Publication Items

Potential Conflicts Spotlight Concerns Over Trump Appointments [1]

As President Trump continues to fill environment and energy leadership positions in 2018, one source of stories will be potential conflicts of interest for appointed regulators and agency leaders. This week's TipSheet runs down more than 20 key appointments to watch at EPA, Interior, Ag, Energy and more.

SEJ Publication Types:
TipSheet [2]
Topics on the Beat:
Agriculture [3]
Air [4]
Chemicals [5]
Climate Change [6]
Economy & Business [7]
Energy & Fuel [8]
Environmental Politics [9]
Fish & Fisheries [10]
Government [11]
Health [12]
Journalism & Media [13]
Laws & Regulations [14]
Natural Resources [15]
Nuclear Power & Radiation [16]
Policy [17]
Pollution [18]
Science [19]
Technology [20]
Water & Oceans [21]
Region:
National (U.S.) [22]
Visibility:
Public [23]
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Investigations May Bring News in 2018 [24]

Almost a dozen investigations are underway at the U.S. EPA and the Interior Department, including of unusual travel, private sector connections and staff/advisory panel moves. This week's TipSheet runs down the probes in detail, and offers resources for coverage of developments in 2018.

SEJ Publication Types:
TipSheet [2]
Topics on the Beat:
Climate Change [6]
Consumer [25]
Disasters [26]
Economy & Business [7]
Energy & Fuel [8]
Environmental Politics [9]
Government [11]
Laws & Regulations [14]
Policy [17]
Science [19]
Water & Oceans [21]
Region:
National (U.S.) [22]
Alaska and Hawaii [27]
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [28]
Central America & the Caribbean [29]
Visibility:
Public [23]
- Read more about Investigations May Bring News in 2018 [24]
Energy Markets Offer Clues on Environment’s Future [30]

How the U.S. economy uses energy has huge impacts on the environment. So this week's TipSheet helps journalists understand the economy-energy-environment nexus, detailing nine top trends to watch on fossil fuels and alternative energy in 2018. Plus, a list of helpful sources for tracking energy markets.

SEJ Publication Types:
TipSheet [2]
Topics on the Beat:
Climate Change [6]
Consumer [25]
Economy & Business [7]
Energy & Fuel [8]
Environmental Politics [9]
Government [11]
Journalism & Media [13]
Laws & Regulations [14]
Nuclear Power & Radiation [16]
Planning & Growth [31]
Pollution [18]
Technology [20]
Region:
National (U.S.) [22]
Visibility:
Public [23]
- Read more about Energy Markets Offer Clues on Environment’s Future [30]
Battle Builds Over Science Integrity in Environmental Policy [32]

Purges of EPA science panels by Administrator Scott Pruitt are just one among many moves in an ongoing dispute over the integrity of the environmental sciences in government policymaking. The latest Issue Backgrounder takes a deep dive with a briefing on five likely battles ahead for the coming year.

SEJ Publication Types:
Backgrounders [33]
Topics on the Beat:
Agriculture [3]
Air [4]
Chemicals [5]
Climate Change [6]
Energy & Fuel [8]
Environmental Politics [9]
Environmental Studies [34]
Government [11]
Health [12]
Laws & Regulations [14]
Policy [17]
Pollution [18]
Science [19]
Technology [20]
Region:
National (U.S.) [22]
Visibility:
Public [23]
- Read more about Battle Builds Over Science Integrity in Environmental Policy [32]
FOIA Suit, Silence on Hog Farms & Sea-Level Rise, Plus Shield Laws [35]

A push for disclosure on hazardous air emissions from industrial hog farms, and reporting on how the coastal real estate industry works to block bad news about sea-level rise. That, plus the Bay Journal FOIAs the EPA over grant defunding, and a move in Congress towards a federal shield law, all in the latest WatchDog.

SEJ Publication Types:
WatchDog TipSheet [36]
Topics on the Beat:
Air [4]
Climate Change [6]
Disasters [26]
Environmental Politics [9]
Government [11]
Journalism & Media [13]
Laws & Regulations [14]
People & Population [37]
Planning & Growth [31]
Pollution [18]
Waste [38]
Water & Oceans [21]
Region:
National (U.S.) [22]
Mid-Atlantic (DC DE MD PA VA WV) [39]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [40]
Visibility:
Public [23]
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Clean Power Plan Showdown Ahead, But Will It Matter? [41]

President Trump campaigned partly on the promise to abolish an Obama-era program to cut power plant CO2 emissions. But as TipSheet explains in the first in a series of special reports on key issues in the coming year, the program is tied up in complex court proceedings that may, in the end, be moot. Learn why.

