Publication Items

Are Combined Sewer Overflows Causing Pollution in Your Local Waters? [1]

Decades after the nation’s capital began its historic cleanup, sanitary sewage still occasionally swamps the Potomac River. Are sewage systems also dumping human waste and other pollutants into waterways near you? This week’s TipSheet has the background on the problem of combined sewage overflow, as well as resources for finding out what’s happening near you.

SEJ Publication Types:
TipSheet [2]
Topics on the Beat:
Environmental Health [3]
Health [4]
Journalism & Media [5]
Planning & Growth [6]
Pollution [7]
Waste [8]
Water & Oceans [9]
Region:
National (U.S.) [10]
Great Lakes (IL IN MI MN OH WI) [11]
Mid-Atlantic (DC DE MD PA VA WV) [12]
Northeast (CT MA ME NH NJ NY RI VT) [13]
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [14]
Visibility:
Public [15]
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EPA Mapping App Helps Find, Deepen Environmental Justice Stories [16]

As new research reminds us that pollution often disproportionately affects poor and minority communities in the United States, a long-standing mapping tool from the EPA can help reporters explore and discover those environmental justice stories nearest them. The latest TipSheet explains the problem, and walks you through the mapping app.

SEJ Publication Types:
TipSheet [2]
Topics on the Beat:
Activism [17]
Air [18]
Environmental Health [3]
Environmental Politics [19]
Environmental Studies [20]
Government [21]
Health [4]
Journalism & Media [5]
People & Population [22]
Pollution [7]
Technology [23]
Region:
National (U.S.) [10]
California [24]
Great Lakes (IL IN MI MN OH WI) [11]
Mid-Atlantic (DC DE MD PA VA WV) [12]
Mountain West (CO ID MT NV UT WY) [25]
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [14]
Visibility:
Public [15]
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Charting the Year Ahead in Environment, Energy News [26]

This is a decisive time on the energy and environment front, with challenges and confrontation expected over the consummation of the Trump deregulatory agenda. Our second annual issues guide provides a roadmap for covering the big stories. The guide's formal launch took place at an SEJ event in Washington, D.C. [27] on January 26. If you missed it, the webcast is archived here [28].

SEJ Publication Types:
Backgrounders [29]
Topics on the Beat:
Air [18]
Chemicals [30]
Climate Change [31]
Disasters [32]
Economy & Business [33]
Energy & Fuel [34]
Environmental Health [3]
Environmental Politics [19]
Forests [35]
Government [21]
Health [4]
Journalism & Media [5]
Laws & Regulations [36]
Natural Resources [37]
Policy [38]
Pollution [7]
Science [39]
Water & Oceans [9]
Region:
National (U.S.) [10]
Alaska and Hawaii [40]
California [24]
Mid-Atlantic (DC DE MD PA VA WV) [12]
Mountain West (CO ID MT NV UT WY) [25]
Northeast (CT MA ME NH NJ NY RI VT) [13]
Northwest (OR WA) [41]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [42]
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [14]
Central America & the Caribbean [43]
Visibility:
Public [15]
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2018 Elections Could Be Game-Changer for Environment, Energy [44]

The 2018 elections may prove highly consequential for environment and energy policy, possibly slowing or even reversing the Trump-GOP deregulatory agenda. The latest Issue Backgrounder helps reporters frame the choices voters face, including environmental justice and offshore drilling.

SEJ Publication Types:
Backgrounders [29]
Topics on the Beat:
Chemicals [30]
Climate Change [31]
Economy & Business [33]
Energy & Fuel [34]
Environmental Politics [19]
Government [21]
People & Population [22]
Policy [38]
Region:
National (U.S.) [10]
Alaska and Hawaii [40]
California [24]
Great Lakes (IL IN MI MN OH WI) [11]
Mid-Atlantic (DC DE MD PA VA WV) [12]
Mountain West (CO ID MT NV UT WY) [25]
Northeast (CT MA ME NH NJ NY RI VT) [13]
Northwest (OR WA) [41]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [42]
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [14]
Visibility:
Public [15]
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For Pruitt EPA, There Is No Bad News on Ozone Pollution [45]

Trying to figure out the air quality in your coverage area? The EPA may not be much help. But this week's TipSheet suggests some effective work-arounds for your reporting. Get the backstory on ozone standards, tips on how to track ozone "nonattainment" for your area and learn why smog matters so much to public health.

