Publication Items

“Diary of a Young Naturalist” [1]

With the heart of a naturalist, the head of a scientist and the weary bones of someone watching the destruction of the natural world, a prize-winning writer shares insights into the environment … and into a mind shaped by autism. That writer, by the way, is just 16 years old. BookShelf’s Melody Kemp reviews “Diary of a Young Naturalist.”

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BookShelf [2]
Topics on the Beat:
Activism [3]
Biodiversity [4]
Climate Change [5]
Environmental Politics [6]
Region:
International [7]
Europe [8]
Visibility:
Public [9]
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Climate-Unfriendly Coal May Be Losing Ground in U.S., But Not Worldwide [10]

When it comes to climate change, coal’s carbon emissions mean trouble. But as Backgrounder explains, if the once-powerful coal industry is on the decline in the United States, the fuel’s still finding favor worldwide. And that’s bad news for the Paris climate accord’s hopes of gaining control of runaway warming. The story behind the “exaggerated death” of coal.

SEJ Publication Types:
Backgrounders [11]
Topics on the Beat:
Air [12]
Climate Change [5]
Consumer [13]
Energy & Fuel [14]
Environmental Politics [6]
Laws & Regulations [15]
Natural Resources [16]
Policy [17]
Pollution [18]
Region:
National (U.S.) [19]
Mid-Atlantic (DC DE MD PA VA WV) [20]
Mountain West (CO ID MT NV UT WY) [21]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [22]
International [7]
Asia [23]
Australia & Oceania [24]
Visibility:
Public [9]
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Plant Trackers Help Mark Coal’s Decline [25]

Keeping tabs on the increasingly frequent closing of U.S. coal-fired electric power plants is an important way to follow developments on the larger climate change beat. The latest Reporter’s Toolbox points to several mapping databases that help make the job far easier — whether watching the industry in the United States or abroad.

SEJ Publication Types:
Reporters Toolbox [26]
Topics on the Beat:
Activism [3]
Air [12]
Climate Change [5]
Energy & Fuel [14]
Journalism & Media [27]
Natural Resources [16]
Pollution [18]
Region:
National (U.S.) [19]
International [7]
Visibility:
Public [9]
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Need Climate Questions? We’ve Got Climate Questions. [28]

Climate change may have made an unexpected appearance at the raucous 2020 presidential debate last night, but it's equally important to quiz state and local candidates on the topic too. The latest TipSheet offers environment and energy journalists a list of 10 key climate change questions to ask in reporting elections in your coverage area.

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TipSheet [29]
Topics on the Beat:
Climate Change [5]
Economy & Business [30]
Energy & Fuel [14]
Environmental Politics [6]
Government [31]
Journalism & Media [27]
Laws & Regulations [15]
Military [32]
Policy [17]
Science [33]
Region:
National (U.S.) [19]
International [7]
Visibility:
Public [9]
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Youth Activist Groups Push Climate Into Voting Booths [34]

A key Democratic primary win in Massachusetts last week appears to portend a weather change in climate politics, with youth groups helping propel the issue into November’s polling places. Reporter’s Toolbox helps environmental journalists cover the shift by cataloging some of the biggest youth climate activist groups with local chapters and large geographic reach.

SEJ Publication Types:
Reporters Toolbox [26]
Topics on the Beat:
Activism [3]
Climate Change [5]
Environmental Politics [6]
Region:
National (U.S.) [19]
Northeast (CT MA ME NH NJ NY RI VT) [35]
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [36]
International [7]
Europe [8]
Visibility:
Public [9]
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‘The Power of Partnerships’ Helps Uncover America’s Energy Gamble [37]

It took teams of journalists to produce an award-winning series of reports digging into environment and climate health effects of massive oil and natural gas production in the Southwestern United States. Our latest Inside Story talks with Jamie Smith Hopkins of the Center for Public Integrity about the benefits of reporting a big story jointly and the project’s sometimes surprising findings.

