Publication Items

Why Journalists Should Investigate the Twin Mental Health and Climate Crises [1]

The complicated interplay between climate change and trauma, poorly understood and little covered, is holding back the response by individuals and communities to the realities of the climate crisis, argues the head of a network of mental health and other organizations. Here’s what he has found when it comes to how climate-generated anguish is blocking climate solutions and what can be done about it.

SEJ Publication Types:
Features [2]
Topics on the Beat:
Activism [3]
Climate Change [4]
Disasters [5]
Environmental Health [6]
Environmental Justice [7]
Health [8]
Policy [9]
Religion, Faith and Spirituality [10]
Region:
National (U.S.) [11]
California [12]
Northwest (OR WA) [13]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [14]
International [15]
Canada [16]
Visibility:
Public [17]
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Is EV-Driven Demand for Lithium on Collision Course With Environment Concerns? [18]

The push to replace gas-guzzling vehicles with electric-powered alternatives is hitting significant speed bumps. The existing supply of lithium for batteries can’t keep up with demand, and new mining proposals often face opposition from area residents worried about local impacts. Radio reporter David Boraks has been covering one such conflict in North Carolina. He shares his insights and reporting tips.

SEJ Publication Types:
Features [2]
Topics on the Beat:
Activism [3]
Agriculture [19]
Air [20]
Biodiversity [21]
Climate Change [4]
Consumer [22]
Economy & Business [23]
Energy & Fuel [24]
Environmental Health [6]
Environmental Politics [25]
Government [26]
Journalism & Media [27]
Laws & Regulations [28]
Natural Resources [29]
Policy [9]
Pollution [30]
Technology [31]
Transportation [32]
Water & Oceans [33]
Region:
National (U.S.) [11]
California [12]
Mountain West (CO ID MT NV UT WY) [34]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [14]
International [15]
Asia [35]
Visibility:
Public [17]
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What Will It Take for Geothermal To Heat Up the Renewable Energy Sector? [36]

Geothermal has long been hyped as the next big thing in renewable energy, but its breakthrough moment hasn’t happened yet. Barriers to expansion include the elusiveness of sites offering the magic trio of heat, water and permeability and concern for unique ecosystems. Contributor Jessica McKenzie on geothermal energy’s possibilities and challenges and the government funding that may finally fire it up.

SEJ Publication Types:
Features [2]
Topics on the Beat:
Biodiversity [21]
Climate Change [4]
Economy & Business [23]
Energy & Fuel [24]
Government [26]
Natural Resources [29]
Science [37]
Technology [31]
Wildlife [38]
Region:
National (U.S.) [11]
California [12]
Mountain West (CO ID MT NV UT WY) [34]
Northwest (OR WA) [13]
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [39]
International [15]
Australia & Oceania [40]
Europe [41]
Middle East [42]
Visibility:
Public [17]
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SEJ Panel Gauges Issues in the Works in the U.S. West [43]

As part of our 2023 Journalists’ Guide to Energy & Environment special report, we’ve got highlights from last week’s reporter panel on the year ahead, led by #SEJ2023 conference co-chair Tom Michael (pictured, left). The focus was largely on the U.S. West, where challenges abound over issues like equitable siting of renewable energy infrastructure, regulating natural gas, managing wildfires and addressing the health consequences of climate-driven heat waves. Read our account [43], plus check out the full 2023 Guide [44].

SEJ Publication Types:
SEJ News [45]
Topics on the Beat:
Agriculture [19]
Air [20]
Biodiversity [21]
Climate Change [4]
Disasters [5]
Economy & Business [23]
Energy & Fuel [24]
Environmental Health [6]
Environmental Justice [7]
Environmental Politics [25]
Fish & Fisheries [46]
Food [47]
Forests [48]
Government [26]
Health [8]
Infrastructure [49]
Journalism & Media [27]
Natural Resources [29]
People & Population [50]
Planning & Growth [51]
Policy [9]
Pollution [30]
Water & Oceans [33]
Wildlife [38]
Region:
California [12]
Mountain West (CO ID MT NV UT WY) [34]
Northwest (OR WA) [13]
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [39]
Visibility:
Public [17]
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Cascadia Bioregion Rife With Energy, Environment Troubles To Report in 2023 [52]

Iconic critters like salmon, orca and wolves. Climate controversies like natural gas greenwashing and carbon auctions. And wildfire fallout like “smoke-a-geddon.” These are just some of the wide array of stories worth covering as environmental journalists scan Cascadia, the huge area encompassing Washington, Oregon and Idaho, and stretching from Alaska to Utah. This special TipSheet, part of our 2023 Journalists’ Guide to Energy & Environment, outlines top issues in the region, offering insights, resources and story angles.

SEJ Publication Types:
TipSheet [53]
Topics on the Beat:
Activism [3]
Agriculture [19]
Air [20]
Biodiversity [21]
Climate Change [4]
Consumer [22]
Disasters [5]
Diversity [54]
Economy & Business [23]
Energy & Fuel [24]
Environmental Health [6]
Environmental Justice [7]
Environmental Politics [25]
Environmental Studies [55]
Fish & Fisheries [46]
Food [47]
Forests [48]
Government [26]
Health [8]
Infrastructure [49]
Journalism & Media [27]
Laws & Regulations [28]
Natural Resources [29]
Planning & Growth [51]
Policy [9]
Pollution [30]
Transportation [32]
Waste [56]
Water & Oceans [33]
Wildlife [38]
Region:
National (U.S.) [11]
Alaska and Hawaii [57]
California [12]
Mountain West (CO ID MT NV UT WY) [34]
Northwest (OR WA) [13]
International [15]
Canada [16]
Visibility:
Public [17]
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Winning Over Editors and Others with Award Winners’ Multimedia Nuggets [58]

If you’re looking to engage key constituencies for your journalism — whether editors, sources, students or people who have been marginalized — a new set of short videos from award-winning journalists (like KESQ's Angela Chen, at left) can serve as a helpful resource. Inside Story has a roadmap of how to make smart use of these video nuggets to, for instance, convince newsroom powerbrokers to give you more time and support for ambitious stories.

