Publication Items

Database Details Planetary Asset — Canada’s Forests [1]

They’re a carbon sink, a playground and a major market, but also a source of smoke pollution and pest infestation. Millions of acres of Canadian forest are a big North American story, and the latest Reporter’s Toolbox points you to a central data source that can help quantify, analyze and visualize the numbers and see the proverbial forest for the trees.

SEJ Publication Types:
Reporters Toolbox [2]
Topics on the Beat:
Agriculture [3]
Air [4]
Climate Change [5]
Economy & Business [6]
Energy & Fuel [7]
Environmental Health [8]
Environmental Politics [9]
Forests [10]
Natural Resources [11]
Policy [12]
Pollution [13]
Region:
National (U.S.) [14]
International [15]
Canada [16]
Visibility:
Public [17]
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ANWR Well Is Deep and Dark — But Is It Dry? [18]

Journalists love a secret. And WatchDog Opinion delves into a whopper on the environment beat — the hidden data surrounding a singular test well drilled in one of the most contested ecosystems in the United States. Now that the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge has been reopened for oil leasing by the Trump administration, do the findings even matter? More on the saga.

SEJ Publication Types:
WatchDog [19]
Topics on the Beat:
Energy & Fuel [7]
Environmental Health [8]
Environmental Politics [9]
Government [20]
Laws & Regulations [21]
Natural Resources [11]
Policy [12]
Region:
National (U.S.) [14]
Alaska and Hawaii [22]
Visibility:
Public [17]
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The Joy of Rewilding [23]

Rewilding is a global movement to restore natural processes and boost biodiversity. It’s also the name of an online magazine launched by journalists Kat Tancock and Domini Clark. Their goal? To expose more people to the concept and inspire action through positive storytelling. Co-founder Tancock on the magazine’s editorial vision, opportunities for freelancers to contribute and what rewilding means to her.

SEJ Publication Types:
Features [24]
Topics on the Beat:
Activism [25]
Agriculture [3]
Biodiversity [26]
Climate Change [5]
Environmental Health [8]
Journalism & Media [27]
Science [28]
Wildlife [29]
Region:
National (U.S.) [14]
Great Lakes (IL IN MI MN OH WI) [30]
International [15]
Canada [16]
Mexico [31]
Europe [32]
Visibility:
Public [17]
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Spring Is Coming. How Silent Will It Be? [33]

Bird populations remain in steep decline, mostly due to human activity. But as the latest TipSheet reports, reporting on the disappearance of our avian residents can lead journalists to some bread-and-butter environmental stories: whether about local ecosystems, climate change, chemicals, land disturbance and more. Read on for more, including nearly a dozen-and-a-half story ideas and reporting resources.

SEJ Publication Types:
TipSheet [34]
Topics on the Beat:
Biodiversity [26]
Chemicals [35]
Climate Change [5]
Environmental Health [8]
Environmental Studies [36]
Health [37]
Wildlife [29]
Region:
National (U.S.) [14]
International [15]
Canada [16]
Visibility:
Public [17]
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Even in This Toxic River — A Salmon Story [38]

Seattle’s heavily polluted Duwamish River is no place to catch fish — except for salmon, which pass quickly through these troubled waters on their way from the sea to their freshwater spawning grounds. With fishing pole in hand, environmental journalist Alex Brown joins jostling crowds of industrial-zone anglers and catches a firsthand view of a spectacle that is both anomalous and awe-inspiring.

SEJ Publication Types:
Features [24]
Topics on the Beat:
Biodiversity [26]
Chemicals [35]
Environmental Health [8]
Fish & Fisheries [39]
Food [40]
Pollution [13]
Water & Oceans [41]
Wildlife [29]
Region:
National (U.S.) [14]
Northwest (OR WA) [42]
Visibility:
Public [17]
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A Town Derailed, a Trust Obtained [43]

The devastating 2023 East Palestine, Ohio, toxic train derailment left a legacy of illness and a town torn by competing understandings of the contamination’s aftereffects. A yearlong reporting initiative with photojournalist Rebecca Kiger and Time magazine writer Alejandro de la Garza worked to gain the community’s confidence and tell its story. Their prize-winning feature, in the latest Inside Story Q&A.

