers may be a story near you, from the latest TipSheet.

SEJ Publication Types:
TipSheet [33]
Topics on the Beat:
Economy & Business [34]
Environmental Politics [19]
Forests [35]
Government [20]
Journalism & Media [22]
Natural Resources [23]
People & Population [36]
Region:
National (U.S.) [7]
Great Lakes (IL IN MI MN OH WI) [29]
Great Plains (IA KS ND NE MO SD) [8]
Mid-Atlantic (DC DE MD PA VA WV) [30]
Mountain West (CO ID MT NV UT WY) [31]
Northwest (OR WA) [37]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [10]
Visibility:
Public [12]
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SEJ in Press Freedom Case, Chem Secrecy Bill Fails and More [38]

SEJ joined with several dozen other journalism groups to support the right to film police activity in a public place, and bills to block information of importance to environmental reporters failed in Louisiana, California and Iowa, but a Colorado paper was blocked from covering a wild horse roundup. All that in this month’s WatchDog Tipsheet.

SEJ Publication Types:
WatchDog TipSheet [39]
Topics on the Beat:
Activism [40]
Agriculture [15]
Air [16]
Chemicals [17]
Climate Change [3]
Economy & Business [34]
Energy & Fuel [4]
Government [20]
Journalism & Media [22]
Laws & Regulations [5]
Pollution [25]
Science [41]
Wildlife [42]
Region:
National (U.S.) [7]
California [28]
Great Plains (IA KS ND NE MO SD) [8]
Mid-Atlantic (DC DE MD PA VA WV) [30]
Mountain West (CO ID MT NV UT WY) [31]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [10]
Visibility:
Public [12]
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Is Your Favorite River Endangered? Check the List. [43]

The latest release of the annual endangered rivers list provides boatloads of environmental reporting angles, including climate change-related threats like flooding and drought. This week’s TipSheet has the backstory and the new top-10 list, plus 10 suggested starting points for stories and a half-dozen key reporting resources.

SEJ Publication Types:
TipSheet [33]
Topics on the Beat:
Activism [40]
Climate Change [3]
Consumer [44]
Environmental Health [18]
Fish & Fisheries [45]
Journalism & Media [22]
Natural Resources [23]
Pollution [25]
Science [41]
Water & Oceans [26]
Region:
National (U.S.) [7]
Alaska and Hawaii [27]
Great Lakes (IL IN MI MN OH WI) [29]
Great Plains (IA KS ND NE MO SD) [8]
Mountain West (CO ID MT NV UT WY) [31]
Northeast (CT MA ME NH NJ NY RI VT) [9]
Northwest (OR WA) [37]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [10]
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [11]
Visibility:
Public [12]
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Resiliency Checklist — Is Your Community Ready for the Next Big Flood? [46]

With flood-ravaged Midwestern states in the news, it’s time to ask whether your own community is ready for the “big one.” This week’s TipSheet offers a 10-point Resiliency Checklist to focus your reporting. Track the vulnerability of infrastructure like drinking water and sewage plants, roads, bridges and levees, the adequacy of flood insurance and much more.

SEJ Publication Types:
TipSheet [33]
Topics on the Beat:
Agriculture [15]
Climate Change [3]
Disasters [47]
Journalism & Media [22]
People & Population [36]
Planning & Growth [6]
Transportation [48]
Waste [49]
Water & Oceans [26]
Region:
National (U.S.) [7]
Great Plains (IA KS ND NE MO SD) [8]
Visibility:
Public [12]
- Read more about Resiliency Checklist — Is Your Community Ready for the Next Big Flood? [46]
Oversight on EPA FOIA Screening, Covering Pipeline Protests, Feedlot Air Emissions, Data on Illegal Fishing [50]

The new year will likely mean subpoenas on EPA’s FOIA response policies, as a Democrat takes the chair in the House Oversight Committee amid charges the agency is choking off politically sensitive record requests. And are new laws in a dozen states making coverage of pipeline protests a felony? That, plus air emission exemptions for animal feedlot operators and data on illegal fishing. All in the latest issue of the WatchDog.

