Publication Items

EV Charging Stations — Are They There Yet? [1]

For all the talk about the energy transition and the robust growth in electric vehicle sales, there’s one big reason for unease: getting charged. The new Backgrounder takes a deep dive on the state of EV charging stations in the United States, exploring Tesla’s diminishing dominance, coming charger standardization, charging levels, software and for-pay realities, plus the effects of government policy.

SEJ Publication Types:
Backgrounders [2]
Topics on the Beat:
Climate Change [3]
Consumer [4]
Energy & Fuel [5]
Environmental Politics [6]
Infrastructure [7]
Planning & Growth [8]
Policy [9]
Technology [10]
Transportation [11]
Region:
National (U.S.) [12]
Visibility:
Public [13]
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Harnessing the Power of Global Forest Watch for Data-Driven Reporting on Land Cover Change [14]

Whether trees fall to chain saws or go up in smoke, deforestation is a major climate change driver. But on-the-ground reporting on forest loss is often challenging. Global Forest Watch provides worldwide land cover change data and tools that can help journalists contextualize deforestation events. Mongabay editor Morgan Erickson-Davis explains the power of this free online platform and shares her favorite features.

SEJ Publication Types:
Features [15]
Topics on the Beat:
Agriculture [16]
Biodiversity [17]
Climate Change [3]
Environmental Health [18]
Environmental Studies [19]
Forests [20]
Journalism & Media [21]
Natural Resources [22]
Science [23]
Technology [10]
Wildlife [24]
Region:
National (U.S.) [12]
International [25]
Visibility:
Public [13]
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Ag Census Offers Journalists Acres of Data [26]

The latest data from the five-year USDA agriculture census has specialized features that suggest numerous environmental stories — whether on irrigation, pesticides and fertilizer, renewable energy, conservation or more. There’s even a feature that provides data by congressional district. The latest Reporter’s Toolbox has more on the data source and how to use it smartly for your coverage.

SEJ Publication Types:
Reporters Toolbox [27]
Topics on the Beat:
Agriculture [16]
Chemicals [28]
Climate Change [3]
Energy & Fuel [5]
Environmental Health [18]
Food [29]
Journalism & Media [21]
Pollution [30]
Water & Oceans [31]
Region:
National (U.S.) [12]
Visibility:
Public [13]
- Read more about Ag Census Offers Journalists Acres of Data [26]
Cross-Border Project Exposes Extent of PFAS Contamination in Europe [32]

A dozen European news partners collaborated last year to gather a massive set of water, soil and organism samples that pointed to more than 17,000 PFAS-contaminated sites in the region, many known to authorities but kept from the public. The award-winning project was led by Le Monde’s Stéphane Horel, who spoke with SEJournal for the latest Inside Story Q&A.

SEJ Publication Types:
Inside Story [33]
Topics on the Beat:
Chemicals [28]
Environmental Studies [19]
Health [34]
Journalism & Media [21]
Pollution [30]
Region:
International [25]
Europe [35]
Visibility:
Public [13]
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Spurt in Hydro Relicensing To Leave U.S. Awash in Environmental Stories [36]

Hundreds of hydropower dams in the United States will see their licenses expiring in the next decade, generating years-long federal relicensing processes. That prospect calls for close local and regional coverage of the complicated balance between renewable energy needs with negative environmental impacts. The latest TipSheet explains the licensing process and the dam backstory, along with a dozen story ideas and reporting resources.

SEJ Publication Types:
TipSheet [37]
Topics on the Beat:
Activism [38]
Climate Change [3]
Consumer [4]
Energy & Fuel [5]
Environmental Health [18]
Environmental Politics [6]
Fish & Fisheries [39]
Infrastructure [7]
Journalism & Media [21]
Laws & Regulations [40]
Natural Resources [22]
Policy [9]
Water & Oceans [31]
Region:
National (U.S.) [12]
California [41]
Great Lakes (IL IN MI MN OH WI) [42]
Northeast (CT MA ME NH NJ NY RI VT) [43]
Northwest (OR WA) [44]
Visibility:
Public [13]
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Climate Crisis Makes for Real Fashion Emergency [45]

Fast fashion’s lack of sustainability has long been the subject of news media coverage. But now the realities of climate change mean that fashion reporting must be reimagined to include the lived environmental and human rights realities of workers making what we wear, writes contributor Yessenia Funes in the new Voices of Environmental Justice column. Ideas and resources for getting past simplistic fashion industry narratives.

