Publication Items

Algae — Society’s Big, Green … and Emerging Menace [1]

It’s poisoning fresh waters across the United States, as well as elsewhere in the Americas, Europe, Asia and Africa. Blue-green algae is on the rise, lingering later and later into the year. Our new Issue Backgrounder explains the contributing factors behind the potent toxin’s scourge, its societal and public health ramifications, and the many angles and resources to tell the story.

SEJ Publication Types:
Backgrounders [2]
Topics on the Beat:
Agriculture [3]
Chemicals [4]
Climate Change [5]
Consumer [6]
Disasters [7]
Environmental Health [8]
Health [9]
Journalism & Media [10]
People & Population [11]
Planning & Growth [12]
Pollution [13]
Water & Oceans [14]
Region:
National (U.S.) [15]
California [16]
Great Lakes (IL IN MI MN OH WI) [17]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [18]
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [19]
International [20]
Canada [21]
Mexico [22]
Africa [23]
Antarctica & Arctic [24]
Asia [25]
Australia & Oceania [26]
Central America & the Caribbean [27]
Europe [28]
South America [29]
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Public [30]
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Big Environmental Impacts on Small Communities Is Story That Must Be Told [31]

While environmental journalists often focus on regulatory wrestling matches in Washington, D.C., a seasoned New York Times investigative reporter argues the most important stories are those in the real communities where bureaucratic impacts are felt. Three-time Pulitzer winner Eric Lipton makes the case for public service in journalism that tells the environment story from the outside in.

SEJ Publication Types:
Features [32]
Topics on the Beat:
Agriculture [3]
Air [33]
Chemicals [4]
Energy & Fuel [34]
Environmental Health [8]
Environmental Politics [35]
Government [36]
Health [9]
Journalism & Media [10]
Laws & Regulations [37]
Natural Resources [38]
Policy [39]
Pollution [13]
Water & Oceans [14]
Region:
National (U.S.) [15]
Alaska and Hawaii [40]
California [16]
Great Lakes (IL IN MI MN OH WI) [17]
Great Plains (IA KS ND NE MO SD) [41]
Mid-Atlantic (DC DE MD PA VA WV) [42]
Mountain West (CO ID MT NV UT WY) [43]
Northeast (CT MA ME NH NJ NY RI VT) [44]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [18]
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [19]
Visibility:
Public [30]
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Primer Helps To Prep for Reporting on PFAS [45]

It’s a category of more than 4,000 industrial chemicals that affect our lives nearly every day — and many of which are toxic. So what do journalists need to know to report on the emerging contaminants known as PFAS? Our most recent Issue Backgrounder offers a detailed primer on what PFAS are, where they come from, what their health effects are and how they might be cleaned up.

SEJ Publication Types:
Backgrounders [2]
Topics on the Beat:
Agriculture [3]
Chemicals [4]
Consumer [6]
Food [46]
Health [9]
Science [47]
Water & Oceans [14]
Region:
National (U.S.) [15]
Great Lakes (IL IN MI MN OH WI) [17]
Northeast (CT MA ME NH NJ NY RI VT) [44]
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [19]
International [20]
Australia & Oceania [26]
Visibility:
Public [30]
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Database Helps Track PFAS Drinking Water Contamination [48]

Millions of people across the United States are believed to be drinking PFAS-contaminated water. And a growing database could prove an invaluable resource for environmental journalists trying to get a handle on that public health risk. Our latest biweekly Reporter’s Toolbox, recently refocused on data journalism tools and techniques, explains how to tap the expanding PFAS data.

SEJ Publication Types:
Reporters Toolbox [49]
Topics on the Beat:
Chemicals [4]
Consumer [6]
Government [36]
Health [9]
Journalism & Media [10]
Laws & Regulations [37]
People & Population [11]
Pollution [13]
Water & Oceans [14]
Region:
National (U.S.) [15]
Great Lakes (IL IN MI MN OH WI) [17]
Mid-Atlantic (DC DE MD PA VA WV) [42]
Northeast (CT MA ME NH NJ NY RI VT) [44]
Visibility:
Public [30]
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Closure of Civilian Conservation Centers Ignites Controversy [50]

A decades-old environmental jobs program that provided work for thousands of disadvantaged young people across more than a dozen states has been hit with one of the largest federal downsizings in a decade. Find out how the closing of some Civilian Conservation Centers may be a story near you, from the latest TipSheet.

