Publication Items

Straddling the Narrow Divides Between Humans, Animals and Environmental Policy [1]

Prolific author-environmentalist Dave Dempsey’s new book, “Half Wild: People, Dogs, and Environmental Policy,” examines the complex boundaries between humans, wildlife and wilderness in a brief volume that includes vignettes of bears scouring trash heaps and of bourbon-fueled debates over the gap between conservationists and environmentalists. Not to mention bonus observations about his relationship with dogs. Contributor Gary Wilson has a review for our latest BookShelf.

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BookShelf [2]
Topics on the Beat:
Activism [3]
Environmental Health [4]
Wildlife [5]
Region:
National (U.S.) [6]
Great Lakes (IL IN MI MN OH WI) [7]
International [8]
Visibility:
Public [9]
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Whither the Permitting Reform Bill in 2023? [10]

The complex legal obstacles that face U.S. energy projects prompted political machinations over permitting reform in the last Congress and likely will again in the new one. The latest Backgrounder explores how the energy permitting system works (or doesn’t), why Democratic Sen. Joe Manchin may really be pushing for its reform and the reason some environmentalists concede reform may have green benefits.

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Backgrounders [11]
Topics on the Beat:
Climate Change [12]
Energy & Fuel [13]
Environmental Politics [14]
Government [15]
Infrastructure [16]
Laws & Regulations [17]
Policy [18]
Region:
National (U.S.) [6]
Great Lakes (IL IN MI MN OH WI) [7]
Great Plains (IA KS ND NE MO SD) [19]
Mid-Atlantic (DC DE MD PA VA WV) [20]
Northeast (CT MA ME NH NJ NY RI VT) [21]
International [8]
Canada [22]
Visibility:
Public [9]
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Particulate Air Pollution — An Old Story Made Newer, and More Local, in 2023 [23]

Earlier this month, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency set in motion a long-overdue requirement to update a key Clean Air Act rule involving fine particulate air pollution, or PM 2.5. The latest TipSheet reviews PM 2.5’s health harms and its checkered regulatory history, while offering story ideas and key resources on how to tell the story locally.

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TipSheet [24]
Topics on the Beat:
Air [25]
Environmental Justice [26]
Environmental Politics [14]
Health [27]
Journalism & Media [28]
Laws & Regulations [17]
Pollution [29]
Region:
National (U.S.) [6]
Visibility:
Public [9]
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Winning Over Editors and Others with Award Winners’ Multimedia Nuggets [30]

If you’re looking to engage key constituencies for your journalism — whether editors, sources, students or people who have been marginalized — a new set of short videos from award-winning journalists (like KESQ's Angela Chen, at left) can serve as a helpful resource. Inside Story has a roadmap of how to make smart use of these video nuggets to, for instance, convince newsroom powerbrokers to give you more time and support for ambitious stories.

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Inside Story [31]
Topics on the Beat:
Agriculture [32]
Air [25]
Biodiversity [33]
Chemicals [34]
Climate Change [12]
Diversity [35]
Environmental Health [4]
Environmental Justice [26]
Environmental Politics [14]
Government [15]
Health [27]
Journalism & Media [28]
Natural Resources [36]
Policy [18]
Pollution [29]
Science [37]
Water & Oceans [38]
Wildlife [5]
Region:
National (U.S.) [6]
California [39]
Northwest (OR WA) [40]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [41]
International [8]
Visibility:
Public [9]
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NASA Set To Ditch Satellite-Based Environmental Data Source [42]

Instrumentation on the International Space Station that gathers 3-D images of forest canopies and other environmental data is scheduled to soon be junked. But the move is provoking an outcry from scientists and pushback from some politicians. Reporter’s Toolbox examines what the Global Ecosystem Dynamics Investigation does and how journalists might make use of it, while it lasts.

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Reporters Toolbox [43]
Topics on the Beat:
Biodiversity [33]
Climate Change [12]
Environmental Politics [14]
Environmental Studies [44]
Forests [45]
Journalism & Media [28]
Science [37]
Region:
National (U.S.) [6]
International [8]
Visibility:
Public [9]
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Water-Sharing in the West: An Urgent and Complicated Environmental Story [46]

Water has always been a precious commodity in the western states. Now, with rapid population growth and a drying climate, the way this resource is shared and distributed is becoming more contentious across the region. Freelance journalist Jennifer Oldham talks about the tensions between supply and demand and how to drill down into water rights laws and policies.

SEJ Publication Types:
Features [47]
Topics on the Beat:
Agriculture [32]
Climate Change [12]
Consumer [48]
Economy & Business [49]
Environmental Health [4]
Environmental Politics [14]
Government [15]
Infrastructure [16]
Journalism & Media [28]
Laws & Regulations [17]
Natural Resources [36]
People & Population [50]
Planning & Growth [51]
Policy [18]
Technology [52]
Water & Oceans [38]
Region:
National (U.S.) [6]
California [39]
Mountain West (CO ID MT NV UT WY) [53]
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [54]
Visibility:
Public [9]
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Corporations and Climate Change Toolbox [55]

Corporations may be taking steps to address climate change, but are they moving big enough and fast enough? As part of a special initiative from the Society of Environmental Journalists, we offer a resource toolbox on how to cover business-based climate solutions. Plus, insights from a related tipsheet [56].

SEJ Publication Types:
Special Reports [57]
Topics on the Beat:
Climate Change [12]
Economy & Business [49]
Energy & Fuel [13]
Journalism & Media [28]
Policy [18]
Region:
National (U.S.) [6]
International [8]
Visibility:
Public [9]
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Measuring the Impact of Corporate Commitments [58]

Corporations may be taking steps to address climate change, but are they moving big enough and fast enough? As part of a special initiative from the Society of Environmental Journalists, we offer a tipsheet from journalist Megan Myscofski on how to cover business-based climate solutions. Get additional resources [59] and watch this video from an earlier webinar [60]. And see the full Covering Climate Solutions special report [61].

SEJ Publication Types:
Special Reports [57]
Topics on the Beat:
Climate Change [12]
Economy & Business [49]
Energy & Fuel [13]
Journalism & Media [28]
Policy [18]
Region:
National (U.S.) [6]
International [8]
Visibility:
Public [9]
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EPA Texts Disappear, Suspicions of Misdeeds Do Not [62]

A scandal at the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency over regulatory capture of some toxic chemical officials has surfaced another serious issue — the EPA says it can’t provide related phone text messages. But it’s required to do so by law. And for environmental journalists, access to such records is key to holding the agency to account, argues WatchDog Opinion.

SEJ Publication Types:
WatchDog [63]
Topics on the Beat:
Activism [3]
Chemicals [34]
Environmental Politics [14]
Government [15]
Journalism & Media [28]
Laws & Regulations [17]
Policy [18]
Region:
National (U.S.) [6]
Visibility:
Public [9]
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Bringing the Climate Crisis Story Home in 2023 [64]

Even as national governments scramble to address climate change, including with a new global summit planned for next fall, environmental journalists may find that action (or inaction) by state and local governments will yield an abundance of climate stories in the year ahead. The latest TipSheet offers numerous questions to ask, story ideas and resources to mine for local climate reporting.

SEJ Publication Types:
TipSheet [24]
Topics on the Beat:
Climate Change [12]
Energy & Fuel [13]
Environmental Politics [14]
Government [15]
Journalism & Media [28]
Policy [18]
Region:
National (U.S.) [6]
International [8]
Visibility:
Public [9]
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