Publication Items

AI’s Importance in Journalism and Teaching — Part 2 [1]

In Part 2 of a two-part EJ Academy, SEJournal’s Emilia Askari examines changes artificial intelligence is bringing to journalism — among them possibilities for the analysis of data, including on climate and the environment. Plus, ways to use AI tools more effectively and how to track news organizations’ response to and use of AI. Also: Part 1, AI in the classroom [2].

SEJ Publication Types:
EJ Academy [3]
Topics on the Beat:
Climate Change [4]
Environmental Studies [5]
Journalism & Media [6]
Science [7]
Technology [8]
Region:
National (U.S.) [9]
International [10]
Visibility:
Public [11]
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Communities at Risk Are Climate Stories Too [12]

As environmental journalists scramble to cover dizzying changes in climate and energy policy under the new administration, columnist Yessenia Funes offers an admonition: Do not forget about those whose human rights are being targeted by Trump, and look to connect the changing planet with changes felt by threatened communities. The new Voices of Environmental Justice on exiting the echo chamber.

SEJ Publication Types:
Voices of Environmental Justice [13]
Topics on the Beat:
Activism [14]
Climate Change [4]
Disasters [15]
Environmental Justice [16]
Environmental Politics [17]
Government [18]
Health [19]
Journalism & Media [6]
People & Population [20]
Policy [21]
Region:
National (U.S.) [9]
International [10]
Visibility:
Public [11]
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Energy-Dominance Exponent Coasts Into Interior [22]

The newly installed Interior Department head, who will manage most federally owned U.S. lands and billions of acres of the continental shelf, hails from a top fossil fuel-producing state and has close oil industry ties, reports the new EJ TransitionWatch. What former North Dakota Gov. Doug Burgum had to say at his Senate confirmation about U.S. “energy dominance.” Plus, one surprising source of support.

SEJ Publication Types:
EJ TransitionWatch [23]
Topics on the Beat:
Climate Change [4]
Energy & Fuel [24]
Environmental Politics [17]
Government [18]
Natural Resources [25]
Policy [21]
Region:
National (U.S.) [9]
Great Plains (IA KS ND NE MO SD) [26]
Visibility:
Public [11]
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EPA Nominee Heads for Approval, Despite Inexperience [27]

Former Congressman Lee Zeldin, the Trump administration nominee to lead the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, has scant expertise in the field and little appeal to environmental groups. But at a Senate hearing earlier this month, the Trump loyalist aimed to score points by confirming the existence of climate change and deflating rumors of an agency move out of the Capital. The latest EJ TransitionWatch takes a look at Zeldin's prospects.

SEJ Publication Types:
EJ TransitionWatch [23]
Topics on the Beat:
Climate Change [4]
Environmental Politics [17]
Government [18]
Policy [21]
Region:
National (U.S.) [9]
Northeast (CT MA ME NH NJ NY RI VT) [28]
Visibility:
Public [11]
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Telling the Stories of the Silent Sentinels [29]

To many, plants are a merely green backdrop, indistinguishable and inconsequential. But, freelancer Karen Mockler says that such “plant blindness” belies an urgent need for our notice. More than a third of the world’s trees and thousands of other plant species face extinction. Their plight — and their many blessings — offer perceptive journalists a wealth of reporting and storytelling opportunities. Mockler on why to write about plants.

SEJ Publication Types:
Features [30]
Topics on the Beat:
Agriculture [31]
Air [32]
Biodiversity [33]
Climate Change [4]
Environmental Health [34]
Environmental Justice [16]
Environmental Politics [17]
Environmental Studies [5]
Food [35]
Forests [36]
Government [18]
Health [19]
Journalism & Media [6]
Laws & Regulations [37]
Natural Resources [25]
Pollution [38]
Religion, Faith and Spirituality [39]
Science [7]
Water & Oceans [40]
Wildlife [41]
Region:
National (U.S.) [9]
California [42]
Northwest (OR WA) [43]
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [44]
International [10]
Canada [45]
Visibility:
Public [11]
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‘One Big, Beautiful Bill’ Could Undo Biden’s Climate Progress [46]

A single “reconciliation” bill, promised by House Speaker Mike Johnson in the first 100 days of the new Congress, could wipe out the outgoing administration’s climate ambitions. EJ TransitionWatch explains the budget process and spotlights a half dozen energy and environment provisions — affecting offshore drilling, methane emissions, electric vehicle incentives and more — that could be in the measure if the Trump administration gets its way.