SEJ Publication Types:
Inside Story [59]
Topics on the Beat:
Agriculture [19]
Air [20]
Biodiversity [21]
Chemicals [60]
Climate Change [4]
Diversity [54]
Environmental Health [6]
Environmental Justice [7]
Environmental Politics [25]
Government [26]
Health [8]
Journalism & Media [27]
Natural Resources [29]
Policy [9]
Pollution [30]
Science [37]
Water & Oceans [33]
Wildlife [38]
Region:
National (U.S.) [11]
California [12]
Northwest (OR WA) [13]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [14]
International [15]
Visibility:
Public [17]
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Water-Sharing in the West: An Urgent and Complicated Environmental Story [61]

Water has always been a precious commodity in the western states. Now, with rapid population growth and a drying climate, the way this resource is shared and distributed is becoming more contentious across the region. Freelance journalist Jennifer Oldham talks about the tensions between supply and demand and how to drill down into water rights laws and policies.

SEJ Publication Types:
Features [2]
Topics on the Beat:
Agriculture [19]
Climate Change [4]
Consumer [22]
Economy & Business [23]
Environmental Health [6]
Environmental Politics [25]
Government [26]
Infrastructure [49]
Journalism & Media [27]
Laws & Regulations [28]
Natural Resources [29]
People & Population [50]
Planning & Growth [51]
Policy [9]
Technology [31]
Water & Oceans [33]
Region:
National (U.S.) [11]
California [12]
Mountain West (CO ID MT NV UT WY) [34]
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [39]
Visibility:
Public [17]
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Collaborative Journalism Project Reveals Inequities in Escaping Climate Change Hazards [62]

When U.S. communities become unlivable due to climate change impacts, can residents count on government relocation assistance — and are those most in need of help actually getting it? Those questions kickstarted a year-long investigation led by three high-powered journalism organizations. Now they’re sharing their reporting resources toolkit and inviting other journalists to widen the coverage with more local stories.

SEJ Publication Types:
Features [2]
Topics on the Beat:
Climate Change [4]
Disasters [5]
Diversity [54]
Economy & Business [23]
Environmental Health [6]
Environmental Justice [7]
Environmental Politics [25]
Government [26]
Health [8]
Infrastructure [49]
Journalism & Media [27]
Laws & Regulations [28]
People & Population [50]
Planning & Growth [51]
Policy [9]
Water & Oceans [33]
Region:
National (U.S.) [11]
Alaska and Hawaii [57]
California [12]
Great Lakes (IL IN MI MN OH WI) [63]
Mid-Atlantic (DC DE MD PA VA WV) [64]
Northeast (CT MA ME NH NJ NY RI VT) [65]
Northwest (OR WA) [13]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [14]
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [39]
Visibility:
Public [17]
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U.S. Wildfire Response Badly Off-Base, New Doc Convincingly Shows [66]

A gripping new documentary on raging megafires weaves together stunning cinematography with deeply researched revelations that reveal the futility of current policy around managing wildfires, writes veteran wildfire reporter Robert McClure in a new EJ InSight column. His review, with three big takeaways.

SEJ Publication Types:
EJ InSight [67]
Topics on the Beat:
Activism [3]
Climate Change [4]
Disasters [5]
Environmental Health [6]
Environmental Politics [25]
Environmental Studies [55]
Forests [48]
Government [26]
People & Population [50]
Planning & Growth [51]
Policy [9]
Science [37]
Region:
National (U.S.) [11]
California [12]
Mountain West (CO ID MT NV UT WY) [34]
Northwest (OR WA) [13]
Visibility:
Public [17]
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On the Persistence of Ocean Plastics [68]

Concerns about seaborne plastic waste go back decades, but science writer Juli Berwald suggests that myths and disinformation about sources and solutions continue to cloud the waters. From lentil-sized nurdles to sprawling fishing nets, 200 million tons of plastic now fill the ocean and, for her, it has become evident that the ocean plastics story is really a land story. But will the newly signed international treaty on plastics offer relief?

SEJ Publication Types:
Features [2]
Topics on the Beat:
Activism [3]
Biodiversity [21]
Chemicals [60]
Climate Change [4]
Consumer [22]
Economy & Business [23]
Energy & Fuel [24]
Environmental Health [6]
Environmental Studies [55]
Fish & Fisheries [46]
Government [26]
Infrastructure [49]
Journalism & Media [27]
Laws & Regulations [28]
Natural Resources [29]
Policy [9]
Pollution [30]
Science [37]
Technology [31]
Waste [56]
Water & Oceans [33]
Wildlife [38]
Region:
National (U.S.) [11]
Alaska and Hawaii [57]
California [12]
Northeast (CT MA ME NH NJ NY RI VT) [65]
Northwest (OR WA) [13]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [14]
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [39]
International [15]
Mexico [69]
Africa [70]
Asia [35]
Europe [41]
Visibility:
Public [17]
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