Publication Items

"DDT Wars: Rescuing Our National Bird, Preventing Cancer, and Creating the Environmental Defense Fund" [1]

SEJ Publication Types:
BookShelf [2]
Topics on the Beat:
Activism [3]
Chemicals [4]
Laws & Regulations [5]
Wildlife [6]
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Public [7]
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Between the Lines: Author Spends Two Decades ‘Hooked on a Character’ [8]

Rarely does a writer get so deeply into the heart of his or her subject while also avoiding the pitfalls of sentimentality. So began the judges’ comments for “Untamed: The Wildest Woman in America and the Fight for Cumberland Island,” winner of SEJ’s 2015 Rachel Carson Environment Book Award. [9] The book’s author, Will Harlan, spent 19 years developing a bold, unflinching portrayal of Cumberland Island, Ga.’s most ardent defender, the brilliant-yet-eccentric Carol Ruckdeschel. For the latest edition of SEJournal’s Between the Lines author Q & A, Harlan spoke with our book editor, Tom Henry.

SEJ Publication Types:
BookShelf [2]
Topics on the Beat:
Activism [3]
Environmental Studies [10]
Journalism & Media [11]
Natural Resources [12]
Water & Oceans [13]
Wildlife [6]
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SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [14]
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Public [7]
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Chasing Narrative: Turning a Scientist’s Struggle into a Lyrical, Multimedia Tale [15]

SEJ Publication Types:
Inside Story [16]
Topics on the Beat:
Biodiversity [17]
Science [18]
Water & Oceans [13]
Wildlife [6]
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Public [7]
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BP Deepwater Horizon Anniversary: Follow the Science [19]

In this, the second of two special SEJ TipSheets, the Advocate's Amy Wold provides you with a plethora of science-based information to cover the ongoing story of the Deepwater Horizon disaster, on the eve of the five-year anniversary. Photo: Officials assess sample processing and chain of custody protocol for handling specimens associated with the oil spill. Credit: NOAA.

SEJ Publication Types:
TipSheet [20]
Topics on the Beat:
Disasters [21]
Energy & Fuel [22]
Environmental Health [23]
Fish & Fisheries [24]
Natural Resources [12]
Science [18]
Water & Oceans [13]
Wildlife [6]
Region:
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [14]
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Public [7]
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BP Deepwater Horizon Anniversary: Follow the Money [25]

April 20, 2015, marks the fifth anniversary of the BP Deepwater Horizon oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico, one of the largest environmental disasters in U.S. history. The story is far from over. If you are covering the legacy of the spill, SEJ is offering two special TipSheets by the Advocate's Amy Wold that will help you get the facts and background. Photo: Oiled endangered Ridley's turtle. Credit: Carolyn Cole/ LA Times; courtesy NOAA.

SEJ Publication Types:
TipSheet [20]
Topics on the Beat:
Disasters [21]
Energy & Fuel [22]
Environmental Health [23]
Fish & Fisheries [24]
Laws & Regulations [5]
Natural Resources [12]
Pollution [26]
Water & Oceans [13]
Wildlife [6]
Region:
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [14]
Visibility:
Public [7]
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Read the Congressional Reports You're Not Supposed To Read [27]

Journalists hurrying to get up to speed on environmental or energy issues can get objective background from reports by the Congressional Research Service (an arm of the Library of Congress), which does not release them to the taxpaying public that funded them. We thank the Federation of American Scientists' Government Secrecy Project for publishing them.

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WatchDog TipSheet [28]
Topics on the Beat:
Climate Change [29]
Disasters [21]
Energy & Fuel [22]
Health [30]
Laws & Regulations [5]
Military [31]
Nuclear Power & Radiation [32]
Science [18]
Transportation [33]
Wildlife [6]
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Public [7]
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Pacificorp Claims the Birds Its Turbines Kill Are Trade Secret [34]

Power company Pacificorp has gone to court to prevent the Interior Department from disclosing how many birds are found dead at its wind-energy turbine sites. AP reporter Dina Cappiello has been writing an investigative series on the birds, including eagles, killed at wind farms in the U.S. The series found that federal regulators have not prosecuted or penalized wind-energy companies when their turbines kill birds and — the government has helped keep the scope of bird mortality secret.

SEJ Publication Types:
WatchDog TipSheet [28]
Topics on the Beat:
Biodiversity [17]
Energy & Fuel [22]
Wildlife [6]
Region:
Mountain West (CO ID MT NV UT WY) [35]
Northwest (OR WA) [36]
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Public [7]
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Obama Admin Hides KXL Wildlife Impact Documents [37]

An environmental group is suing the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service for denying a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request for information on the impacts of the proposed Keystone XL pipeline on whooping cranes, piping plovers and other endangered species. Photo: Piping plover/USFWS.

SEJ Publication Types:
WatchDog TipSheet [28]
Topics on the Beat:
Biodiversity [17]
Energy & Fuel [22]
Government [38]
Wildlife [6]
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Public [7]
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"Elwha: A River Reborn" [39]

SEJ Publication Types:
BookShelf [2]
Topics on the Beat:
Natural Resources [12]
Water & Oceans [13]
Wildlife [6]
Visibility:
Public [7]
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"Tigers Forever: Saving the World’s Most Endangered Big Cat" [40]

SEJ Publication Types:
BookShelf [2]
Topics on the Beat:
Biodiversity [17]
Climate Change [29]
Consumer [41]
Environmental Health [23]
Wildlife [6]
Region:
Asia [42]
Visibility:
Public [7]
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