Publication Items

Get Feet Wet on Coastal Adaptation [1]

Special Report: Part Three

By KATE SHEPPARD

Americans — and humans in general — have long flocked to the coasts. Thirty-nine percent of the U.S. population, or about 123 million of us, live in coastal counties. But many in coastal areas are finding it increasingly less hospitable due to sea-level rise and extreme weather events linked to climate change. As communities figure out how to adapt to these changes, it is often environmental journalists who are being asked to cover these complex stories.
Topics on the Beat:
Water & Oceans [2]
Planning & Growth [3]
People & Population [4]
Climate Change [5]
Visibility:
Public [6]
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The Dirt on Ag & Adaptation [7]

Special Report: Part One

By CHRIS CLAYTON

If you’re looking to connect average Americans to climate change and to how they will have to adapt to it, why not report on the future of food and agriculture? After all, most Americans may not visit the polar ice caps, but everyone needs to eat.
Topics on the Beat:
Climate Change [5]
Food [8]
People & Population [4]
Planning & Growth [3]
Visibility:
Public [6]
- Read more about The Dirt on Ag & Adaptation [7]
Climate Adaptation Story Reaches Tipping Point [9]

This special report on climate change adaptation will help environmental journalists better understand and cover this growing topic. Top-notch beat reporters share how to best get at the nuts and bolts of adaptation in coastal communities and agricultural ones, a leading communications thinker shares insights into the “message” of adaptation, and we provide snapshots of a few of the many noteworthy adaptation projects, as well as the special challenges faced in one developing nation.

SEJ Publication Types:
Backgrounders [11]
Topics on the Beat:
Climate Change [5]
Journalism & Media [12]
Visibility:
Public [6]
- Read more about Climate Adaptation Story Reaches Tipping Point [9]
Most US Public Companies Ignore Rule on Climate Risk Disclosure [13]

In 2010, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) required publicly traded companies to disclose to their stockholders (and the public) what business risks they might face from climate change. Almost three-quarters of the companies are still ignoring the rule, and their shareholders are flying blind.

SEJ Publication Types:
WatchDog TipSheet [14]
Topics on the Beat:
Economy & Business [15]
Disasters [16]
Climate Change [5]
Visibility:
Public [6]
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Pennsylvania Blocks Report Criticizing Shale Gas [17]

Under law, Pennsylvania was supposed to publish a report outlining climate change impacts on the state by Spring 2012. But the Department of Environmental Protection says it is still being reviewed, and nobody will say when it might be published.

SEJ Publication Types:
WatchDog TipSheet [14]
Topics on the Beat:
Energy & Fuel [18]
Climate Change [5]
Region:
Mid-Atlantic (DC DE MD PA VA WV) [19]
Visibility:
Public [6]
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Congressional Research Service Reports on Environment Leaked [20]

Topics of the latest CRS reports shared by the Federation of American Scientist's Project on Government Secrecy include GMO wheat, earthquake risk and highway infrastructure, carbon capture and sequestration, the regional greenhouse gas initiative, regulation of fertilizers, and more.

SEJ Publication Types:
WatchDog TipSheet [14]
Topics on the Beat:
Water & Oceans [2]
Transportation [21]
Energy & Fuel [18]
Disasters [16]
Climate Change [5]
Chemicals [22]
Agriculture [23]
Visibility:
Public [6]
- Read more about Congressional Research Service Reports on Environment Leaked [20]
Changing the Language of Climate Change [24]

SEJ Publication Types:
Features [25]
Topics on the Beat:
Climate Change [5]
Journalism & Media [12]
Visibility:
Public [6]
- Read more about Changing the Language of Climate Change [24]
Covering Climate: Are Journalists up to the Task? More Important — Is Journalism? [26]

SEJ Publication Types:
Features [25]
Topics on the Beat:
Climate Change [5]
Journalism & Media [12]
Visibility:
Public [6]
- Read more about Covering Climate: Are Journalists up to the Task? More Important — Is Journalism? [26]
What’s Coming in Energy? Veteran Reporters Look Ahead [27]

What big energy issues will emerge on the reporting agenda for the year to come? To find out, the SEJ convened a panel of top-flight environmental journalists at the Wilson International Center for Scholars in Washington D.C. Jan. 25, 2013.

SEJ Publication Types:
Features [25]
Topics on the Beat:
Climate Change [5]
Energy & Fuel [18]
Environmental Health [28]
Environmental Politics [29]
Government [30]
Journalism & Media [12]
Laws & Regulations [31]
Other or All [32]
Policy [33]
Science [34]
Region:
Asia [35]
Visibility:
Public [6]
- Read more about What’s Coming in Energy? Veteran Reporters Look Ahead [27]
Is Environmental Journalism Ready for the Path Ahead? [36]

As SEJournal editors started to put together seemingly disparate stories for this issue on climate change and energy policy, we began to see how deeply interconnected they actually were. To help our readers reflect on their interlocking facets, we’ve grouped a series of stories together in this special report to help make your reporting on energy and climate change more effective.

SEJ Publication Types:
Features [25]
Topics on the Beat:
Climate Change [5]
Energy & Fuel [18]
Journalism & Media [12]
Nuclear Power & Radiation [38]
Visibility:
Public [6]
- Read more about Is Environmental Journalism Ready for the Path Ahead? [36]

Special Report: Part Three

Special Report: Part One

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