SEJ Publication Types:
TipSheet [51]
Topics on the Beat:
Economy & Business [52]
Environmental Politics [35]
Forests [53]
Government [36]
Journalism & Media [10]
Natural Resources [38]
People & Population [11]
Region:
National (U.S.) [15]
Great Lakes (IL IN MI MN OH WI) [17]
Great Plains (IA KS ND NE MO SD) [41]
Mid-Atlantic (DC DE MD PA VA WV) [42]
Mountain West (CO ID MT NV UT WY) [43]
Northwest (OR WA) [54]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [18]
Visibility:
Public [30]
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Is Your Local Landfill Leaking Methane? [55]

It’s a good case for the global-local nexus: The potent greenhouse gas methane may be leaking from your local landfill. And this week’s TipSheet explains the latest news developments in this long-standing controversy, as well as policy disputes over capturing the gas. Plus, get story ideas and questions to ask for your local reporting.

SEJ Publication Types:
TipSheet [51]
Topics on the Beat:
Activism [56]
Air [33]
Chemicals [4]
Climate Change [5]
Consumer [6]
Environmental Politics [35]
Journalism & Media [10]
Laws & Regulations [37]
Waste [57]
Region:
National (U.S.) [15]
California [16]
Great Lakes (IL IN MI MN OH WI) [17]
Mid-Atlantic (DC DE MD PA VA WV) [42]
Northeast (CT MA ME NH NJ NY RI VT) [44]
Northwest (OR WA) [54]
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [19]
Visibility:
Public [30]
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Is Your Favorite River Endangered? Check the List. [58]

The latest release of the annual endangered rivers list provides boatloads of environmental reporting angles, including climate change-related threats like flooding and drought. This week’s TipSheet has the backstory and the new top-10 list, plus 10 suggested starting points for stories and a half-dozen key reporting resources.

SEJ Publication Types:
TipSheet [51]
Topics on the Beat:
Activism [56]
Climate Change [5]
Consumer [6]
Environmental Health [8]
Fish & Fisheries [59]
Journalism & Media [10]
Natural Resources [38]
Pollution [13]
Science [47]
Water & Oceans [14]
Region:
National (U.S.) [15]
Alaska and Hawaii [40]
Great Lakes (IL IN MI MN OH WI) [17]
Great Plains (IA KS ND NE MO SD) [41]
Mountain West (CO ID MT NV UT WY) [43]
Northeast (CT MA ME NH NJ NY RI VT) [44]
Northwest (OR WA) [54]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [18]
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [19]
Visibility:
Public [30]
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“Bombs Away: Militarization, Conservation, and Ecological Restoration” [60]

Does the military use ecological restoration as a means to “green” over the complex relationship between nature and culture, undermining the impacts of history and warfare? Our latest BookShelf review of the new volume, “Bombs Away: Militarization, Conservation, and Ecological Restoration,” explores one author’s argument that it does.

SEJ Publication Types:
BookShelf [61]
Topics on the Beat:
Environmental Politics [35]
Government [36]
Military [62]
Region:
National (U.S.) [15]
California [16]
Great Lakes (IL IN MI MN OH WI) [17]
International [20]
Asia [25]
Europe [28]
Visibility:
Public [30]
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As Environmental Journalism Education Changes, Challenges Abound [63]

Even as traditional journalism jobs are in decline, innovative educators are finding ways to fill seats in journalism courses. EJ Academy editor Robert Wyss unpacks a recent study that examines the challenges of environmental journalism education and explores how journalism instructors must stretch to focus on preserving the “functions of journalism.” Find out more in our latest EJ Academy column.

SEJ Publication Types:
EJ Academy [64]
Topics on the Beat:
Activism [56]
Journalism & Media [10]
Region:
National (U.S.) [15]
Great Lakes (IL IN MI MN OH WI) [17]
Visibility:
Public [30]
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Rollback on Auto Emission Standards Faces Rocky Road [65]

Expect the fight to worsen over the Trump Administration’s attempted rollback of auto mileage standards. Not only is California resisting a loss of its waiver to set tighter rules, joining at least 16 other states in a preemptive lawsuit. But carmakers themselves are deviating from the Trump line, worried over a fracturing of the nationwide auto market or seeking an edge in the field for more efficient vehicles. This special edition TipSheet looks at prospects for conflict in the year ahead.

SEJ Publication Types:
TipSheet [51]
Topics on the Beat:
Air [33]
Climate Change [5]
Consumer [6]
Economy & Business [52]
Energy & Fuel [34]
Environmental Politics [35]
Government [36]
Laws & Regulations [37]
Policy [39]
Pollution [13]
Transportation [66]
Region:
National (U.S.) [15]
California [16]
Great Lakes (IL IN MI MN OH WI) [17]
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [19]
International [20]
Middle East [67]
Visibility:
Public [30]
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