Publication Items

Are Higher Energy Prices Really Biden’s Fault? [1]

Russia’s invasion of Ukraine raises questions about the world energy supply and related environmental consequences (such as pressure to lease U.S. lands for drilling). TipSheet explores the politics — and the reality — of U.S. energy policy in the wake of Ukraine and in the run-up to November’s midterm elections, and asks the question: Do federal policies on pricing really matter?

SEJ Publication Types:
TipSheet [2]
Topics on the Beat:
Energy & Fuel [3]
Environmental Politics [4]
Government [5]
Journalism & Media [6]
Natural Resources [7]
Policy [8]
Region:
National (U.S.) [9]
International [10]
Visibility:
Public [11]
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Climate Crisis May Quickly Confront U.S., World With National Security Threats [12]

The climate-security nexus has drawn attention from the Biden administration, but less so elsewhere, even as security experts worry about climate change as a threat multiplier that can exacerbate other causes of conflict. Our new Backgrounder explores these concerns, with a look at how the issue has played out in recent U.S. politics. Plus, seven global regions where climate change may worsen ongoing conflict.

SEJ Publication Types:
Backgrounders [13]
Topics on the Beat:
Climate Change [14]
Disasters [15]
Environmental Health [16]
Environmental Politics [4]
Food [17]
Government [5]
Military [18]
Natural Resources [7]
People & Population [19]
Policy [8]
Water & Oceans [20]
Region:
National (U.S.) [9]
International [10]
Mexico [21]
Africa [22]
Antarctica & Arctic [23]
Asia [24]
Central America & the Caribbean [25]
Middle East [26]
South America [27]
Visibility:
Public [11]
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Making A Hard Rain Less Hard To Cover [28]

As extreme precipitation, intensified by climate change, becomes a more frequent story for environmental journalists, recent coverage points to important holes in the rain data bucket. But the latest Reporter’s Toolbox identifies some useful government and commercial data resources that track and predict rainfall and offers suggestions on using the data they provide.

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Reporters Toolbox [29]
Topics on the Beat:
Climate Change [14]
Disasters [15]
Infrastructure [30]
Journalism & Media [6]
Water & Oceans [20]
Region:
National (U.S.) [9]
Visibility:
Public [11]
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New Army Climate Strategy Provokes Questions, Stories on Local and Regional Impact [31]

Military bases typically have big impacts on surrounding communities, including on resource use and the environment. Now, a new U.S. Army climate strategy makes clear the military understands climate change will affect the bases themselves, with numerous ripple effects. The latest TipSheet outlines how reporters can find local stories on these new realities at bases around the country, including near you.

SEJ Publication Types:
TipSheet [2]
Topics on the Beat:
Climate Change [14]
Disasters [15]
Environmental Politics [4]
Government [5]
Journalism & Media [6]
Military [18]
Planning & Growth [32]
Policy [8]
Region:
National (U.S.) [9]
Visibility:
Public [11]
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EPA's Unfinished Agenda [33]

Transparency and scientific integrity are good for public health and the environment, not to mention PR and politics. Yet WatchDog Opinion argues they’ve not been fully embraced by the Biden EPA. There are reasons for hope, however, in the form of a cataloging of violations and in an EPA-specific policy. Why it all matters for how environmental journalists do their jobs.

SEJ Publication Types:
WatchDog [34]
Topics on the Beat:
Environmental Politics [4]
Government [5]
Journalism & Media [6]
Policy [8]
Science [35]
Region:
National (U.S.) [9]
Visibility:
Public [11]
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EPA TSCA Database Back on the Street [36]

A key federal database on toxic chemicals, kneecapped under the Trump administration, is now back. The latest Reporter’s Toolbox reports that the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency last week resurfaced the ChemView service, and explains the background law that fuels its data, while offering tips on how to make smart use of the database as it expands in coming years.

SEJ Publication Types:
Reporters Toolbox [29]
Topics on the Beat:
Chemicals [37]
Environmental Health [16]
Environmental Politics [4]
Government [5]
Health [38]
Journalism & Media [6]
Laws & Regulations [39]
Pollution [40]
Region:
National (U.S.) [9]
Visibility:
Public [11]
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Hydrogen Rainbow May Dazzle, But Journalists Should Eye It Warily [41]

The hype on hydrogen — and it’s various “hues” or forms — suggests environmental reporters should clearly understand how this energy source is produced, as well as the politics and industry PR behind its claims to be clean and climate-friendly. Our latest Issue Backgrounder provides the basics of hydrogen science, while cautioning about the industry’s “color game.”

SEJ Publication Types:
Backgrounders [13]
Topics on the Beat:
Climate Change [14]
Consumer [42]
Energy & Fuel [3]
Environmental Politics [4]
Journalism & Media [6]
Science [35]
Transportation [43]
Region:
National (U.S.) [9]
International [10]
Visibility:
Public [11]
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The Call of the Conch — How Seashells Tell Nature’s Story [44]

Cynthia Barnett’s deeply researched and engagingly written new book, “The Sound of the Sea: Seashells and the Fate of the Oceans,” brilliantly weaves together mollusk anecdotes, ocean science and human history as it takes a deep dive into the nature of seashells and the story of their connection to us. Read Tom Henry’s review in the new BookShelf.

SEJ Publication Types:
BookShelf [45]
Topics on the Beat:
Biodiversity [46]
Science [35]
Water & Oceans [20]
Wildlife [47]
Region:
National (U.S.) [9]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [48]
International [10]
Asia [24]
Central America & the Caribbean [25]
Visibility:
Public [11]
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Covering Climate Change in the Forgotten Places: A Moroccan Journalist’s View [49]

Environmental journalist Khalid Bencherif struggled to bring the emergent effects of climate change to the attention of local audiences facing many other pressing problems. So he told a powerful story grounded in personal experience, traveling to his childhood home in Morocco’s Tafilalet region, where deepening drought is hitting the oases hard and driving many villagers from their homes.

SEJ Publication Types:
Features [50]
Topics on the Beat:
Climate Change [14]
Environmental Health [16]
Environmental Justice [51]
Environmental Politics [4]
Government [5]
Journalism & Media [6]
Natural Resources [7]
People & Population [19]
Religion, Faith and Spirituality [52]
Science [35]
Technology [53]
Water & Oceans [20]
Region:
National (U.S.) [9]
Africa [22]
Middle East [26]
Visibility:
Public [11]
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Curso de Intercambio Virtual Fomenta la "Competencia Global" Para Estudiantes de Periodismo [54]

Cuando los programas de intercambio para estudiantes de periodismo fueron cancelados a causa del COVID 19, el personal docente de dos importantes universidades – una en Estados Unidos y otra en Colombia- recurrió a su creatividad, mediante la construcción de un escenario de intercambio virtual colaborativo sobre asuntos medioambientales de preocupación para ambos países. La EJ Academy explica el funcionamiento de dicho intercambio y augura programas similares en el futuro.

SEJ Publication Types:
EJ Academy [55]
Topics on the Beat:
Diversity [56]
Environmental Justice [51]
Environmental Politics [4]
Journalism & Media [6]
People & Population [19]
Region:
National (U.S.) [9]
Great Lakes (IL IN MI MN OH WI) [57]
International [10]
South America [27]
Visibility:
Public [11]
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