Publication Items

For Waste Industry, PFAS Disposal Leads to Controversy, Regulation, Mounting Costs [1]

The toxic compounds known as PFAS are causing a crisis in the waste and recycling industry, which faces mounting regulation and litigation over handling its presence in the waste stream. One reporter on the PFAS front lines explains the industry’s dilemma, as well as the challenges of covering the story and how a financial prism led to important insights into industry’s response.

SEJ Publication Types:
Features [2]
Topics on the Beat:
Chemicals [3]
Economy & Business [4]
Environmental Health [5]
Health [6]
Journalism & Media [7]
Laws & Regulations [8]
Military [9]
Pollution [10]
Waste [11]
Water & Oceans [12]
Region:
National (U.S.) [13]
California [14]
Great Lakes (IL IN MI MN OH WI) [15]
Northeast (CT MA ME NH NJ NY RI VT) [16]
Northwest (OR WA) [17]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [18]
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Public [19]
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SEJ Grant Program Gives Boost to Environmental Coverage [20]

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 [21]
Topics on the Beat:
Agriculture [22]
Disasters [23]
Environmental Health [5]
Health [6]
Journalism & Media [7]
Nuclear Power & Radiation [24]
Pollution [10]
Waste [11]
Water & Oceans [12]
Region:
National (U.S.) [13]
Northeast (CT MA ME NH NJ NY RI VT) [16]
International [25]
Asia [26]
Europe [27]
Visibility:
Public [19]
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Climate Assessment Delayed? Plus, High Court To Hear Enviro FOIA Case [28]

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 [29]
Topics on the Beat:
Biodiversity [30]
Climate Change [31]
Environmental Health [5]
Environmental Politics [32]
Fish & Fisheries [33]
Government [34]
Journalism & Media [7]
Laws & Regulations [8]
Policy [35]
Science [36]
Water & Oceans [12]
Wildlife [37]
Region:
National (U.S.) [13]
Visibility:
Public [19]
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Time To Flip the Ocean Script — From Victim to Solution [38]

The narrative around the ocean should become a more hopeful one, argues former NOAA administrator Jane Lubchenco. As evidence at the Society of Environmental Journalists’ recent virtual conference, Lubchenco cites a top-level international analysis that suggests the ocean can play a positive role in everything from reducing climate change to securing the future of food. Find out more.

SEJ Publication Types:
SEJ News [39]
Topics on the Beat:
Climate Change [31]
Economy & Business [4]
Energy & Fuel [40]
Environmental Health [5]
Environmental Politics [32]
Environmental Studies [41]
Fish & Fisheries [33]
Food [42]
Government [34]
Health [6]
Laws & Regulations [8]
Natural Resources [43]
Policy [35]
Pollution [10]
Science [36]
Transportation [44]
Waste [11]
Water & Oceans [12]
Region:
National (U.S.) [13]
International [25]
Visibility:
Public [19]
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Bringing Stories Home Under Lockdown, With Remote Video Interviews [45]

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.

SEJ Publication Types:
Features [2]
Topics on the Beat:
Activism [46]
Agriculture [22]
Air [47]
Biodiversity [30]
Chemicals [3]
Climate Change [31]
Consumer [48]
Disasters [23]
Economy & Business [4]
Energy & Fuel [40]
Environmental Health [5]
Environmental Politics [32]
Environmental Studies [41]
Fish & Fisheries [33]
Food [42]
Forests [49]
Government [34]
Health [6]
Journalism & Media [7]
Laws & Regulations [8]
Military [9]
Natural Resources [43]
Nuclear Power & Radiation [24]
Other or All [50]
People & Population [51]
Planning & Growth [52]
Policy [35]
Pollution [10]
Science [36]
Technology [53]
Transportation [44]
Waste [11]
Water & Oceans [12]
Region:
National (U.S.) [13]
Alaska and Hawaii [54]
California [14]
Great Lakes (IL IN MI MN OH WI) [15]
Great Plains (IA KS ND NE MO SD) [55]
Mid-Atlantic (DC DE MD PA VA WV) [56]
Mountain West (CO ID MT NV UT WY) [57]
Northeast (CT MA ME NH NJ NY RI VT) [16]
Northwest (OR WA) [17]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [18]
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [58]
International [25]
Canada [59]
Mexico [60]
Africa [61]
Antarctica & Arctic [62]
Asia [26]
Australia & Oceania [63]
Central America & the Caribbean [64]
Europe [27]
Middle East [65]
South America [66]
Visibility:
Public [19]
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“Flight Lines: Across the Globe on a Journey With the Astonishing Ultramarathon Birds” [67]