SEJ Publication Types:
Voices of Environmental Justice [46]
Topics on the Beat:
Activism [38]
Agriculture [16]
Climate Change [3]
Consumer [4]
Economy & Business [47]
Environmental Justice [48]
Health [34]
Journalism & Media [21]
People & Population [49]
Policy [9]
Waste [50]
Region:
National (U.S.) [12]
International [25]
Asia [51]
Visibility:
Public [13]
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Will Zombie Ag-Gag Laws Ever Really Die? [52]

Laws that make undercover journalistic investigations of animal agriculture operations illegal violate the First Amendment, right? Not so clear, laments WatchDog Opinion, which points out that while the Supreme Court appeared to have struck down such laws just last year, it may now revisit the issue. Why it should matter not just to environmental reporters but to all journalists.

SEJ Publication Types:
WatchDog [53]
Topics on the Beat:
Activism [38]
Agriculture [16]
Environmental Politics [6]
Journalism & Media [21]
Laws & Regulations [40]
Policy [9]
Region:
National (U.S.) [12]
Great Plains (IA KS ND NE MO SD) [54]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [55]
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [56]
Visibility:
Public [13]
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Roadkill Makes for Jolting Read in ‘Crossings’ [57]

As human roadways sprawl across a global network, the planet’s other living things have not only found the vehicles that travel them among the world’s deadliest weapons but also that road noise, the impassable divisions of the landscape and more have massive implications for nature. BookShelf reviews Ben Goldfarb’s eye-opening new book, “Crossings,” and the realities of road ecology.

SEJ Publication Types:
BookShelf [58]
Topics on the Beat:
Biodiversity [17]
Environmental Health [18]
Environmental Justice [48]
Infrastructure [7]
Planning & Growth [8]
Pollution [30]
Transportation [11]
Wildlife [24]
Region:
National (U.S.) [12]
California [41]
Northeast (CT MA ME NH NJ NY RI VT) [43]
International [25]
Australia & Oceania [59]
Europe [35]
Visibility:
Public [13]
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Energy Data With Global Reach — and Policy Fallout [60]

If solid data about the world’s energy and climate change realities is what you need for your environmental reporting, the latest Reporter’s Toolbox suggests you scour the vast datasets of the intergovernmental body known as the International Energy Agency. Its data (mostly open) chronicles much about the energy transition and offers easy-to-browse info and free-to-use charts. Plus, it’s not afraid to make policy recommendations.

SEJ Publication Types:
Reporters Toolbox [27]
Visibility:
Public [13]
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Philly Steaks Out New Ground [61]

It just wouldn’t be the Society of Environmental Journalists annual conference recap without the waggish tales of SEJ’s resident wit, David Helvarg, who once again this year skewers the lot of us, sparing not a jot of our five days in Philadelphia. Read on and prepare to snicker.

SEJ Publication Types:
SEJ News [62]
Topics on the Beat:
Agriculture [16]
Climate Change [3]
Disasters [63]
Economy & Business [47]
Energy & Fuel [5]
Environmental Politics [6]
Food [29]
Government [64]
Health [34]
Infrastructure [7]
Journalism & Media [21]
Natural Resources [22]
Nuclear Power & Radiation [65]
Policy [9]
Pollution [30]
Technology [10]
Transportation [11]
Waste [50]
Water & Oceans [31]
Wildlife [24]
Region:
National (U.S.) [12]
Mid-Atlantic (DC DE MD PA VA WV) [66]
Visibility:
Public [13]
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