Publication Items

Greenhouse Gas Inventory Key Source for Local Climate Change Stories [1]

A long-standing EPA inventory of greenhouse gasses has been gussied up of late, making it easier than ever to comb the data for global warming stories in your community. The latest Reporter’s Toolbox continues its new data journalism focus with a look at this resource, and how to use the info in it smartly.

SEJ Publication Types:
Reporters Toolbox [2]
Topics on the Beat:
Air [3]
Chemicals [4]
Climate Change [5]
Energy & Fuel [6]
Journalism & Media [7]
Laws & Regulations [8]
Pollution [9]
Science [10]
Region:
National (U.S.) [11]
Visibility:
Public [12]
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Air Needs Freshening in Most U.S. National Park Units [13]

The nation’s parks are generally thought to be pristine natural havens. But a recent study finds the overwhelming majority suffer from air pollution problems like smog and ozone. That makes for important local and regional news stories, per the latest biweekly TipSheet. Get background, story ideas, resources and more.

SEJ Publication Types:
TipSheet [14]
Topics on the Beat:
Air [3]
Chemicals [4]
Consumer [15]
Environmental Health [16]
Environmental Politics [17]
Environmental Studies [18]
Forests [19]
Government [20]
Health [21]
Journalism & Media [7]
Laws & Regulations [8]
Natural Resources [22]
Pollution [9]
Science [10]
Region:
National (U.S.) [11]
Visibility:
Public [12]
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Big Environmental Impacts on Small Communities Is Story That Must Be Told [23]

While environmental journalists often focus on regulatory wrestling matches in Washington, D.C., a seasoned New York Times investigative reporter argues the most important stories are those in the real communities where bureaucratic impacts are felt. Three-time Pulitzer winner Eric Lipton makes the case for public service in journalism that tells the environment story from the outside in.

SEJ Publication Types:
Features [24]
Topics on the Beat:
Agriculture [25]
Air [3]
Chemicals [4]
Energy & Fuel [6]
Environmental Health [16]
Environmental Politics [17]
Government [20]
Health [21]
Journalism & Media [7]
Laws & Regulations [8]
Natural Resources [22]
Policy [26]
Pollution [9]
Water & Oceans [27]
Region:
National (U.S.) [11]
Alaska and Hawaii [28]
California [29]
Great Lakes (IL IN MI MN OH WI) [30]
Great Plains (IA KS ND NE MO SD) [31]
Mid-Atlantic (DC DE MD PA VA WV) [32]
Mountain West (CO ID MT NV UT WY) [33]
Northeast (CT MA ME NH NJ NY RI VT) [34]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [35]
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [36]
Visibility:
Public [12]
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Primer Helps To Prep for Reporting on PFAS [37]

It’s a category of more than 4,000 industrial chemicals that affect our lives nearly every day — and many of which are toxic. So what do journalists need to know to report on the emerging contaminants known as PFAS? Our most recent Issue Backgrounder offers a detailed primer on what PFAS are, where they come from, what their health effects are and how they might be cleaned up.

SEJ Publication Types:
Backgrounders [38]
Topics on the Beat:
Agriculture [25]
Chemicals [4]
Consumer [15]
Food [39]
Health [21]
Science [10]
Water & Oceans [27]
Region:
National (U.S.) [11]
Great Lakes (IL IN MI MN OH WI) [30]
Northeast (CT MA ME NH NJ NY RI VT) [34]
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [36]
International [40]
Australia & Oceania [41]
Visibility:
Public [12]
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Database Helps Track PFAS Drinking Water Contamination [42]

Millions of people across the United States are believed to be drinking PFAS-contaminated water. And a growing database could prove an invaluable resource for environmental journalists trying to get a handle on that public health risk. Our latest biweekly Reporter’s Toolbox, recently refocused on data journalism tools and techniques, explains how to tap the expanding PFAS data.

