Publication Items

“Superpower: One Man’s Quest to Transform American Energy” [1]

The new book, “Superpower: One Man’s Quest to Transform American Energy,” takes what our reviewer calls an illuminating look into the politics and economics of energy development. The volume examines the decade-long effort to build long-distance transmission lines for wind-generated electricity. More in our latest BookShelf review.

SEJ Publication Types:
BookShelf [2]
Topics on the Beat:
Climate Change [3]
Energy & Fuel [4]
Laws & Regulations [5]
Planning & Growth [6]
Region:
National (U.S.) [7]
Great Plains (IA KS ND NE MO SD) [8]
Northeast (CT MA ME NH NJ NY RI VT) [9]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [10]
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [11]
Visibility:
Public [12]
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Big Environmental Impacts on Small Communities Is Story That Must Be Told [13]

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 [14]
Topics on the Beat:
Agriculture [15]
Air [16]
Chemicals [17]
Energy & Fuel [4]
Environmental Health [18]
Environmental Politics [19]
Government [20]
Health [21]
Journalism & Media [22]
Laws & Regulations [5]
Natural Resources [23]
Policy [24]
Pollution [25]
Water & Oceans [26]
Region:
National (U.S.) [7]
Alaska and Hawaii [27]
California [28]
Great Lakes (IL IN MI MN OH WI) [29]
Great Plains (IA KS ND NE MO SD) [8]
Mid-Atlantic (DC DE MD PA VA WV) [30]
Mountain West (CO ID MT NV UT WY) [31]
Northeast (CT MA ME NH NJ NY RI VT) [9]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [10]
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [11]
Visibility:
Public [12]
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Closure of Civilian Conservation Centers Ignites Controversy [32]

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 [33]
Topics on the Beat:
Economy & Business [34]
Environmental Politics [19]
Forests [35]
Government [20]
Journalism & Media [22]
Natural Resources [23]
People & Population [36]
Region:
National (U.S.) [7]
Great Lakes (IL IN MI MN OH WI) [29]
Great Plains (IA KS ND NE MO SD) [8]
Mid-Atlantic (DC DE MD PA VA WV) [30]
Mountain West (CO ID MT NV UT WY) [31]
Northwest (OR WA) [37]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [10]
Visibility:
Public [12]
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SEJ in Press Freedom Case, Chem Secrecy Bill Fails and More [38]

SEJ joined with several dozen other journalism groups to support the right to film police activity in a public place, and bills to block information of importance to environmental reporters failed in Louisiana, California and Iowa, but a Colorado paper was blocked from covering a wild horse roundup. All that in this month’s WatchDog Tipsheet.

SEJ Publication Types:
WatchDog TipSheet [39]
Topics on the Beat:
Activism [40]
Agriculture [15]
Air [16]
Chemicals [17]
Climate Change [3]
Economy & Business [34]
Energy & Fuel [4]
Government [20]
Journalism & Media [22]
Laws & Regulations [5]
Pollution [25]
Science [41]
Wildlife [42]
Region:
National (U.S.) [7]
California [28]
Great Plains (IA KS ND NE MO SD) [8]
Mid-Atlantic (DC DE MD PA VA WV) [30]
Mountain West (CO ID MT NV UT WY) [31]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [10]
Visibility:
Public [12]
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Is Your Favorite River Endangered? Check the List. [43]

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 [33]
Topics on the Beat:
Activism [40]
Climate Change [3]
Consumer [44]
Environmental Health [18]
Fish & Fisheries [45]
Journalism & Media [22]
Natural Resources [23]
Pollution [25]
Science [41]
Water & Oceans [26]
Region:
National (U.S.) [7]
Alaska and Hawaii [27]
Great Lakes (IL IN MI MN OH WI) [29]
Great Plains (IA KS ND NE MO SD) [8]
Mountain West (CO ID MT NV UT WY) [31]
Northeast (CT MA ME NH NJ NY RI VT) [9]
Northwest (OR WA) [37]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [10]
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [11]
Visibility:
Public [12]
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New Coal Ash Data Help Pinpoint Local Pollution Stories [46]

Hundreds of coal ash ponds and landfills around the United States pollute drinking water supplies, and now a newly released report helps localize the problem for environmental reporters. This week’s TipSheet explores the new data source, provides the back story on coal ash regulation (or lack thereof) and the potential health risks, while offering numerous questions to ask and resources to track down.