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Inside Story [38]
Topics on the Beat:
Climate Change [5]
Economy & Business [30]
Energy & Fuel [14]
Journalism & Media [27]
Natural Resources [16]
Policy [17]
Region:
National (U.S.) [19]
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [36]
International [7]
Visibility:
Public [9]
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Bringing Stories Home Under Lockdown, With Remote Video Interviews [39]

They’ve long been a staple of the news business. But now, with the pandemic continuing to keep journalists from their subjects, remote video interviews have become an essential tool. And even newbie video reporters can quickly learn the basics. Science video producer Eli Kintisch shares a quick eight-step remote video setup and some simple tricks of the trade, in this SEJournal how-to.

SEJ Publication Types:
Features [40]
Topics on the Beat:
Activism [3]
Agriculture [41]
Air [12]
Biodiversity [4]
Chemicals [42]
Climate Change [5]
Consumer [13]
Disasters [43]
Economy & Business [30]
Energy & Fuel [14]
Environmental Health [44]
Environmental Politics [6]
Environmental Studies [45]
Fish & Fisheries [46]
Food [47]
Forests [48]
Government [31]
Health [49]
Journalism & Media [27]
Laws & Regulations [15]
Military [32]
Natural Resources [16]
Nuclear Power & Radiation [50]
Other or All [51]
People & Population [52]
Planning & Growth [53]
Policy [17]
Pollution [18]
Science [33]
Technology [54]
Transportation [55]
Waste [56]
Water & Oceans [57]
Region:
National (U.S.) [19]
Alaska and Hawaii [58]
California [59]
Great Lakes (IL IN MI MN OH WI) [60]
Great Plains (IA KS ND NE MO SD) [61]
Mid-Atlantic (DC DE MD PA VA WV) [20]
Mountain West (CO ID MT NV UT WY) [21]
Northeast (CT MA ME NH NJ NY RI VT) [35]
Northwest (OR WA) [62]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [22]
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [36]
International [7]
Canada [63]
Mexico [64]
Africa [65]
Antarctica & Arctic [66]
Asia [23]
Australia & Oceania [24]
Central America & the Caribbean [67]
Europe [8]
Middle East [68]
South America [69]
Visibility:
Public [9]
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‘Green Recovery’ Policies an Elusive Promise [70]

As Democratic and Republican parties plan their nominating conventions beginning next week amid a pandemic and a recession, it’s instructive to examine the state of thinking about a “green recovery.” Backgrounder looks at the politicking and policies behind the notion that a massive clean energy plan could be good not just for addressing climate change, but also the economy.

SEJ Publication Types:
Backgrounders [11]
Topics on the Beat:
Activism [3]
Climate Change [5]
Energy & Fuel [14]
Environmental Politics [6]
Government [31]
Journalism & Media [27]
Laws & Regulations [15]
Policy [17]
Region:
National (U.S.) [19]
International [7]
Australia & Oceania [24]
Europe [8]
Visibility:
Public [9]
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Start Tracking Wildfires Before Things Get Hot [71]

With little (and big) fires just about everywhere these days, reporters could use help tracking the myriad blazes. Fortunately, firefighting experts have developed some handy databases that journalists can tap into to better cover this story. Plus, other kinds of data tools to keep on top of fire hazards. And SEJ’s new “Issue: Wildfire [72]” resource page, which includes wildfire headlines from EJToday and more wildfire stories from SEJournal.

SEJ Publication Types:
Reporters Toolbox [26]
Topics on the Beat:
Climate Change [5]
Disasters [43]
Forests [48]
Journalism & Media [27]
People & Population [52]
Region:
National (U.S.) [19]
California [59]
Mountain West (CO ID MT NV UT WY) [21]
Visibility:
Public [9]
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Disaster Aid Sometimes Helps Fund the Next Disaster [73]

As hurricane season gets into full swing, a perpetual paradox reemerges — does disaster aid help or harm? Government financial assistance in a disaster’s wake may seem a boon, but could it just encourage communities to repeat the mistakes of the past? The latest TipSheet explores the question and provides context, reporting resources and story ideas.

SEJ Publication Types:
TipSheet [29]
Topics on the Beat:
Climate Change [5]
Disasters [43]
Environmental Politics [6]
Government [31]
Journalism & Media [27]
Laws & Regulations [15]
People & Population [52]
Planning & Growth [53]
Policy [17]
Water & Oceans [57]
Region:
National (U.S.) [19]
Visibility:
Public [9]
- Read more about Disaster Aid Sometimes Helps Fund the Next Disaster [73]

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