SEJ Publication Types:
Inside Story [44]
Topics on the Beat:
Air [4]
Chemicals [35]
Disasters [45]
Environmental Health [8]
Environmental Justice [46]
Health [37]
Journalism & Media [27]
People & Population [47]
Pollution [13]
Science [28]
Transportation [48]
Water & Oceans [41]
Region:
National (U.S.) [14]
Great Lakes (IL IN MI MN OH WI) [30]
Visibility:
Public [17]
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Top Environment and Energy Topics To Watch in 2026 [49]

Explore our 10th annual Journalists’ Guide to Environment + Energy, as we scour the beat to identify 15 top stories to put on your radar for 2026. Our updated format for the special report provides a quick read and a broad scope — with insights on climate change and environmental justice, bird and insect declines, data centers and deep sea mining, deregulation and PFAS and much more. Get started here [49].

SEJ Publication Types:
SEJ News [50]
Topics on the Beat:
Activism [25]
Agriculture [3]
Air [4]
Biodiversity [26]
Chemicals [35]
Climate Change [5]
Disasters [45]
Economy & Business [6]
Energy & Fuel [7]
Environmental Health [8]
Environmental Justice [46]
Environmental Politics [9]
Environmental Studies [36]
Fish & Fisheries [39]
Forests [10]
Government [20]
Health [37]
Infrastructure [51]
Journalism & Media [27]
Laws & Regulations [21]
Military [52]
Natural Resources [11]
Policy [12]
Pollution [13]
Science [28]
Technology [53]
Waste [54]
Water & Oceans [41]
Wildlife [29]
Region:
National (U.S.) [14]
Alaska and Hawaii [22]
California [55]
Great Lakes (IL IN MI MN OH WI) [30]
Great Plains (IA KS ND NE MO SD) [56]
Mid-Atlantic (DC DE MD PA VA WV) [57]
Mountain West (CO ID MT NV UT WY) [58]
Northeast (CT MA ME NH NJ NY RI VT) [59]
Northwest (OR WA) [42]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [60]
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [61]
International [15]
Visibility:
Public [17]
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From Words to Frames — Writer Learns To Wield Power of Visual Storytelling [62]

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.

SEJ Publication Types:
EJ InSight [63]
Topics on the Beat:
Agriculture [3]
Biodiversity [26]
Climate Change [5]
Environmental Health [8]
Environmental Justice [46]
Food [40]
Forests [10]
Government [20]
Health [37]
Journalism & Media [27]
Natural Resources [11]
People & Population [47]
Pollution [13]
Religion, Faith and Spirituality [64]
Science [28]
Waste [54]
Water & Oceans [41]
Wildlife [29]
Region:
International [15]
Africa [65]
Asia [66]
South America [67]
Visibility:
Public [17]
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Citizen Pollution Monitors Face Industry Pushback, Legal Threats [68]

A steep decline in the enforcement of environmental laws means the monitoring of pollution by citizens is more important than ever. But as the latest TipSheet notes, some states have passed laws that severely constrain the use of citizen monitoring or the sharing of findings. Get the backstory, along with top reporting angles and resources for finding monitoring in your area.

SEJ Publication Types:
TipSheet [34]
Topics on the Beat:
Activism [25]
Air [4]
Environmental Health [8]
Environmental Justice [46]
Environmental Politics [9]
Environmental Studies [36]
Government [20]
Health [37]
Journalism & Media [27]
Laws & Regulations [21]
Pollution [13]
Science [28]
Water & Oceans [41]
Region:
National (U.S.) [14]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [60]
Visibility:
Public [17]
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Orphans and Zombies — Reporting on Abandoned Oil and Gas Wells Across the Country [69]

For more than a century, oil and gas companies have been drilling — and abandoning — wells across the country, leaving hundreds of thousands to potentially leak pollutants into the air, water and soil. Climate and environment reporter Martha Pskowski looks at how funding and regulatory issues are impacting efforts to identify and plug these wells, and offers resources for drilling into their story.

SEJ Publication Types:
Features [24]
Topics on the Beat:
Agriculture [3]
Air [4]
Climate Change [5]
Economy & Business [6]
Energy & Fuel [7]
Environmental Health [8]
Government [20]
Health [37]
Journalism & Media [27]
Laws & Regulations [21]
Natural Resources [11]
Policy [12]
Pollution [13]
Technology [53]
Water & Oceans [41]
Wildlife [29]
Region:
National (U.S.) [14]
Great Lakes (IL IN MI MN OH WI) [30]
Great Plains (IA KS ND NE MO SD) [56]
Mid-Atlantic (DC DE MD PA VA WV) [57]
Mountain West (CO ID MT NV UT WY) [58]
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [61]
Visibility:
Public [17]
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