SEJ Publication Types:
TipSheet [33]
Topics on the Beat:
Chemicals [17]
Energy & Fuel [4]
Environmental Health [18]
Environmental Politics [19]
Health [21]
Journalism & Media [22]
Laws & Regulations [5]
People & Population [36]
Pollution [25]
Waste [47]
Water & Oceans [26]
Region:
National (U.S.) [7]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [10]
Visibility:
Public [12]
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Climate Scientist Canned, SCOTUS To Rule on Chemical ‘Secrets’ and Army Corps Sued Over Permit Info [48]

A scientist contracted to report on climate impacts for the National Park Service was caught up in a fracas over attempted censorship of her findings. Now she’s been fired. That, plus a FOIA case before the Supreme Court and an enviro group sues the Army Corps of Engineers over info on a permit for a new plastics plant in Louisiana. Read the latest on freedom-of-information issues in this month’s WatchDog TipSheet.

SEJ Publication Types:
WatchDog TipSheet [39]
Topics on the Beat:
Activism [40]
Chemicals [17]
Climate Change [3]
Environmental Health [18]
Environmental Politics [19]
Environmental Studies [49]
Government [20]
Health [21]
Journalism & Media [22]
Laws & Regulations [5]
Pollution [25]
Science [41]
Water & Oceans [26]
Region:
National (U.S.) [7]
Mountain West (CO ID MT NV UT WY) [31]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [10]
Visibility:
Public [12]
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Many Environmental Court Disputes Will Make News in 2019 [50]

U.S. courts will be a key venue of environmental conflict in 2019, as the Trump administration pushes back against an extensive array of long-standing environmental law. This special edition Issue Backgrounder looks at seven key legal disputes, including cases involving climate change liability, intergenerational equity and policy, as well as conflicts over maintaining national monuments, defining which waters are subject to anti-pollution rules, disposing of coal ash and extending offshore drilling.

SEJ Publication Types:
Backgrounders [51]
Topics on the Beat:
Activism [40]
Air [16]
Chemicals [17]
Climate Change [3]
Economy & Business [34]
Energy & Fuel [4]
Environmental Politics [19]
Government [20]
Laws & Regulations [5]
Natural Resources [23]
Policy [24]
Pollution [25]
Waste [47]
Water & Oceans [26]
Region:
National (U.S.) [7]
California [28]
Mountain West (CO ID MT NV UT WY) [31]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [10]
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [11]
Visibility:
Public [12]
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Oversight on EPA FOIA Screening, Covering Pipeline Protests, Feedlot Air Emissions, Data on Illegal Fishing [52]

The new year will likely mean subpoenas on EPA’s FOIA response policies, as a Democrat takes the chair in the House Oversight Committee amid charges the agency is choking off politically sensitive record requests. And are new laws in a dozen states making coverage of pipeline protests a felony? That, plus air emission exemptions for animal feedlot operators and data on illegal fishing. All in the latest issue of the WatchDog.

SEJ Publication Types:
WatchDog TipSheet [39]
Topics on the Beat:
Activism [40]
Agriculture [15]
Air [16]
Climate Change [3]
Energy & Fuel [4]
Environmental Politics [19]
Fish & Fisheries [45]
Government [20]
Journalism & Media [22]
Laws & Regulations [5]
People & Population [36]
Pollution [25]
Water & Oceans [26]
Region:
National (U.S.) [7]
Great Lakes (IL IN MI MN OH WI) [29]
Great Plains (IA KS ND NE MO SD) [8]
Mid-Atlantic (DC DE MD PA VA WV) [30]
Mountain West (CO ID MT NV UT WY) [31]
Northeast (CT MA ME NH NJ NY RI VT) [9]
Northwest (OR WA) [37]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [10]
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [11]
Visibility:
Public [12]
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Environmental (In)Justice Coverage Grows, As More Media Take Note [53]

Environmental justice-related stories are expected to get more attention in the news media in 2019. But that’s not because the challenge of protecting marginalized communities from lopsided environmental impacts is being met. This week’s TipSheet explains, in a look-ahead to environmental justice stories making the news, the many forms the problem takes, the many communities affected and the emerging notion of “climate justice.”

SEJ Publication Types:
TipSheet [33]
Topics on the Beat:
Activism [40]
Air [16]
Chemicals [17]
Climate Change [3]
Disasters [54]
Environmental Health [18]
Environmental Politics [19]
Government [20]
Health [21]
Journalism & Media [22]
Laws & Regulations [5]
People & Population [36]
Pollution [25]
Region:
National (U.S.) [7]
Alaska and Hawaii [27]
California [28]
Great Lakes (IL IN MI MN OH WI) [29]
Great Plains (IA KS ND NE MO SD) [8]
Mid-Atlantic (DC DE MD PA VA WV) [30]
Mountain West (CO ID MT NV UT WY) [31]
Northeast (CT MA ME NH NJ NY RI VT) [9]
Northwest (OR WA) [37]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [10]
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [11]
International [55]
Mexico [56]
Central America & the Caribbean [57]
Visibility:
Public [12]
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