Publication Items

Whither the Permitting Reform Bill in 2023? [1]

The complex legal obstacles that face U.S. energy projects prompted political machinations over permitting reform in the last Congress and likely will again in the new one. The latest Backgrounder explores how the energy permitting system works (or doesn’t), why Democratic Sen. Joe Manchin may really be pushing for its reform and the reason some environmentalists concede reform may have green benefits.

SEJ Publication Types:
Backgrounders [2]
Topics on the Beat:
Climate Change [3]
Energy & Fuel [4]
Environmental Politics [5]
Government [6]
Infrastructure [7]
Laws & Regulations [8]
Policy [9]
Region:
National (U.S.) [10]
Great Lakes (IL IN MI MN OH WI) [11]
Great Plains (IA KS ND NE MO SD) [12]
Mid-Atlantic (DC DE MD PA VA WV) [13]
Northeast (CT MA ME NH NJ NY RI VT) [14]
International [15]
Canada [16]
Visibility:
Public [17]
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Winning Over Editors and Others with Award Winners’ Multimedia Nuggets [18]

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 [19]
Topics on the Beat:
Agriculture [20]
Air [21]
Biodiversity [22]
Chemicals [23]
Climate Change [3]
Diversity [24]
Environmental Health [25]
Environmental Justice [26]
Environmental Politics [5]
Government [6]
Health [27]
Journalism & Media [28]
Natural Resources [29]
Policy [9]
Pollution [30]
Science [31]
Water & Oceans [32]
Wildlife [33]
Region:
National (U.S.) [10]
California [34]
Northwest (OR WA) [35]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [36]
International [15]
Visibility:
Public [17]
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NASA Set To Ditch Satellite-Based Environmental Data Source [37]

Instrumentation on the International Space Station that gathers 3-D images of forest canopies and other environmental data is scheduled to soon be junked. But the move is provoking an outcry from scientists and pushback from some politicians. Reporter’s Toolbox examines what the Global Ecosystem Dynamics Investigation does and how journalists might make use of it, while it lasts.

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Reporters Toolbox [38]
Topics on the Beat:
Biodiversity [22]
Climate Change [3]
Environmental Politics [5]
Environmental Studies [39]
Forests [40]
Journalism & Media [28]
Science [31]
Region:
National (U.S.) [10]
International [15]
Visibility:
Public [17]
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Water-Sharing in the West: An Urgent and Complicated Environmental Story [41]

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 [42]
Topics on the Beat:
Agriculture [20]
Climate Change [3]
Consumer [43]
Economy & Business [44]
Environmental Health [25]
Environmental Politics [5]
Government [6]
Infrastructure [7]
Journalism & Media [28]
Laws & Regulations [8]
Natural Resources [29]
People & Population [45]
Planning & Growth [46]
Policy [9]
Technology [47]
Water & Oceans [32]
Region:
National (U.S.) [10]
California [34]
Mountain West (CO ID MT NV UT WY) [48]
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [49]
Visibility:
Public [17]
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Corporations and Climate Change Toolbox [50]

Corporations may be taking steps to address climate change, but are they moving big enough and fast enough? As part of a special initiative from the Society of Environmental Journalists, we offer a resource toolbox on how to cover business-based climate solutions. Plus, insights from a related tipsheet [51].

SEJ Publication Types:
Special Reports [52]
Topics on the Beat:
Climate Change [3]
Economy & Business [44]
Energy & Fuel [4]
Journalism & Media [28]
Policy [9]
Region:
National (U.S.) [10]
International [15]
Visibility:
Public [17]
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Measuring the Impact of Corporate Commitments [53]

Corporations may be taking steps to address climate change, but are they moving big enough and fast enough? As part of a special initiative from the Society of Environmental Journalists, we offer a tipsheet from journalist Megan Myscofski on how to cover business-based climate solutions. Get additional resources [54] and watch this video from an earlier webinar [55]. And see the full Covering Climate Solutions special report [56].

SEJ Publication Types:
Special Reports [52]
Topics on the Beat:
Climate Change [3]
Economy & Business [44]
Energy & Fuel [4]
Journalism & Media [28]
Policy [9]
Region:
National (U.S.) [10]
International [15]
Visibility:
Public [17]
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Bringing the Climate Crisis Story Home in 2023 [57]

Even as national governments scramble to address climate change, including with a new global summit planned for next fall, environmental journalists may find that action (or inaction) by state and local governments will yield an abundance of climate stories in the year ahead. The latest TipSheet offers numerous questions to ask, story ideas and resources to mine for local climate reporting.

SEJ Publication Types:
TipSheet [58]
Topics on the Beat:
Climate Change [3]
Energy & Fuel [4]
Environmental Politics [5]
Government [6]
Journalism & Media [28]
Policy [9]
Region:
National (U.S.) [10]
International [15]
Visibility:
Public [17]
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Disinformation Presents New Challenges to Environmental Journalists [59]

An explosion of deliberately misleading information has hit the environmental journalism beat, argues the new Backgrounder. A look at how today’s untruth industry has evolved from that of the past, particularly in the area of climate change, and how reporters have now turned it into its own specialty coverage area. Plus, seven tips on what you can do to handle disinformation on your beat.

SEJ Publication Types:
Backgrounders [2]
Topics on the Beat:
Climate Change [3]
Economy & Business [44]
Environmental Politics [5]
Environmental Studies [39]
Journalism & Media [28]
Policy [9]
Science [31]
Region:
National (U.S.) [10]
Visibility:
Public [17]
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Weather Nerd ‘Looks Up’ and Finds Science, Meaning in Stormy Skies [60]

Gen Z weather hotshot Matthew Cappucci recounts his rapid, if uneven, rise into major media meteorology in his new book, “Looking Up.” Along the way, he talks about weather — and the science behind it — in a way that reporters who cover storms can make good use of. Jenny Weeks reviews the volume for BookShelf.

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BookShelf [61]
Topics on the Beat:
Climate Change [3]
Disasters [62]
Science [31]
Region:
National (U.S.) [10]
Visibility:
Public [17]
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As Concern Over Methane Mounts, Emission Controls Yield Stories [63]

While carbon dioxide is the greenhouse gas most often in the news, methane has greater warming power and accounts for a big chunk of the current increase in global warming. Now, growing regulatory pressure may help shift that focus and could drive more local environmental reporting, per the latest TipSheet. The backstory, plus reporting ideas and resources.

SEJ Publication Types:
TipSheet [58]
Topics on the Beat:
Agriculture [20]
Air [21]
Climate Change [3]
Energy & Fuel [4]
Environmental Health [25]
Environmental Politics [5]
Journalism & Media [28]
Laws & Regulations [8]
Natural Resources [29]
Policy [9]
Pollution [30]
Waste [64]
Region:
National (U.S.) [10]
International [15]
Visibility:
Public [17]
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