Publication Items

EPA TSCA Database Back on the Street [1]

A key federal database on toxic chemicals, kneecapped under the Trump administration, is now back. The latest Reporter’s Toolbox reports that the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency last week resurfaced the ChemView service, and explains the background law that fuels its data, while offering tips on how to make smart use of the database as it expands in coming years.

SEJ Publication Types:
Reporters Toolbox [2]
Topics on the Beat:
Chemicals [3]
Environmental Health [4]
Environmental Politics [5]
Government [6]
Health [7]
Journalism & Media [8]
Laws & Regulations [9]
Pollution [10]
Region:
National (U.S.) [11]
Visibility:
Public [12]
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Hydrogen Rainbow May Dazzle, But Journalists Should Eye It Warily [13]

The hype on hydrogen — and it’s various “hues” or forms — suggests environmental reporters should clearly understand how this energy source is produced, as well as the politics and industry PR behind its claims to be clean and climate-friendly. Our latest Issue Backgrounder provides the basics of hydrogen science, while cautioning about the industry’s “color game.”

SEJ Publication Types:
Backgrounders [14]
Topics on the Beat:
Climate Change [15]
Consumer [16]
Energy & Fuel [17]
Environmental Politics [5]
Journalism & Media [8]
Science [18]
Transportation [19]
Region:
National (U.S.) [11]
International [20]
Visibility:
Public [12]
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The Call of the Conch — How Seashells Tell Nature’s Story [21]

Cynthia Barnett’s deeply researched and engagingly written new book, “The Sound of the Sea: Seashells and the Fate of the Oceans,” brilliantly weaves together mollusk anecdotes, ocean science and human history as it takes a deep dive into the nature of seashells and the story of their connection to us. Read Tom Henry’s review in the new BookShelf.

SEJ Publication Types:
BookShelf [22]
Topics on the Beat:
Biodiversity [23]
Science [18]
Water & Oceans [24]
Wildlife [25]
Region:
National (U.S.) [11]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [26]
International [20]
Asia [27]
Central America & the Caribbean [28]
Visibility:
Public [12]
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Covering Climate Change in the Forgotten Places: A Moroccan Journalist’s View [29]

Environmental journalist Khalid Bencherif struggled to bring the emergent effects of climate change to the attention of local audiences facing many other pressing problems. So he told a powerful story grounded in personal experience, traveling to his childhood home in Morocco’s Tafilalet region, where deepening drought is hitting the oases hard and driving many villagers from their homes.

SEJ Publication Types:
Features [30]
Topics on the Beat:
Climate Change [15]
Environmental Health [4]
Environmental Justice [31]
Environmental Politics [5]
Government [6]
Journalism & Media [8]
Natural Resources [32]
People & Population [33]
Religion, Faith and Spirituality [34]
Science [18]
Technology [35]
Water & Oceans [24]
Region:
National (U.S.) [11]
Africa [36]
Middle East [37]
Visibility:
Public [12]
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Curso de Intercambio Virtual Fomenta la "Competencia Global" Para Estudiantes de Periodismo [38]

Cuando los programas de intercambio para estudiantes de periodismo fueron cancelados a causa del COVID 19, el personal docente de dos importantes universidades – una en Estados Unidos y otra en Colombia- recurrió a su creatividad, mediante la construcción de un escenario de intercambio virtual colaborativo sobre asuntos medioambientales de preocupación para ambos países. La EJ Academy explica el funcionamiento de dicho intercambio y augura programas similares en el futuro.

SEJ Publication Types:
EJ Academy [39]
Topics on the Beat:
Diversity [40]
Environmental Justice [31]
Environmental Politics [5]
Journalism & Media [8]
People & Population [33]
Region:
National (U.S.) [11]
Great Lakes (IL IN MI MN OH WI) [41]
International [20]
South America [42]
Visibility:
Public [12]
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Virtual Exchange Course Fosters “Global Competency” for Student Journalists [43]

When COVID-19 shut down plans for journalism study abroad, faculty at two prominent universities — one in the United States and the other in Colombia — got creative, building out a collaborative virtual exchange focused on environmental concerns in the two countries. The latest EJ Academy explains how the virtual exchange worked, and the promise of similar programs in the future.