SEJ Publication Types:
WatchDog TipSheet [39]
Topics on the Beat:
Activism [40]
Agriculture [15]
Air [16]
Climate Change [3]
Energy & Fuel [4]
Environmental Politics [19]
Fish & Fisheries [45]
Government [20]
Journalism & Media [22]
Laws & Regulations [5]
People & Population [36]
Pollution [25]
Water & Oceans [26]
Region:
National (U.S.) [7]
Great Lakes (IL IN MI MN OH WI) [29]
Great Plains (IA KS ND NE MO SD) [8]
Mid-Atlantic (DC DE MD PA VA WV) [30]
Mountain West (CO ID MT NV UT WY) [31]
Northeast (CT MA ME NH NJ NY RI VT) [9]
Northwest (OR WA) [37]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [10]
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [11]
Visibility:
Public [12]
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The Renewables Revolution — A Renewable Source of News for Year Ahead [51]

The upward trends for renewable energy sources like wind and solar are a sure source of news for 2019, even if challenging political, economic and technical obstacles remain. This week’s TipSheet explains why, plus suggests stories to look for, notes the points of possible contention and offers a range of reporting resources to turn to.

SEJ Publication Types:
TipSheet [33]
Topics on the Beat:
Activism [40]
Climate Change [3]
Consumer [44]
Economy & Business [34]
Energy & Fuel [4]
Environmental Politics [19]
Government [20]
Journalism & Media [22]
Laws & Regulations [5]
Natural Resources [23]
Policy [24]
Region:
National (U.S.) [7]
California [28]
Great Lakes (IL IN MI MN OH WI) [29]
Great Plains (IA KS ND NE MO SD) [8]
Mid-Atlantic (DC DE MD PA VA WV) [30]
Northeast (CT MA ME NH NJ NY RI VT) [9]
Northwest (OR WA) [37]
Visibility:
Public [12]
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Environmental (In)Justice Coverage Grows, As More Media Take Note [52]

Environmental justice-related stories are expected to get more attention in the news media in 2019. But that’s not because the challenge of protecting marginalized communities from lopsided environmental impacts is being met. This week’s TipSheet explains, in a look-ahead to environmental justice stories making the news, the many forms the problem takes, the many communities affected and the emerging notion of “climate justice.”

SEJ Publication Types:
TipSheet [33]
Topics on the Beat:
Activism [40]
Air [16]
Chemicals [17]
Climate Change [3]
Disasters [47]
Environmental Health [18]
Environmental Politics [19]
Government [20]
Health [21]
Journalism & Media [22]
Laws & Regulations [5]
People & Population [36]
Pollution [25]
Region:
National (U.S.) [7]
Alaska and Hawaii [27]
California [28]
Great Lakes (IL IN MI MN OH WI) [29]
Great Plains (IA KS ND NE MO SD) [8]
Mid-Atlantic (DC DE MD PA VA WV) [30]
Mountain West (CO ID MT NV UT WY) [31]
Northeast (CT MA ME NH NJ NY RI VT) [9]
Northwest (OR WA) [37]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [10]
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [11]
International [53]
Mexico [54]
Central America & the Caribbean [55]
Visibility:
Public [12]
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Bear Stories Should Go Beyond Bare Facts [56]

Bears, particularly the plentiful black bears that are the source of much human-bear conflict, can serve as a opening to larger environmental stories, such as habitat destruction and the challenges of the “wildland-urban interface.” This week’s TipSheet has some of the good news/bad news on bears, with story ideas and resources for your reporting.

SEJ Publication Types:
TipSheet [33]
Topics on the Beat:
Climate Change [3]
Environmental Health [18]
Forests [35]
Journalism & Media [22]
Laws & Regulations [5]
Natural Resources [23]
People & Population [36]
Wildlife [42]
Region:
National (U.S.) [7]
Alaska and Hawaii [27]
California [28]
Great Lakes (IL IN MI MN OH WI) [29]
Great Plains (IA KS ND NE MO SD) [8]
Mountain West (CO ID MT NV UT WY) [31]
Northeast (CT MA ME NH NJ NY RI VT) [9]
Northwest (OR WA) [37]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [10]
International [53]
Canada [57]
Antarctica & Arctic [58]
Visibility:
Public [12]
- Read more about Bear Stories Should Go Beyond Bare Facts [56]

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