SEJ Publication Types:
EJ TransitionWatch [23]
Topics on the Beat:
Climate Change [4]
Energy & Fuel [24]
Environmental Politics [17]
Government [18]
Laws & Regulations [37]
Natural Resources [25]
Policy [21]
Region:
National (U.S.) [9]
Visibility:
Public [11]
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What Biden Rules Could Congress Unplug With Review Act? [47]

As the Biden White House rushes to enact environment and energy policy before Inauguration Day, an obscure law leaves room for the incoming administration to claw them back. At risk: strengthened emissions standards for vehicles and power, tougher energy efficiency standards and plans to replace lead pipes. The latest EJ TransitionWatch explains how the reversal works — and why it might not.

SEJ Publication Types:
EJ TransitionWatch [23]
Topics on the Beat:
Air [32]
Climate Change [4]
Economy & Business [48]
Energy & Fuel [24]
Environmental Politics [17]
Government [18]
Infrastructure [49]
Laws & Regulations [37]
Policy [21]
Pollution [38]
Technology [8]
Transportation [50]
Water & Oceans [40]
Region:
National (U.S.) [9]
Visibility:
Public [11]
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What Will a Second Trump Term Mean for Environmental Justice? [51]

An incoming Trump administration hostile to the very idea of environmental justice likely means the rollback of numerous policies and regulations designed to protect disadvantaged communities, cuts to an important “whole-of-government” initiative and downsizing of key federal environmental justice offices. The latest EJ TransitionWatch examines what’s at stake. And for more, see our Topics on the Beat page on environmental justice [52].

SEJ Publication Types:
EJ TransitionWatch [23]
Topics on the Beat:
Air [32]
Climate Change [4]
Environmental Justice [16]
Environmental Politics [17]
Government [18]
Health [19]
Infrastructure [49]
Laws & Regulations [37]
People & Population [20]
Policy [21]
Pollution [38]
Waste [53]
Water & Oceans [40]
Region:
National (U.S.) [9]
Visibility:
Public [11]
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Trauma Specialist Offers Ospreys As ‘Gateway Drug’ to Nature [54]

Therapist and artist Pamela Lowell spent several months observing and banding ospreys, but rather than offer the experience up as a scientific account, she turns it into a lighthearted memoir that aims to explore and explain a range of wildlife and environmental issues through art, insight and empathy. BookShelf editor Tom Henry has a review.

SEJ Publication Types:
BookShelf [55]
Topics on the Beat:
Activism [14]
Biodiversity [33]
Climate Change [4]
Environmental Health [34]
Environmental Studies [5]
Wildlife [41]
Region:
National (U.S.) [9]
Northeast (CT MA ME NH NJ NY RI VT) [28]
Visibility:
Public [11]
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Beat Reporter Spotlights Costs of California's Environmental Reckoning [56]

The fossil fuel industry’s outsized climate policy role in the U.S.’s most populous state is the core of award-winning coverage from investigative journalist Aaron Cantú for nonprofit newsroom Capital & Main. In the new Inside Story Q&A, Cantú shares some of what challenged him in his reporting, what surprised him most and a lesson learned.

SEJ Publication Types:
Inside Story [57]
Topics on the Beat:
Climate Change [4]
Economy & Business [48]
Energy & Fuel [24]
Environmental Justice [16]
Environmental Politics [17]
Government [18]
Journalism & Media [6]
Laws & Regulations [37]
Natural Resources [25]
Policy [21]
Region:
National (U.S.) [9]
California [42]
Visibility:
Public [11]
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