Published on SEJ (https://www.sej.org)

Home > Environmental Studies

"Something Startling Is Happening In The Gulf Of Mexico" [1]

"Climate change is causing oceans worldwide to warm. But that year, summertime sea surface temperatures in the Gulf of Mexico began heating up at about twice the rate seen in the global oceans."

Biodiversity [2]
Climate Change [3]
Disasters [4]
Environmental Studies [5]
Fish & Fisheries [6]
Science [7]
Water & Oceans [8]
Public [9]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [10]
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [11]
Source: Yale Climate Connections [12], 05/14/2026

EPA Plan: Let Work Start On Data Centers, Power Plants Before Air Permits [13]

"EPA on Monday proposed allowing data centers, power plants and other industrial facilities to begin certain construction work before obtaining required federal air permits."

Climate Change [3]
Economy & Business [14]
Energy & Fuel [15]
Environmental Health [16]
Environmental Justice [17]
Environmental Politics [18]
Environmental Studies [5]
Infrastructure [19]
Laws & Regulations [20]
Pollution [21]
Technology [22]
Public [9]
National (U.S.) [23]
Source: E&E News [24], 05/13/2026

Graphic Content — Journalistic Lessons From Crossing Genres [25]

Today’s teens are growing up in a world of conspicuous climate change, often directly affected by its consequences. Despite their youth, some are at the forefront of the fight against this threat. Freelance journalist and author Meera Subramanian — co-creator of a new nonfiction graphic novel about young climate campaigners — on teens as sources, activism as a topic and the pleasures of collaboration. See a sample of the book [26].

SEJ Publication Types: 
Features [27]
Topics on the Beat: 
Activism [28]
Biodiversity [2]
Climate Change [3]
Disasters [4]
Diversity [29]
Environmental Health [16]
Environmental Justice [17]
Environmental Politics [18]
Environmental Studies [5]
Health [30]
Journalism & Media [31]
Pollution [21]
Religion, Faith and Spirituality [32]
Science [7]
Region: 
National (U.S.) [23]
Northeast (CT MA ME NH NJ NY RI VT) [33]
International [34]
Visibility: 
Public [9]
July 26, 2026 to July 31, 2026

Ecological Society of America's Annual Meeting [35]

Press registration is now open for the Ecological Society of America's Annual Meeting, the world’s largest gathering of professional ecologists. The 2026 meeting will run from Sunday through Friday, July 26-31, at the Salt Palace Convention Center, 100 S W Temple St, Salt Lake City, UT.

Professional Meetings [36]
Visibility: 
Public [9]
Topics on the Beat: 
Environmental Studies [5]
Journalism & Media [31]
Natural Resources [37]
Other or All [38]
People & Population [39]
Science [7]
Wildlife [40]
Region: 
National (U.S.) [23]
Mountain West (CO ID MT NV UT WY) [41]
June 1, 2026

DEADLINE: PRAx's Public Lands Collaborative Residency [42]

The Public Lands Collaborative Residency supports creative teams engaged in storytelling projects that have the potential to help re-imagine and shape the future of public lands in the United States. Apply by June 1. 

Workshops and Fellowships [43]
Visibility: 
Public [9]
Topics on the Beat: 
Biodiversity [2]
Climate Change [3]
Environmental Studies [5]
Journalism & Media [31]
Other or All [38]
Science [7]
Wildlife [40]
Region: 
National (U.S.) [23]
May 15, 2026

DEADLINE: Migration in Changing Climates — A PLAYA + PRAx + Spring Creek Project Fellowship [44]

Eight fellows from a variety of disciplines (including visual art, writing, philosophy, ethics, performing arts, sound and multidisciplinary genres) will each complete a project that engages with the vital topic of migration — of birds, mammals, plants and/or people — across landscapes undergoing rapid change in the Pacific Northwest and Great Basin.

Workshops and Fellowships [43]
Visibility: 
Public [9]
Topics on the Beat: 
Biodiversity [2]
Climate Change [3]
Environmental Studies [5]
Journalism & Media [31]
Wildlife [40]
Region: 
National (U.S.) [23]

"Trump’s Firing Plan Terrified Feds. Now, They Wait." [45]

"President Donald Trump has yet to launch a crucial part of his workforce agenda that could rip civil service protections from thousands of federal employees." "A new employee classification is meant to purge the career workforce of impartial expertise and instead steer it toward the president’s political goals, critics say."