SEJ Publication Types:
TipSheet [2]
Topics on the Beat:
Air [18]
Chemicals [30]
Energy & Fuel [34]
Environmental Politics [19]
Government [21]
Health [4]
Journalism & Media [5]
Laws & Regulations [36]
Policy [38]
Pollution [7]
Region:
National (U.S.) [10]
California [24]
Great Plains (IA KS ND NE MO SD) [46]
Mid-Atlantic (DC DE MD PA VA WV) [12]
Northeast (CT MA ME NH NJ NY RI VT) [13]
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [14]
Visibility:
Public [15]
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FOIA Suit, Silence on Hog Farms & Sea-Level Rise, Plus Shield Laws [47]

A push for disclosure on hazardous air emissions from industrial hog farms, and reporting on how the coastal real estate industry works to block bad news about sea-level rise. That, plus the Bay Journal FOIAs the EPA over grant defunding, and a move in Congress towards a federal shield law, all in the latest WatchDog.

SEJ Publication Types:
WatchDog TipSheet [48]
Topics on the Beat:
Air [18]
Climate Change [31]
Disasters [32]
Environmental Politics [19]
Government [21]
Journalism & Media [5]
Laws & Regulations [36]
People & Population [22]
Planning & Growth [6]
Pollution [7]
Waste [8]
Water & Oceans [9]
Region:
National (U.S.) [10]
Mid-Atlantic (DC DE MD PA VA WV) [12]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [42]
Visibility:
Public [15]
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State Clean Water Fund Means Local Projects, Local News [49]

An EPA program that helps pay for municipal water infrastructure is facing Congressional appropriations scrutiny. But with the program looking like it may escape big cuts, it remains a reservoir of reportable local projects. Find out more in the latest TipSheet, plus get state-by-state resources.

SEJ Publication Types:
TipSheet [2]
Topics on the Beat:
Consumer [50]
Government [21]
Journalism & Media [5]
Laws & Regulations [36]
Water & Oceans [9]
Region:
National (U.S.) [10]
Alaska and Hawaii [40]
California [24]
Great Lakes (IL IN MI MN OH WI) [11]
Great Plains (IA KS ND NE MO SD) [46]
Mid-Atlantic (DC DE MD PA VA WV) [12]
Mountain West (CO ID MT NV UT WY) [25]
Northeast (CT MA ME NH NJ NY RI VT) [13]
Northwest (OR WA) [41]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [42]
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [14]
Visibility:
Public [15]
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Why Reporters Should Go to Bat for Bats [51]

Halloween may remind many of the spookier side of bats. But these unique flying mammals provide important ecosystem services — and that's just one of the many reasons why environmental reporters might want to write about them. This week's TipSheet looks at covering bats, the habitat loss that's leaving many species threatened and the growing fungal plague that's wiping out many colonies. Resources and more.

SEJ Publication Types:
TipSheet [2]
Topics on the Beat:
Biodiversity [52]
Wildlife [53]
Region:
National (U.S.) [10]
Mid-Atlantic (DC DE MD PA VA WV) [12]
Northeast (CT MA ME NH NJ NY RI VT) [13]
International [54]
Visibility:
Public [15]
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Interior Appropriations — Dead on Arrival and Live at Five [55]

Even though big proposed budget cuts may be DOA for the Interior Department, it doesn't mean there aren't a wide range of land and resource-related stories emerging from the debates. The latest TipSheet sets the scene and offers a half-dozen ways to localize the Interior Department funding story.

SEJ Publication Types:
TipSheet [2]
Topics on the Beat:
Energy & Fuel [34]
Environmental Politics [19]
Forests [35]
Government [21]
Journalism & Media [5]
Laws & Regulations [36]
Natural Resources [37]
Region:
National (U.S.) [10]
Great Plains (IA KS ND NE MO SD) [46]
Mid-Atlantic (DC DE MD PA VA WV) [12]
Mountain West (CO ID MT NV UT WY) [25]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [42]
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [14]
Visibility:
Public [15]
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Get Ready for Hurricanes [56]

The 2017 hurricane season officially begins this week and experts say it may be worse than usual. So the latest TipSheet has sources and tools to help you prepare for your hurricane coverage. Understand the importance of landfall and storm path, find out about this year's big wild card, and get tips for staying safe.

SEJ Publication Types:
TipSheet [2]
Topics on the Beat:
Climate Change [31]
Disasters [32]
Journalism & Media [5]
Region:
Mid-Atlantic (DC DE MD PA VA WV) [12]
Northeast (CT MA ME NH NJ NY RI VT) [13]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [42]
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [14]
Visibility:
Public [15]
- Read more about Get Ready for Hurricanes [56]

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