Publication Items

As Fight Flares Over Public Lands, Summoning Power of Past Bond [1]

Bobby Magill, in his most recent SEJ President's Report, recalls his time traversing federal wilderness areas that are now increasingly the subject of dispute. How are they to be used? Who is to hold them? Will these vast Western lands remain in the public domain? And what is the role of journalists in covering this story?

SEJ Publication Types:
SEJ Presidents Report [2]
Topics on the Beat:
Environmental Politics [3]
Forests [4]
Government [5]
Journalism & Media [6]
Laws & Regulations [7]
Natural Resources [8]
Wildlife [9]
Region:
National (U.S.) [10]
Visibility:
Public [11]
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Sundance Festival a Megaphone for Climate Concerns [12]

For the first time, Sundance Film Festival spotlighted a single theme, and it was climate change. Documentaries highlighting the issue including a sequel to Al Gore's blockbuster, as well as more than a dozen other films dealing with issues like coral reefs, recyling, changing landscapes and rainforest destruction.

SEJ Publication Types:
Features [13]
Topics on the Beat:
Activism [14]
Agriculture [15]
Climate Change [16]
Energy & Fuel [17]
Environmental Politics [3]
Fish & Fisheries [18]
Forests [4]
Natural Resources [8]
People & Population [19]
Policy [20]
Waste [21]
Water & Oceans [22]
Wildlife [9]
Region:
National (U.S.) [10]
Alaska and Hawaii [23]
California [24]
Great Plains (IA KS ND NE MO SD) [25]
Mountain West (CO ID MT NV UT WY) [26]
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [27]
International [28]
Mexico [29]
Africa [30]
Australia & Oceania [31]
Visibility:
Public [11]
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Will 'Drill, Baby, Drill' Be Watchword in Trump Era? [32]

Conflict is brewing over the leasing of oil and gas drilling rights on millions of acres of federal land, now that the pro-oil-and-gas GOP controls Congress and the White House. And one especially big battle to come? The one over opening for drilling the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, a dispute that raged for decades.

SEJ Publication Types:
TipSheet [33]
Topics on the Beat:
Environmental Politics [3]
Government [5]
Laws & Regulations [7]
Natural Resources [8]
Pollution [34]
Transportation [35]
Wildlife [9]
Region:
National (U.S.) [10]
Alaska and Hawaii [23]
Visibility:
Public [11]
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"Heart of a Lion: A Lone Cat’s Walk Across America" [36]

SEJ Publication Types:
BookShelf [37]
Topics on the Beat:
Wildlife [9]
Visibility:
Public [11]
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Between the Lines: ‘Epic Journey’ for Shorebird ... and Writer [38]

In an award-winning book lauded for its eloquence and serious science, author Deborah Cramer tracks the tale of the first U.S. bird added to the Endangered Species List due to the threat of climate change. More in our 'Between the Lines' interview on the migratory red knot, its bond with the horseshoe crab, and on turning research into writing.

SEJ Publication Types:
BookShelf [37]
Topics on the Beat:
Water & Oceans [22]
Wildlife [9]
Region:
National (U.S.) [10]
Visibility:
Public [11]
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Lame Duck Congress Has Energy, Enviro Measures on Menu [39]

As the 114th Congress comes to a close, and the likelihood of a dramatically different approach in the coming Congress, a number of environment and energy bills remain unresolved. Our latest TipSheet looks at prospects for measures on water resources, energy, trade, hunting and more. Image: © Clipart.com [40]

SEJ Publication Types:
TipSheet [33]
Topics on the Beat:
Energy & Fuel [17]
Environmental Politics [3]
Government [5]
Laws & Regulations [7]
Natural Resources [8]
Water & Oceans [22]
Wildlife [9]
Region:
National (U.S.) [10]
Visibility:
Public [11]
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"Cloak and Jaguar: Following a Cat from Desert to Courtroom" [41]

SEJ Publication Types:
BookShelf [37]
Topics on the Beat:
Government [5]
Wildlife [9]
Visibility:
Public [11]
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"Once They Were Hats: In Search of the Mighty Beaver" [42]

SEJ Publication Types:
BookShelf [37]
Topics on the Beat:
Climate Change [16]
Wildlife [9]
Visibility:
Public [11]
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Scientist Says USDA Used Press Office To Silence Him [43]

Scientist Jonathan Lundgren (left), who has been researching the effects of neonicotinoid pesticides on Monarch butterflies, filed a whistleblower complaint and lost. And, Lundgren claimed his supervisors at the USDA's Agricultural Research Service told him not to talk to news media and punished him when he did.

SEJ Publication Types:
WatchDog TipSheet [44]
Topics on the Beat:
Agriculture [15]
Biodiversity [45]
Chemicals [46]
Environmental Politics [3]
Science [47]
Wildlife [9]
Visibility:
Public [11]
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"North Shore: A Natural History of Minnesota’s Superior Coast" [48]

SEJ Publication Types:
BookShelf [37]
Topics on the Beat:
Biodiversity [45]
Climate Change [16]
Environmental Health [49]
Fish & Fisheries [18]
Natural Resources [8]
Science [47]
Water & Oceans [22]
Wildlife [9]
Region:
Great Lakes (IL IN MI MN OH WI) [50]
Visibility:
Public [11]
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