Weighing in at little more than a couple of pats of butter, the remarkable grey plover undergoes an epic migration of thousands of miles. A new volume captures the wonder of this tiny shorebird, as well as worries over its rapidly declining numbers and possible extinction. Melody Kemp reviews “Flight Lines” in this month’s BookShelf.

SEJ Publication Types:
BookShelf [68]
Topics on the Beat:
Biodiversity [30]
Environmental Health [5]
Wildlife [37]
Region:
International [25]
Antarctica & Arctic [62]
Asia [26]
Australia & Oceania [63]
Visibility:
Public [19]
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Building Materials Data Can Help Construct Environmental Stories [69]

Toxics abound in many building materials, creating indoor environmental hazards for workers and residents alike. To help report the story, Reporter’s Toolbox details a massive database of chemicals and building materials, and explains how to use it to assess their presence in buildings in your community. Plus, story ideas to get you started.

SEJ Publication Types:
Reporters Toolbox [70]
Topics on the Beat:
Air [47]
Chemicals [3]
Consumer [48]
Disasters [23]
Environmental Health [5]
Health [6]
Journalism & Media [7]
Region:
National (U.S.) [13]
International [25]
Visibility:
Public [19]
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Small-Market Reporter Unmasks Race Gap in Pollution Response [71]

When two towns — one an affluent suburb and the other a poor rural community — faced similar air pollution crises, lopsided government action made clear there was an underlying race and class divide. Reporter Sharon Lerner shares the story behind her award-winning reporting that tells the “Tale of Two Toxic Cities,” in our latest Inside Story Q&A.

SEJ Publication Types:
Inside Story [72]
Topics on the Beat:
Activism [46]
Air [47]
Chemicals [3]
Environmental Health [5]
Environmental Politics [32]
Government [34]
Health [6]
Journalism & Media [7]
People & Population [51]
Pollution [10]
Region:
National (U.S.) [13]
Great Lakes (IL IN MI MN OH WI) [15]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [18]
Visibility:
Public [19]
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Consumption Advisories Offer Fistful of Fish Tales [73]

With fishing season underway in the United States and Canada, fish consumption advisories are also on the hook. That means potential stories for environmental journalists. The latest Reporter’s Toolbox points you to state-by-state data sources and walks you through how to best explain them to your audience. Plus, a bonus story tip.

SEJ Publication Types:
Reporters Toolbox [70]
Topics on the Beat:
Chemicals [3]
Consumer [48]
Environmental Health [5]
Fish & Fisheries [33]
Food [42]
Government [34]
Health [6]
Journalism & Media [7]
Laws & Regulations [8]
Natural Resources [43]
Pollution [10]
Water & Oceans [12]
Region:
National (U.S.) [13]
International [25]
Canada [59]
Visibility:
Public [19]
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Disaster Preparedness Key Amid Pandemic [74]

Unheeded warnings are the hallmark of many disasters. And with coronavirus still hobbling the nation, communities and journalists must now watch for all the ways COVID-19 could make even the most familiar hazards far worse. Prepare with this extensive Backgrounder, which touches on issues around evacuations and emergency readiness when facing storms, fires, toxic releases and more.

SEJ Publication Types:
Backgrounders [75]
Topics on the Beat:
Air [47]
Chemicals [3]
Disasters [23]
Environmental Health [5]
Government [34]
Health [6]
Journalism & Media [7]
Laws & Regulations [8]
People & Population [51]
Planning & Growth [52]
Policy [35]
Region:
National (U.S.) [13]
California [14]
Great Lakes (IL IN MI MN OH WI) [15]
Mid-Atlantic (DC DE MD PA VA WV) [56]
Visibility:
Public [19]
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