Publication Items

Fossil Fuel Industry Pitches Carbon Capture As Climate Cure. But Is It? [1]

Carbon capture and storage technology has been around for years, but is being repositioned as a way to continue using fossil fuels in the face of climate change. Backgrounder takes a close look at how it works, its history and its politics. But even as the technology is taken up by Congress, the question is: Does the math add up?

SEJ Publication Types:
Backgrounders [2]
Topics on the Beat:
Climate Change [3]
Energy & Fuel [4]
Environmental Politics [5]
Government [6]
Laws & Regulations [7]
Natural Resources [8]
Policy [9]
Pollution [10]
Science [11]
Technology [12]
Region:
National (U.S.) [13]
International [14]
Visibility:
Public [15]
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Flood-Resistant Building Construction an Overlooked Environmental Story [16]

Recent images of flooded-out homes are a potent reminder to environmental reporters that where and how houses are built are major factors in how they will survive increasingly common extreme weather-related flooding. The latest TipSheet takes a look at how construction and zoning codes play a role, with story ideas and resources to cover the issue in your region.

SEJ Publication Types:
TipSheet [17]
Topics on the Beat:
Climate Change [3]
Disasters [18]
Journalism & Media [19]
Laws & Regulations [7]
Planning & Growth [20]
Region:
National (U.S.) [13]
Mid-Atlantic (DC DE MD PA VA WV) [21]
Northeast (CT MA ME NH NJ NY RI VT) [22]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [23]
International [14]
Asia [24]
Europe [25]
Visibility:
Public [15]
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SEJournal Fills Associate Editor Slot, Expands Feature Content [26]

SEJournal has a new face — that of just-hired Associate Editor Frances Backhouse, a long-standing member of the Society of Environmental Journalists, and a veteran freelancer and author based in Canada. Backhouse will work with the SEJournal’s staff and volunteer editor team to bring in new features from volunteer contributors with journalistic and environmental expertise to share. Meet Backhouse and find out more about her role at the weekly online magazine.

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SEJ News [27]
Topics on the Beat:
Journalism & Media [19]
Region:
National (U.S.) [13]
International [14]
Canada [28]
Visibility:
Public [15]
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Air Quality Monitors — and Their Data — Now Easy To Find Via Online Map [29]

High-impact environmental stories often come by tracking polluted air, whether from summer smog, wildfire smoke or numerous other sources. Reporter’s Toolbox offers a series of air pollution data reporting resources, including an interactive map of U.S. air quality monitors. Get the details, plus eight smart suggestions for critical stories from the air pollution data you tap.

SEJ Publication Types:
Reporters Toolbox [30]
Topics on the Beat:
Agriculture [31]
Air [32]
Chemicals [33]
Government [6]
Health [34]
Journalism & Media [19]
Pollution [10]
Region:
National (U.S.) [13]
Visibility:
Public [15]
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Reporting Innovations Hold Promise for Reporting on Climate Change Amid News Deserts [35]

Slashed news budgets and staff cuts have left many U.S. newsrooms short on time and resources for deep reporting on climate change and other complex topics. But two innovative projects at The Post and Courier in South Carolina — one enriching breaking news stories and the other fostering news outlet cooperation — aim at filling the void. Acclaimed journalist Tony Bartelme explains.

SEJ Publication Types:
Features [36]
Topics on the Beat:
Climate Change [3]
Disasters [18]
Environmental Health [37]
Government [6]
Journalism & Media [19]
Laws & Regulations [7]
Policy [9]
Pollution [10]
Waste [38]
Water & Oceans [39]
Region:
National (U.S.) [13]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [23]
Visibility:
Public [15]
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Pulitzer Finalist on an Estuary’s Tale, and Stories Hiding in Plain Sight [40]

Prize-winning journalist Tony Bartelme and his local news team enter one of the East Coast’s largest, but lesser known estuaries, and come out with an account that awards judges called “gorgeously executed in the best tradition of storytelling about the environment.” Bartelme shares lessons of covering the challenges of an amorphous ecosystem, and touches on his long record of award-winning reporting, in the latest Inside Story.

SEJ Publication Types:
Inside Story [41]
Topics on the Beat:
Climate Change [3]
Environmental Health [37]
Environmental Justice [42]
Journalism & Media [19]
Water & Oceans [39]
Region:
National (U.S.) [13]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [23]
Visibility:
Public [15]
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A Chance To Widen Public Information About Chemical Hazards [43]

For years, public information about some of the deadliest chemical security risks has been limited. But now that the Biden EPA is exploring the issue, our latest WatchDog opinion column explains why this is such an important open information issue for environmental reporters and other journalists.

SEJ Publication Types:
WatchDog [44]
Topics on the Beat:
Chemicals [33]
Disasters [18]
Environmental Justice [42]
Health [34]
Journalism & Media [19]
Laws & Regulations [7]
People & Population [45]
Policy [9]
Region:
National (U.S.) [13]
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [46]
International [14]
Asia [24]
Visibility:
Public [15]
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Covering New IPCC Reports Helps Explain Gravity of Climate Crisis [47]

A new science assessment released this week pinpoints more global warming risks, but also represents reporting challenges to environmental journalists working to cover climate change. Veteran climate journalist Bob Berwyn has the latest news from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, and advice for reporters working the climate beat. Plus, links to other climate change reporting resources.

SEJ Publication Types:
Features [36]
Topics on the Beat:
Agriculture [31]
Climate Change [3]
Disasters [18]
Energy & Fuel [4]
Environmental Health [37]
Environmental Justice [42]
Environmental Politics [5]
Environmental Studies [48]
Forests [49]
Government [6]
Health [34]
Journalism & Media [19]
Laws & Regulations [7]
Planning & Growth [20]
Policy [9]
Science [11]
Transportation [50]
Water & Oceans [39]
Region:
National (U.S.) [13]
International [14]
Visibility:
Public [15]
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A Look Back at the Birth of the Animal Rights Movement [51]

The origins of the struggle to protect animal welfare began with preventing the brutal mistreatment of carriage horses. And a new volume explores how one man did much to extend those protections to many species with the founding of the ASPCA. Our BookShelf has a review of “A Traitor to His Species: Henry Bergh and the Birth of the Animal Rights Movement.”

SEJ Publication Types:
BookShelf [52]
Region:
National (U.S.) [13]
Great Lakes (IL IN MI MN OH WI) [53]
Great Plains (IA KS ND NE MO SD) [54]
Mid-Atlantic (DC DE MD PA VA WV) [21]
Northeast (CT MA ME NH NJ NY RI VT) [22]
International [14]
Europe [25]
Visibility:
Public [15]
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Get Organized Now for Next Year’s Tax Returns [55]

If you’re a freelancer with disorganized piles of 2021 receipts already gathering dust in a corner, the latest Freelance Files is for you. Globetrotting science journalist Dan Grossman shares his system (and advice from his accountant) for tracking expenses for travel, legal and professional services, business costs, home office use and more. Your Schedule C will never seem quite so disconcerting again.

SEJ Publication Types:
Freelance Files [56]
Topics on the Beat:
Economy & Business [57]
Journalism & Media [19]
Region:
National (U.S.) [13]
Visibility:
Public [15]
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