Publication Items

Environmentalists Will Be Seeing Trump Forces in Court — Often [1]

The judiciary is looking to become a major environmental battleground for journalists to watch in the coming months and years, as activists confront the Trump administration over its deregulatory campaign. The new Issue Backgrounder maps out the action, explaining how key laws foster citizen suits, while numerous nonprofits are staffed up to sue. Plus, some ways to track the action.

SEJ Publication Types:
Backgrounders [2]
Topics on the Beat:
Activism [3]
Air [4]
Biodiversity [5]
Chemicals [6]
Climate Change [7]
Consumer [8]
Environmental Justice [9]
Environmental Politics [10]
Government [11]
Infrastructure [12]
Journalism & Media [13]
Laws & Regulations [14]
Natural Resources [15]
Policy [16]
Pollution [17]
Waste [18]
Water & Oceans [19]
Wildlife [20]
Region:
National (U.S.) [21]
Visibility:
Public [22]
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Environmental Justice Grants Disappear. Environmental Injustice Does Not [23]

Decades of effort to tackle the often-intractable problems of environmental injustice, supported in recent years by billions in funding, are now facing the knife under the Trump administration. The latest TipSheet provides a thumbnail history of government initiatives and why it matters, then offers a dozen story ideas and reporting resources to tell the story in your community.

SEJ Publication Types:
TipSheet [24]
Topics on the Beat:
Environmental Justice [9]
Environmental Politics [10]
Government [11]
Health [25]
Journalism & Media [13]
Laws & Regulations [14]
People & Population [26]
Policy [16]
Pollution [17]
Region:
National (U.S.) [21]
Visibility:
Public [22]
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#SEJ2025 LIVE — On-the-Ground Coverage of Day Two Sessions From Reporters in Our Student Newsroom [27]

From clean energy and public lands to extreme heat and plastics, the #SEJ2025 LIVE student newsroom covered nearly a dozen topical sessions from the second day of the Society of Environmental Journalists annual conference in Tempe, Arizona, in late April. Get key takeaways and top perspectives in Part 2 of our coverage from the April 26 program. Plus, see Part 1 [28], with coverage of the April 25 program, and our complete on-the-scene reporting from April 24 conference tours [29].

SEJ Publication Types:
SEJ News [30]
Topics on the Beat:
Journalism & Media [13]
Other or All [31]
Region:
National (U.S.) [21]
International [32]
Visibility:
Public [22]
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#SEJ2025 LIVE — On-the-Ground Coverage of Tours From Reporters in Our Student Newsroom [29]

As journalists traversed Arizona’s rivers, mountains, deserts and urban centers, exploring issues ranging from wildlife and nuclear energy to sustainable grown and Indigenous foods, the #SEJ2025 LIVE student newsroom was on hand, with on-the-scene reporting from more than a dozen all-day and mini-tours at the Society of Environmental Journalists annual conference in Tempe in late April. Get detailed observations, top takeaways and images. Plus, see Part 1 [28] and Part 2 [33] of our coverage from the program’s sessions and plenaries.

SEJ Publication Types:
SEJ News [30]
Visibility:
Public [22]
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#SEJ2025 LIVE — On-the-Ground Coverage of Day One Sessions From Reporters in Our Student Newsroom [28]

From the climate crisis and the AI revolution to reporting underserved communities and combating disinformation, the #SEJ2025 LIVE student newsroom covered more than two dozen topical sessions and plenaries from the opening day of the Society of Environmental Journalists annual conference in Tempe, Arizona, last week. Get key takeaways and top perspectives in Part 1 of our coverage from the April 25 program. Plus, see Part 2 [33], with coverage of the April 26 program, and our complete on-the-scene reporting from April 24 conference tours [34].