SEJ Publication Types:
Reporters Toolbox [2]
Topics on the Beat:
Chemicals [4]
Consumer [15]
Government [20]
Health [21]
Journalism & Media [7]
Laws & Regulations [8]
People & Population [43]
Pollution [9]
Water & Oceans [27]
Region:
National (U.S.) [11]
Great Lakes (IL IN MI MN OH WI) [30]
Mid-Atlantic (DC DE MD PA VA WV) [32]
Northeast (CT MA ME NH NJ NY RI VT) [34]
Visibility:
Public [12]
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Sifting Through 'Toxic Secrets' To Nail Polluter [44]

A lengthy investigation yielded one small-market environmental reporting team an award-winning project examining the adequacy of a toxic solvent cleanup in a polluted community. Our latest “Inside Story” talks with a team member behind the project to learn about the challenges, the lessons learned and advice for others tracking similar problems.

SEJ Publication Types:
Inside Story [45]
Topics on the Beat:
Chemicals [4]
Environmental Health [16]
Health [21]
Journalism & Media [7]
Laws & Regulations [8]
People & Population [43]
Pollution [9]
Water & Oceans [27]
Region:
National (U.S.) [11]
Northeast (CT MA ME NH NJ NY RI VT) [34]
Visibility:
Public [12]
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Closure of Civilian Conservation Centers Ignites Controversy [46]

A decades-old environmental jobs program that provided work for thousands of disadvantaged young people across more than a dozen states has been hit with one of the largest federal downsizings in a decade. Find out how the closing of some Civilian Conservation Centers may be a story near you, from the latest TipSheet.

SEJ Publication Types:
TipSheet [14]
Topics on the Beat:
Economy & Business [47]
Environmental Politics [17]
Forests [19]
Government [20]
Journalism & Media [7]
Natural Resources [22]
People & Population [43]
Region:
National (U.S.) [11]
Great Lakes (IL IN MI MN OH WI) [30]
Great Plains (IA KS ND NE MO SD) [31]
Mid-Atlantic (DC DE MD PA VA WV) [32]
Mountain West (CO ID MT NV UT WY) [33]
Northwest (OR WA) [48]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [35]
Visibility:
Public [12]
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FED Tool Tracks Pollution on Federal Lands [49]

A revamped Reporter’s Toolbox begins today with a new focus on data resources for environmental journalists. The now biweekly column starts with a look at a massive database designed for federal land managers that reporters can use to scan dozens of pollution data sets about air quality and more in parks, forests and other federal lands.

SEJ Publication Types:
Reporters Toolbox [2]
Topics on the Beat:
Air [3]
Consumer [15]
Environmental Health [16]
Forests [19]
Government [20]
Health [21]
Journalism & Media [7]
Laws & Regulations [8]
People & Population [43]
Pollution [9]
Region:
National (U.S.) [11]
Visibility:
Public [12]
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“Ocean Outbreak: Confronting the Rising Tide of Marine Disease” [50]

Marine ecologist Drew Harvell’s new book makes the case that the world’s oceans are sick and that few are paying enough attention. According to our latest BookShelf review, her “Ocean Outbreak” takes readers on a panoramic journey through the deep, while equipping reporters to better report problems that go well beyond climate change.

SEJ Publication Types:
BookShelf [51]
Topics on the Beat:
Climate Change [5]
Environmental Health [16]
Fish & Fisheries [52]
Natural Resources [22]
Pollution [9]
Water & Oceans [27]
Wildlife [53]
Region:
National (U.S.) [11]
International [40]
Visibility:
Public [12]
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For Students, SEJ Conference Can Make the Grade [54]

Not only is the Society of Environmental Journalists’ annual gathering a great way for student journalists to get propelled into the profession, argues our most recent EJ Academy column. It’s also how SEJ itself can invest in its future. The case for creative ways to bring newbies to the next conference.

SEJ Publication Types:
EJ Academy [55]
Topics on the Beat:
Journalism & Media [7]
Region:
National (U.S.) [11]
International [40]
Visibility:
Public [12]
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