Publication Items

Great Lakes Steelmaking at a Crossroads [1]

The Great Lakes region is a top steel producer, but its coal-fired steel mills are also a major source of planet-warming emissions and health-harming pollution. Climate advocates, community members and workers have been pushing to clean up these facilities for decades. Now, foreign funding offers new hope for revitalizing and decarbonizing the region’s steel industry. Canary Media’s Maria Gallucci explains.

SEJ Publication Types:
Features [2]
Topics on the Beat:
Activism [3]
Air [4]
Climate Change [5]
Economy & Business [6]
Energy & Fuel [7]
Environmental Politics [8]
Government [9]
Health [10]
Natural Resources [11]
Pollution [12]
Technology [13]
Water & Oceans [14]
Region:
National (U.S.) [15]
Great Lakes (IL IN MI MN OH WI) [16]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [17]
International [18]
Asia [19]
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Public [20]
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In Subzero Temperatures, Protecting a Tiger in the Snow [21]

The population of Siberian tigers, the second-largest subspecies in the world, took a turn for the worse after the fall of the Soviet Union. But an international team of biologists in remote Russia has been working to try to save the big cats. “Tigers Between Empires” traces that effort, in a new BookShelf review from contributing editor Jennifer Weeks.

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BookShelf [22]
Topics on the Beat:
Biodiversity [23]
Science [24]
Wildlife [25]
Region:
International [18]
Asia [19]
Visibility:
Public [20]
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Is Our Inextricable Link to Water the Key to Human Survival? [26]

The new book by renowned thinker and author Jeremy Rifkin, “Planet Aqua,” immerses the reader in a fascinating premise: that we live not on a land planet but within a great hydrosphere, and that water is no mere resource but a life-sustaining source. BookShelf editor Tom Henry explores how Rifkin’s wide-reaching narrative strives to upend conventional wisdom about our Earth.

SEJ Publication Types:
BookShelf [22]
Topics on the Beat:
Environmental Health [27]
Water & Oceans [14]
Region:
National (U.S.) [15]
International [18]
Asia [19]
Europe [28]
Visibility:
Public [20]
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Geothermal a Valuable, But Overlooked Clean Energy Source? [29]

More heat pumps than ever are going into homes and businesses in the United States these days. But they are just one small-scale use of geothermal energy, a promising utility-scale technology that is growing worldwide — and with a minimal carbon footprint to boot. But there are drawbacks as well. The new Issue Backgrounder explains how it all works.

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Backgrounders [30]
Topics on the Beat:
Climate Change [5]
Energy & Fuel [7]
Natural Resources [11]
Technology [13]
Region:
National (U.S.) [15]
California [31]
International [18]
Asia [19]
Australia & Oceania [32]
Europe [28]
Middle East [33]
Visibility:
Public [20]
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From Words to Frames — Writer Learns To Wield Power of Visual Storytelling [34]

When writer Gulnaz Khan saw how global warming drove both natural loss and spiritual breaks for surrounding human communities, it started her on a PBS documentary series exploring sacred sites around the world threatened by climate change. But she also undertook another odyssey, one from writer to visual storyteller. What she learned on her journey from text to screen, in the new EJ InSight column.

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EJ InSight [35]
Topics on the Beat:
Agriculture [36]
Biodiversity [23]
Climate Change [5]
Environmental Health [27]
Environmental Justice [37]
Food [38]
Forests [39]
Government [9]
Health [10]
Journalism & Media [40]
Natural Resources [11]
People & Population [41]
Pollution [12]
Religion, Faith and Spirituality [42]
Science [24]
Waste [43]
Water & Oceans [14]
Wildlife [25]
Region:
International [18]
Africa [44]
Asia [19]
South America [45]
Visibility:
Public [20]
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Toxic Fashion — A ‘Between the Lines’ Author Q&A [46]

A simple query about harmful chemicals in airline attendant uniforms started sustainable fashion writer Alden Wicker down a reporting path that uncovered a long history of toxic fashion, took her to India and ultimately inspired her award-winning book, “To Dye For.” In this BookShelf interview, Wicker talks about the challenges, the surprises and the choices made in telling this little-known story.

SEJ Publication Types:
BookShelf [22]
Topics on the Beat:
Chemicals [47]
Consumer [48]
Economy & Business [6]
Environmental Justice [37]
Health [10]
Journalism & Media [40]
Region:
National (U.S.) [15]
International [18]
Asia [19]
Visibility:
Public [20]
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Ecofiction — A Novel Approach to Environmental Truth-Telling [49]

Fiction and journalism might seem like polar opposites, but some environmental journalists find writing ecofiction is an ideal complement to their day jobs. Drawing on journalistic research skills and curiosity, ecofiction lets them explore environmental issues from a different angle while enjoying an opportunity to unleash their imaginations. Journalist-fictioneers Valerie Brown and Meg Turville-Heitz on working across genre boundaries.

SEJ Publication Types:
Features [2]
Topics on the Beat:
Journalism & Media [40]
Military [50]
Science [24]
Technology [13]
Wildlife [25]
Region:
National (U.S.) [15]
Mountain West (CO ID MT NV UT WY) [51]
International [18]
Asia [19]
Visibility:
Public [20]
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With Climate, an Undercurrent of Violence [52]

In his ambitious first book, “The Heat and the Fury: On the Frontlines of Climate Violence,” journalist Peter Schwartzstein explores how climate change explains conflict, even war. BookShelf editor Tom Henry calls it a deeply researched volume that makes a strong case for the connections between global warming, political instability and violence, not just in poorer regions but for the richer West as well.

SEJ Publication Types:
BookShelf [22]
Topics on the Beat:
Climate Change [5]
Disasters [53]
Environmental Health [27]
Environmental Justice [37]
Environmental Politics [8]
Government [9]
Military [50]
Natural Resources [11]
People & Population [41]
Policy [54]
Water & Oceans [14]
Region:
National (U.S.) [15]
International [18]
Africa [44]
Asia [19]
Europe [28]
Middle East [33]
Visibility:
Public [20]
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Threats of Media Censorship Cloud COP29 [55]

Again this year, a petrostate hosts the COP climate gathering. Azerbaijan as host not only raises questions of how an oil-rich nation can help foster the fossil fuel cuts needed to stem climate change. But WatchDog Opinion also worries what Azerbaijan’s poor press freedom record will mean for journalists covering the gathering and for the civil society that normally enlivens the meeting.

SEJ Publication Types:
WatchDog [56]
Topics on the Beat:
Activism [3]
Climate Change [5]
Economy & Business [6]
Energy & Fuel [7]
Environmental Justice [37]
Environmental Politics [8]
Government [9]
Journalism & Media [40]
Policy [54]
Region:
International [18]
Asia [19]
Europe [28]
Middle East [33]
Visibility:
Public [20]
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As COP29 Begins, Where Can You Get Good Climate Emissions Data? [57]

The United Nation’s annual climate change meeting is underway this week and if you’re seeking databases on greenhouse gas emissions, the latest Reporter’s Toolbox suggests they might not be from the U.N. Instead, look for the best data from the European Commission’s EDGAR project. What makes EDGAR’s data particularly strong and how to make the best use of it in your reporting.

SEJ Publication Types:
Reporters Toolbox [58]
Topics on the Beat:
Climate Change [5]
Government [9]
Science [24]
Region:
International [18]
Asia [19]
Europe [28]
Visibility:
Public [20]
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