SEJ Publication Types:
SEJ News [30]
Visibility:
Public [22]
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#SEJ2025 LIVE — On-the-Ground Coverage From Reporters in Our Student Newsroom [35]

From the climate crisis and the AI revolution to reporting underserved communities and combating disinformation, the #SEJ2025 LIVE student newsroom covered more than two dozen topical sessions and plenaries from the opening day of the Society of Environmental Journalists annual conference in Tempe, Arizona, last week. Get key takeaways and top perspectives, in Part 1 of our coverage from April 25’s program. And tune in to next week’s SEJournal for Part 2, with complete coverage including on-the-scene reporting from conference tours and reporting on the second day’s session program, plus a wide range of images.

SEJ Publication Types:
SEJ News [30]
Topics on the Beat:
Journalism & Media [13]
Other or All [31]
Region:
National (U.S.) [21]
International [32]
Visibility:
Public [22]
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Can a City on Fire Be Photographed? Yes, Says One Photojournalist [36]

Will images of a burning Los Angeles last in our consciousness? EJ InSight editor Andrew Cullen makes a powerful argument that they will, illustrating the point with potent photographs of that disaster, as well as from recent hurricanes. An exploration of how photojournalists, working amid the destruction, strive to document not just the devastation but its deeper significance and its human toll.

SEJ Publication Types:
EJ InSight [37]
Topics on the Beat:
Climate Change [7]
Disasters [38]
Journalism & Media [13]
People & Population [26]
Region:
National (U.S.) [21]
California [39]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [40]
Visibility:
Public [22]
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Student Newsroom Returns for Coverage of #SEJ2025 [41]

More than two dozen student reporters and editors from The Arizona Republic will provide coverage of the 34th annual Society of Environmental Journalists conference at Arizona State University from April 23-26. The team will report numerous sessions, workshops, plenaries and tours, with SEJournal carrying special reports in its April 30 and May 7 issues. More on this year’s student newsroom [41] and the conference [42] itself. Stay tuned!

SEJ Publication Types:
SEJ News [30]
Topics on the Beat:
Journalism & Media [13]
Region:
National (U.S.) [21]
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [43]
Visibility:
Public [22]
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Covering Wildfire — Expert Advice on Emerging Issues, Recurring Risks [44]

With wildfires becoming more extreme in every way, reporters covering them face new challenges along with familiar hazards. A pair of experienced wildfire journalists and others on the front lines offer advice on dealing with access restrictions, on-the-ground dangers, toxic exposure risks and traumatized survivors — as climate change speeds up the news cycle and misinformation muddies the reporting landscape.

SEJ Publication Types:
Features [45]
Topics on the Beat:
Climate Change [7]
Disasters [38]
Forests [46]
Government [11]
Health [25]
Infrastructure [12]
Journalism & Media [13]
Laws & Regulations [14]
People & Population [26]
Region:
National (U.S.) [21]
Alaska and Hawaii [47]
California [39]
Mountain West (CO ID MT NV UT WY) [48]
Northwest (OR WA) [49]
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [43]
Visibility:
Public [22]
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Trump Tariffs Blow Up Long U.S.-Canada Environmental Partnership [50]

As trade wars loom with U.S. allies, including our neighbors to the north and south, another kind of long-standing relationship is under threat — the environmental partnership between the United States and Canada. A Backgrounder Analysis examines deep-rooted ties over energy, water and timber. Does the brewing conflict over trade mean the long bonds over the environment have been broken?

SEJ Publication Types:
Backgrounders [2]
Topics on the Beat:
Consumer [8]
Economy & Business [51]
Energy & Fuel [52]
Environmental Health [53]
Environmental Politics [10]
Fish & Fisheries [54]
Forests [46]
Government [11]
Laws & Regulations [14]
Natural Resources [15]
Policy [16]
Water & Oceans [19]
Region:
National (U.S.) [21]
Great Lakes (IL IN MI MN OH WI) [55]
Northwest (OR WA) [49]
International [32]
Canada [56]
Mexico [57]
Visibility:
Public [22]
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