Publication Items

Biden Faces Environmental Challenges on Multiple International Treaties [1]

As the incoming Biden administration prepares to re-engage on the global stage, environment-related treaties are high on the agenda. The latest Backgrounder, part of our 2021 Guide [2], takes a closer look at 10-plus top treaties, including those focused on climate change, biodiversity, plastics pollution, airplane emissions, the future of the Arctic and more.

SEJ Publication Types:
Backgrounders [3]
Topics on the Beat:
Activism [4]
Air [5]
Biodiversity [6]
Chemicals [7]
Climate Change [8]
Economy & Business [9]
Energy & Fuel [10]
Environmental Politics [11]
Forests [12]
Government [13]
Laws & Regulations [14]
Natural Resources [15]
Policy [16]
Pollution [17]
Transportation [18]
Waste [19]
Water & Oceans [20]
Wildlife [21]
Region:
National (U.S.) [22]
International [23]
Visibility:
Public [24]
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Environmental Justice Stories Will Keep Proliferating in 2021 [25]

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

SEJ Publication Types:
TipSheet [26]
Topics on the Beat:
Activism [4]
Air [5]
Chemicals [7]
Environmental Health [27]
Environmental Politics [11]
Government [13]
Health [28]
Journalism & Media [29]
People & Population [30]
Policy [16]
Pollution [17]
Waste [19]
Water & Oceans [20]
Region:
National (U.S.) [22]
Great Lakes (IL IN MI MN OH WI) [31]
Great Plains (IA KS ND NE MO SD) [32]
Mid-Atlantic (DC DE MD PA VA WV) [33]
Mountain West (CO ID MT NV UT WY) [34]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [35]
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [36]
International [23]
Mexico [37]
Visibility:
Public [24]
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2021 Journalists’ Guide to Energy & Environment [2]

SEJournal looks ahead to key issues in the coming year with the launch of its annual "Journalists’ Guide to Energy & Environment." Check out year-ahead Backgrounders, TipSheets and a WatchDog, and stay tuned as we add to the special report in early 2021. Plus, watch for more on the guide at the annual roundtable [38] organized by the Society of Environmental Journalists, hosted (this year virtually, on Jan 27) by National Geographic Society and co-sponsored by the Wilson Center.

SEJ Publication Types:
SEJ News [39]
Region:
National (U.S.) [22]
International [23]
Visibility:
Public [24]
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Climate Change Policy Likely To Permeate Executive Under Biden [40]

What will climate change policy look like under a Biden administration? If nothing else, it appears it will be broadly based across a wide range of executive branch operations. This week’s TipSheet walks you through the top 10 federal departments, agencies and spending centers and how they will pivot to focus on global warming.

SEJ Publication Types:
TipSheet [26]
Topics on the Beat:
Agriculture [41]
Air [5]
Chemicals [7]
Economy & Business [9]
Energy & Fuel [10]
Environmental Politics [11]
Forests [12]
Government [13]
Laws & Regulations [14]
Military [42]
Natural Resources [15]
Nuclear Power & Radiation [43]
Policy [16]
Pollution [17]
Science [44]
Technology [45]
Transportation [18]
Region:
National (U.S.) [22]
International [23]
Visibility:
Public [24]
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Even Without Senate, Biden Can Still Do Much To Fight Climate Change [46]

What will a Biden presidency mean for climate and environmental policy if it’s facing the prospect of a GOP-controlled Senate? Quite a bit actually. The latest Backgrounder examines a range of executive actions that the Biden White House could take on energy and the environment. Plus, a look at what’s possible through independent agencies and, yes, bipartisan legislation. But there are a lot of powerful climate actions [47] a Biden administration could take — by executive action alone [48]. Also see headlines on the topic [49] from EJ Today.

SEJ Publication Types:
Backgrounders [3]
Topics on the Beat:
Activism [4]
Air [5]
Climate Change [8]
Economy & Business [9]
Energy & Fuel [10]
Environmental Politics [11]
Government [13]
Health [28]
Journalism & Media [29]
Laws & Regulations [14]
Policy [16]
Pollution [17]
Region:
National (U.S.) [22]
International [23]
Visibility:
Public [24]
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SEJ Grant Program Gives Boost to Environmental Coverage [50]

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 [51]
Topics on the Beat:
Agriculture [41]
Disasters [52]
Environmental Health [27]
Health [28]
Journalism & Media [29]
Nuclear Power & Radiation [43]
Pollution [17]
Waste [19]
Water & Oceans [20]
Region:
National (U.S.) [22]
Northeast (CT MA ME NH NJ NY RI VT) [53]
International [23]
Asia [54]
Europe [55]
Visibility:
Public [24]
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Time To Flip the Ocean Script — From Victim to Solution [56]

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 [8]
Economy & Business [9]
Energy & Fuel [10]
Environmental Health [27]
Environmental Politics [11]
Environmental Studies [57]
Fish & Fisheries [58]
Food [59]
Government [13]
Health [28]
Laws & Regulations [14]
Natural Resources [15]
Policy [16]
Pollution [17]
Science [44]
Transportation [18]
Waste [19]
Water & Oceans [20]
Region:
National (U.S.) [22]
International [23]
Visibility:
Public [24]
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“Diary of a Young Naturalist” [60]

With the heart of a naturalist, the head of a scientist and the weary bones of someone watching the destruction of the natural world, a prize-winning writer shares insights into the environment … and into a mind shaped by autism. That writer, by the way, is just 16 years old. BookShelf’s Melody Kemp reviews “Diary of a Young Naturalist.”

SEJ Publication Types:
BookShelf [61]
Topics on the Beat:
Activism [4]
Biodiversity [6]
Climate Change [8]
Environmental Politics [11]
Region:
International [23]
Europe [55]
Visibility:
Public [24]
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Climate-Unfriendly Coal May Be Losing Ground in U.S., But Not Worldwide [62]

When it comes to climate change, coal’s carbon emissions mean trouble. But as Backgrounder explains, if the once-powerful coal industry is on the decline in the United States, the fuel’s still finding favor worldwide. And that’s bad news for the Paris climate accord’s hopes of gaining control of runaway warming. The story behind the “exaggerated death” of coal.

SEJ Publication Types:
Backgrounders [3]
Topics on the Beat:
Air [5]
Climate Change [8]
Consumer [63]
Energy & Fuel [10]
Environmental Politics [11]
Laws & Regulations [14]
Natural Resources [15]
Policy [16]
Pollution [17]
Region:
National (U.S.) [22]
Mid-Atlantic (DC DE MD PA VA WV) [33]
Mountain West (CO ID MT NV UT WY) [34]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [35]
International [23]
Asia [54]
Australia & Oceania [64]
Visibility:
Public [24]
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Plant Trackers Help Mark Coal’s Decline [65]

Keeping tabs on the increasingly frequent closing of U.S. coal-fired electric power plants is an important way to follow developments on the larger climate change beat. The latest Reporter’s Toolbox points to several mapping databases that help make the job far easier — whether watching the industry in the United States or abroad.

SEJ Publication Types:
Reporters Toolbox [66]
Topics on the Beat:
Activism [4]
Air [5]
Climate Change [8]
Energy & Fuel [10]
Journalism & Media [29]
Natural Resources [15]
Pollution [17]
Region:
National (U.S.) [22]
International [23]
Visibility:
Public [24]
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