SEJ Publication Types:
TipSheet [2]
Topics on the Beat:
Air [4]
Climate Change [6]
Energy & Fuel [8]
Environmental Politics [9]
Laws & Regulations [14]
Pollution [18]
Region:
National (U.S.) [22]
Visibility:
Public [23]
- Read more about Clean Power Plan Showdown Ahead, But Will It Matter? [41]
SEJ Objects Over EPA Response to AP Story; plus, Suits & Rulings Involving Interior, EPA, NOAA [42]

The SEJ has written the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to object to its criticism of an Associated Press story about Superfund sites following Hurricane Harvey floods. That, plus a judge rules against EPA for withholding records on the pesticide Enlist Duo, and more, in this month's WatchDog.

SEJ Publication Types:
WatchDog TipSheet [36]
Topics on the Beat:
Activism [43]
Chemicals [5]
Climate Change [6]
Energy & Fuel [8]
Environmental Health [44]
Environmental Politics [9]
Government [11]
Journalism & Media [13]
Laws & Regulations [14]
Policy [17]
Pollution [18]
Science [19]
Water & Oceans [21]
Region:
National (U.S.) [22]
Visibility:
Public [23]
- Read more about SEJ Objects Over EPA Response to AP Story; plus, Suits & Rulings Involving Interior, EPA, NOAA [42]
Hurricane Toolbox, Headlines and More [45]

Check out our guide to reporting on hurricanes like Irma, Harvey and Maria, and their aftermath. We've compiled a series of resources, including a hurricane Toolbox [46] and Backgrounders [47] (including one on the power grid [48], post-outages), as well as TipSheets [49] on hurricanes, flooding [50], flood insurance [51], storm surge [52], toxic floodwaters [53], dam failures [54] and more. Plus, get the latest hurricane headlines [55] from EJ Today (subscribe [56]).

SEJ Publication Types:
SEJournal Online [57]
Topics on the Beat:
Climate Change [6]
Disasters [26]
Journalism & Media [13]
Region:
National (U.S.) [22]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [40]
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [28]
Visibility:
Public [23]
- Read more about Hurricane Toolbox, Headlines and More [45]
Beware Gateway Bugs Bringing Insect-Borne Disease [58]

It's a deadly threat only fitfully reported by news media. But coverage of insect-borne diseases could be improved by environmental journalists who understand the intersection of bugs, humans and climate. A two-part Issue Backgrounder with basics, key resources and a rundown on significant illnesses brought by mosquitoes [59], and by ticks and other insects [60].

SEJ Publication Types:
Backgrounders [33]
Topics on the Beat:
Climate Change [6]
Health [12]
People & Population [37]
Region:
National (U.S.) [22]
Alaska and Hawaii [27]
Mountain West (CO ID MT NV UT WY) [61]
Northeast (CT MA ME NH NJ NY RI VT) [62]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [40]
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [28]
Canada [63]
Africa [64]
Asia [65]
Central America & the Caribbean [29]
South America [66]
Visibility:
Public [23]
- Read more about Beware Gateway Bugs Bringing Insect-Borne Disease [58]
Trump Environmental Rule Rollback — Tracking the Trackers [67]

The Trump administration has moved aggressively to roll back environmental and energy-related rules, so much so that keeping tabs on all the developments has become a major challenge. To help reporters get the lay of the land, this week's TipSheet has a roundup of more than a dozen regulatory tracking reports. Track the trackers.

SEJ Publication Types:
TipSheet [2]
Topics on the Beat:
Climate Change [6]
Economy & Business [7]
Energy & Fuel [8]
Environmental Politics [9]
Government [11]
Journalism & Media [13]
Laws & Regulations [14]
Policy [17]
Region:
National (U.S.) [22]
Visibility:
Public [23]
- Read more about Trump Environmental Rule Rollback — Tracking the Trackers [67]

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