SEJ Publication Types:
EJ Academy [39]
Topics on the Beat:
Diversity [40]
Environmental Justice [31]
Environmental Politics [5]
Journalism & Media [8]
People & Population [33]
Region:
National (U.S.) [11]
Great Lakes (IL IN MI MN OH WI) [41]
International [20]
South America [42]
Visibility:
Public [12]
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The Year Ahead Will Spark Abundant Environment News — Both Good and Bad [44]

Even as the climate crisis countdown story continues, a wide range of environment and energy issues are on journalists’ watchlist for the year ahead, per an analysis from our “2022 Journalists’ Guide to Energy & Environment [45].” The overview looks at 13 key trends to track in 2022 and beyond — including infrastructure, pandemics, environmental justice, energy, chemicals, plastics and, of course, climate.

SEJ Publication Types:
Features [30]
Topics on the Beat:
Chemicals [3]
Climate Change [15]
Disasters [46]
Energy & Fuel [17]
Environmental Health [4]
Environmental Justice [31]
Environmental Politics [5]
Government [6]
Health [7]
Infrastructure [47]
Journalism & Media [8]
Laws & Regulations [9]
Policy [48]
Pollution [10]
Transportation [19]
Waste [49]
Water & Oceans [24]
Region:
National (U.S.) [11]
International [20]
Visibility:
Public [12]
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Deep in the Heart of Complexity … Or, the View From Texas [50]

As the Society of Environmental Journalists prepares for its annual conference in Houston this March, the SEJournal asked Texas-based reporter Greg Harman to explore the Lone Star State's most critical stories for 2022. Here, in this special Texas-focused TipSheet, are leads, resources, encouragements and challenges.

SEJ Publication Types:
TipSheet [51]
Topics on the Beat:
Activism [52]
Air [53]
Chemicals [3]
Climate Change [15]
Disasters [46]
Economy & Business [54]
Energy & Fuel [17]
Environmental Justice [31]
Environmental Politics [5]
Government [6]
Health [7]
Infrastructure [47]
Journalism & Media [8]
People & Population [33]
Planning & Growth [55]
Policy [48]
Pollution [10]
Wildlife [25]
Region:
National (U.S.) [11]
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [56]
Visibility:
Public [12]
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Infrastructure Funding Coming Soon for Cleanup of Orphan Oil Wells [57]

With billions of infrastructure dollars now on the table to clean up orphan oil wells, states are already elbowing their way in for a taste. But as our new Backgrounder explains, the process to ensure they cannot pollute the environment or spew climate-change gasses is a complex one. And the sheer (and largely unknown) number of orphaned wells adds to the complications.

SEJ Publication Types:
Backgrounders [14]
Topics on the Beat:
Climate Change [15]
Energy & Fuel [17]
Environmental Health [4]
Environmental Justice [31]
Environmental Politics [5]
Government [6]
Health [7]
Infrastructure [47]
Journalism & Media [8]
People & Population [33]
Pollution [10]
Water & Oceans [24]
Region:
National (U.S.) [11]
Visibility:
Public [12]
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Conflict Over Biden’s Offshore Wind Drive To Generate News in 2022 and Beyond [58]

Offshore wind, which some see as a panacea in the search for climate-friendly energy solutions, is getting a push from the Biden administration. But as noted in this week’s TipSheet, part of our 2022 Journalists’ Guide to Energy & Environment, there are numerous obstacles to the renewable power source, whether from states, coastal property owners and towns, fishing industry and even some environmentalists.

SEJ Publication Types:
TipSheet [51]
Topics on the Beat:
Activism [52]
Climate Change [15]
Economy & Business [54]
Energy & Fuel [17]
Environmental Politics [5]
Fish & Fisheries [59]
Government [6]
Infrastructure [47]
Journalism & Media [8]
Laws & Regulations [9]
Natural Resources [32]
Policy [48]
Water & Oceans [24]
Region:
National (U.S.) [11]
California [60]
Mid-Atlantic (DC DE MD PA VA WV) [61]
Northeast (CT MA ME NH NJ NY RI VT) [62]
Northwest (OR WA) [63]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [26]
Visibility:
Public [12]
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