Publication Items

Shark Week Media Frenzy a Chance to Actually Cover Sharks [1]

The media frenzy whipped up by Shark Week broadcasts mask a harsh reality — humans kill millions more sharks than sharks kill humans, making the real story for reporters the struggle to save sharks. Get ideas and resources on the shark conservation story from this week's TipSheet.

SEJ Publication Types:
TipSheet [2]
Topics on the Beat:
Fish & Fisheries [3]
Region:
National (U.S.) [4]
Alaska and Hawaii [5]
Visibility:
Public [6]
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‘Cut Through Fog’ to Cover Trump’s Fast-Moving Environmental Policy Changes [7]

Policy experts and reporters at an SEJ forum in Seattle July 6 cautioned that environmental journalists must go into overdrive to keep up with fast and furious changes coming during the Trump Administration. Get more in our SEJ News coverage. [7] Photo: Former EPA official Dennis McLerran, left, fields a query from moderator Jeff Burnside. Read McLerran's full remarks here [8].

SEJ Publication Types:
SEJ News [9]
Topics on the Beat:
Economy & Business [10]
Environmental Politics [11]
Government [12]
Journalism & Media [13]
Laws & Regulations [14]
Policy [15]
Region:
National (U.S.) [4]
Visibility:
Public [6]
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“Where the Water Goes: Life and Death Along the Colorado River” [16]

Writer David Owen's “Where the Water Goes: Life and Death Along the Colorado River” tells the story of the Colorado, while exploring water issues ranging from drought and climate degradation to cross-state and cross-border legal complexities.

SEJ Publication Types:
BookShelf [17]
Topics on the Beat:
Agriculture [18]
Consumer [19]
Economy & Business [10]
Environmental Politics [11]
Laws & Regulations [14]
Natural Resources [20]
Planning & Growth [21]
Water & Oceans [22]
Region:
National (U.S.) [4]
California [23]
Mountain West (CO ID MT NV UT WY) [24]
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [25]
Visibility:
Public [6]
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“Climate of Hope: How Cities, Businesses, and Citizens Can Save the Planet” [26]

The new book “Climate of Hope” by ex-New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg and former Sierra Club chief Carl Pope concludes that, despite partisan obstacles, we have made progress in fighting the planet’s warming.

SEJ Publication Types:
BookShelf [17]
Topics on the Beat:
Climate Change [27]
Environmental Studies [28]
Government [12]
Laws & Regulations [14]
Policy [15]
Region:
National (U.S.) [4]
Visibility:
Public [6]
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“Hot, Hungry Planet: The Fight to Stop a Global Food Crisis in the Face of Climate Change” [29]

Author Lisa Palmer tackles a question many experts in the natural and social sciences are also pondering: How can we feed a growing world population in the coming decades when climate change is stressing global food production systems?

SEJ Publication Types:
BookShelf [17]
Topics on the Beat:
Agriculture [18]
Climate Change [27]
Consumer [19]
Economy & Business [10]
Food [30]
People & Population [31]
Policy [15]
Region:
National (U.S.) [4]
International [32]
Africa [33]
Asia [34]
South America [35]
Visibility:
Public [6]
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Battles Ahead Over Conservation Fund [36]

To report on federal land disputes near you, just take a look at the congressional Land and Water Conservation Fund, which this year faces conflict over funding levels, land acquisition and more. The latest TipSheet has the story, and how to cover it.

SEJ Publication Types:
TipSheet [2]
Topics on the Beat:
Environmental Politics [11]
Government [12]
Journalism & Media [13]
Natural Resources [20]
Region:
National (U.S.) [4]
Visibility:
Public [6]
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To Report on Drinking Water, Know Its Source [37]

Safe drinking water is a long-standing challenge left unmet all across the United States. As our latest Issue Backgrounder explains, telling the story of drinkable water requires digging beneath complex relationships, understanding the sources of drinking water and much more. Here's help to do it.

SEJ Publication Types:
Backgrounders [38]
Topics on the Beat:
Chemicals [39]
Consumer [19]
Disasters [40]
Environmental Health [41]
Health [42]
Laws & Regulations [14]
Natural Resources [20]
People & Population [31]
Pollution [43]
Water & Oceans [22]
Region:
National (U.S.) [4]
Visibility:
Public [6]
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Maintenance Backlog a Pothole on Road to Parks Consensus [44]

The maintenance backlog at the National Park System is nearly $12 billion, and a hot button issue for various constituencies. But don't look for spending to clear it up any time soon, with major budget cuts proposed. This week's TipSheet outlines the issues, and provides resources and perspectives to cover the story.

SEJ Publication Types:
TipSheet [2]
Topics on the Beat:
Environmental Politics [11]
Forests [45]
Government [12]
Natural Resources [20]
Wildlife [46]
Region:
National (U.S.) [4]
Visibility:
Public [6]
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Opening Pruitt’s Calendar and Saving EPA Climate Info; plus, DAPL FOIA Denied and Hoopla over Senate Hallway Interviews [47]

Unlike his predecessors, new EPA head Scott Pruitt isn't publishing his calendar. Pushback from enviros, plus, EPA's scrubbed climate info starts reappearing on city websites around the country. That and news on a Dakota Access Pipeline FOIA and on reporters fighting for Capitol Hill access in this month's WatchDog.

SEJ Publication Types:
WatchDog TipSheet [48]
Topics on the Beat:
Activism [49]
Climate Change [27]
Environmental Politics [11]
Government [12]
Journalism & Media [13]
Laws & Regulations [14]
Region:
National (U.S.) [4]
Visibility:
Public [6]
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Interior Appropriations — Dead on Arrival and Live at Five [50]

Even though big proposed budget cuts may be DOA for the Interior Department, it doesn't mean there aren't a wide range of land and resource-related stories emerging from the debates. The latest TipSheet sets the scene and offers a half-dozen ways to localize the Interior Department funding story.

SEJ Publication Types:
TipSheet [2]
Topics on the Beat:
Energy & Fuel [51]
Environmental Politics [11]
Forests [45]
Government [12]
Journalism & Media [13]
Laws & Regulations [14]
Natural Resources [20]
Region:
National (U.S.) [4]
Great Plains (IA KS ND NE MO SD) [52]
Mid-Atlantic (DC DE MD PA VA WV) [53]
Mountain West (CO ID MT NV UT WY) [24]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [54]
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [25]
Visibility:
Public [6]
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