Publication Items

Rogue Twitter Brings Government Leaks to Masses [1]

Dozens of renegade government Twitter accounts have sprung up, with claims they're run anonymously by employees of various agencies whose missions appear threatened by the Trump administration. TipSheet has the story, plus a list of more than 40 accounts of interest to environmental reporters.

SEJ Publication Types:
TipSheet [2]
Topics on the Beat:
Activism [3]
Environmental Politics [4]
Forests [5]
Government [6]
Journalism & Media [7]
Natural Resources [8]
Policy [9]
Region:
National (U.S.) [10]
Visibility:
Public [11]
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Enviro, Energy Reporters Look at Prospects for Beat in 2017 [12]

Veteran journalists gathered in Washington, D.C. last Friday, Feb. 3, to share insights into how environment and energy policy may unfold in the year ahead — and to urge colleagues to prepare for possibly dramatic shifts ahead. Key takeaways, plus video, audio clips and a presentation by SEJ's president. Photo: Washington Post reporter Daryl Fears; courtesy of Schuyler Null/Wilson Center.

SEJ Publication Types:
SEJ News [13]
Topics on the Beat:
Biodiversity [14]
Climate Change [15]
Energy & Fuel [16]
Environmental Politics [4]
Journalism & Media [7]
Laws & Regulations [17]
Natural Resources [8]
Policy [9]
Science [18]
Water & Oceans [19]
Region:
National (U.S.) [10]
International [20]
Asia [21]
Visibility:
Public [11]
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Turbulent Prospects on Environment-Energy Beat Likely in Trump Era [22]

While it's too soon to tell what the new Trump administration and 115th Congress will do, our special report suggests we may see a groundswell of environmental deregulation and massive energy development. Backgrounder looks at the top 10 energy-environment issues to watch in the President Trump era.

SEJ Publication Types:
Backgrounders [23]
Topics on the Beat:
Air [24]
Climate Change [15]
Economy & Business [25]
Energy & Fuel [16]
Environmental Politics [4]
Government [6]
Laws & Regulations [17]
Natural Resources [8]
Policy [9]
Pollution [26]
Science [18]
Transportation [27]
Waste [28]
Region:
National (U.S.) [10]
Visibility:
Public [11]
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Will 'Drill, Baby, Drill' Be Watchword in Trump Era? [29]

Conflict is brewing over the leasing of oil and gas drilling rights on millions of acres of federal land, now that the pro-oil-and-gas GOP controls Congress and the White House. And one especially big battle to come? The one over opening for drilling the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, a dispute that raged for decades.

SEJ Publication Types:
TipSheet [2]
Topics on the Beat:
Environmental Politics [4]
Government [6]
Laws & Regulations [17]
Natural Resources [8]
Pollution [26]
Transportation [27]
Wildlife [30]
Region:
National (U.S.) [10]
Alaska and Hawaii [31]
Visibility:
Public [11]
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The Battle Over Science Integrity, Funding Begins [32]

President Trump's characterization of climate change as a Chinese "hoax" and flirtations with the anti-vaccine movement have led many to conclude that he and his GOP allies are anti-science. A look at scientific integrity and funding in the new administration.

SEJ Publication Types:
TipSheet [2]
Topics on the Beat:
Climate Change [15]
Environmental Politics [4]
Environmental Studies [33]
Government [6]
Health [34]
Laws & Regulations [17]
Science [18]
Region:
National (U.S.) [10]
International [20]
Visibility:
Public [11]
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Omnibus Politics: Building an Infrastructure Program [35]

Democrats and Republications may agree on a vast federal program to build and repair the nation's crumbling infrastructure, but still uncertain is what will be built, how it will be paid for and who will vote for it. TipSheet looks at the politics of public works (what journalists used to call "pork").

SEJ Publication Types:
TipSheet [2]
Topics on the Beat:
Economy & Business [25]
Energy & Fuel [16]
Environmental Politics [4]
Government [6]
Laws & Regulations [17]
Planning & Growth [36]
Policy [9]
Transportation [27]
Waste [28]
Water & Oceans [19]
Region:
National (U.S.) [10]
Visibility:
Public [11]
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Could Trump 'Cancel' Paris Climate Deal? [37]

President Trump said on the campaign trail that he would "cancel" the Paris climate agreement. But could he really wreck the treaty? Or are other nations — and our own — already too far down the road to fully undermine the international pact? TipSheet takes a closer look.

SEJ Publication Types:
TipSheet [2]
Topics on the Beat:
Climate Change [15]
Energy & Fuel [16]
Environmental Politics [4]
Government [6]
Laws & Regulations [17]
Region:
National (U.S.) [10]
International [20]
Visibility:
Public [11]
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Coal Leasing on Federal Lands [38]

While resurrecting the declining U.S. coal industry, as promised by the new administration, is probably not possible, it may not stop a lifting of the moratorium on coal leasing on federal lands. TipSheet looks at how the issue moved front and center, and whether the move would help coal country.

SEJ Publication Types:
TipSheet [2]
Topics on the Beat:
Climate Change [15]
Economy & Business [25]
Energy & Fuel [16]
Environmental Politics [4]
Health [34]
Laws & Regulations [17]
Natural Resources [8]
Policy [9]
Pollution [26]
Region:
National (U.S.) [10]
Great Lakes (IL IN MI MN OH WI) [39]
Mid-Atlantic (DC DE MD PA VA WV) [40]
Mountain West (CO ID MT NV UT WY) [41]
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [42]
Visibility:
Public [11]
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Pipelines and Energy Infrastructure Pose Conflict [43]

Oil pipelines like the Keystone XL and Dakota Access are back at the center of a political firestorm, with a new executive order from President Trump just a few days into his new administration giving them the go-ahead. But it's just the beginning — many other pipelines, for both gas and oil, have been proposed.

SEJ Publication Types:
TipSheet [2]
Topics on the Beat:
Climate Change [15]
Energy & Fuel [16]
Environmental Politics [4]
Laws & Regulations [17]
Transportation [27]
Region:
National (U.S.) [10]
Great Plains (IA KS ND NE MO SD) [44]
Canada [45]
Visibility:
Public [11]
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Getting Started on the Sustainable Ag Beat [46]

There's a growing movement toward food production that factors in not only profitability, but environmental health and social equity as well. Our latest Reporter's Toolbox gets you started with some basic resources on the sustainable agriculture beat —who's doing research, finding local resources, tracking the chatter and more.

SEJ Publication Types:
Reporters Toolbox [47]
Topics on the Beat:
Agriculture [48]
Journalism & Media [7]
Region:
National (U.S.) [10]
Visibility:
Public [11]
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