Environmental Politics [18]
Environmental Studies [5]
Government [46]
Laws & Regulations [20]
People & Population [39]
Policy [47]
Public [9]
National (U.S.) [23]
Source: E&E News [48], 05/08/2026

Scouring the Skies for Methane Data [49]

Emissions of the global warming gas methane are widely tracked through satellite sensors, despite some unexpected bumps in the data-gathering effort. But a big challenge is how to interpret and use the resulting insights in your coverage. The latest Reporter’s Toolbox points out several important methane datasets and offers useful insights into how to turn them into stories.

SEJ Publication Types: 
Reporters Toolbox [50]
Topics on the Beat: 
Climate Change [3]
Environmental Health [16]
Environmental Studies [5]
Journalism & Media [31]
Science [7]
Region: 
National (U.S.) [23]
International [34]
Visibility: 
Public [9]

Oil Industry Event Teaches Judges “Healthy Skepticism” of Climate Science [51]

"As congressional Republicans accuse climate scholars and lawyers of colluding to influence the judiciary, a symposium hosted by a center funded by the fossil fuel industry educates judges about free-market views of climate science."

Climate Change [3]
Economy & Business [14]
Energy & Fuel [15]
Environmental Justice [17]
Environmental Politics [18]
Environmental Studies [5]
Journalism & Media [31]
Laws & Regulations [20]
Science [7]
Public [9]
National (U.S.) [23]
Source: ProPublica [52], 05/04/2026

"The Trump Administration Cracks Down On National Park Websites" [53]

"National park staffers used to control park websites. But not anymore."

Environmental Justice [17]
Environmental Politics [18]
Environmental Studies [5]
Government [46]
Journalism & Media [31]
Laws & Regulations [20]
Natural Resources [37]
People & Population [39]
Religion, Faith and Spirituality [32]
Public [9]
National (U.S.) [23]
Source: E&E News [54], 05/04/2026

Pages

The Society of Environmental Journalists
1629 K Street NW, Suite 300, Washington, DC 20006
Telephone: (202) 558-2055
Email: sej@sej.org
© 2026 The Society of Environmental Journalists. All Rights Reserved.
All graphics © SEJ, unless otherwise stated.
Source URL:https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/environmentalists?page=8

Links
[1] https://www.sej.org/headlines/something-startling-happening-gulf-mexico [2] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/biodiversity-1 [3] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/climate-change [4] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/disaster [5] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/environmentalists [6] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/fisheries [7] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/science [8] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/water [9] https://www.sej.org/taxonomy/term/81 [10] https://www.sej.org/category/region/national/southeast [11] https://www.sej.org/category/region/national/southwest [12] https://yaleclimateconnections.org/2026/05/something-startling-is-happening-in-the-gulf-of-mexico/ [13] https://www.sej.org/headlines/epa-plan-let-work-start-data-centers-power-plants-air-permits [14] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/business [15] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/energy [16] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/environmental-health [17] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/environmental-justice [18] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/environmental-politics [19] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/infrastructure [20] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/laws [21] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/pollution [22] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/technology [23] https://www.sej.org/category/region/national [24] https://www.eenews.net/articles/epa-plan-would-let-work-start-on-data-centers-power-plants-before-air-permits/ [25] https://www.sej.org/publications/features/graphic-content-journalistic-lessons-crossing-genres [26] https://www.sej.org/publications/features/graphic-content-journalistic-lessons-crossing-genres#better [27] https://www.sej.org/category/sej-publication-types/features [28] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/activism [29] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/diversity [30] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/health [31] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/journalism/media [32] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/religion-faith-and-spirituality [33] https://www.sej.org/category/region/national/northeast [34] https://www.sej.org/category/region/international [35] https://www.sej.org/calendar/ecological-society-americas-annual-meeting [36] https://www.sej.org/category/event-types/professional-meetings [37] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/land [38] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/other/all/no-category [39] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/people-population [40] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/wildlife [41] https://www.sej.org/category/region/national/mountain-west [42] https://www.sej.org/calendar/deadline-praxs-public-lands-collaborative-residency [43] https://www.sej.org/category/event-type/workshops/fellowships [44] https://www.sej.org/calendar/deadline-migration-changing-climates-playa-prax-spring-creek-project-fellowship [45] https://www.sej.org/headlines/trump-s-firing-plan-terrified-feds-now-they-wait [46] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/government [47] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/policy [48] https://www.eenews.net/articles/trumps-firing-plan-terrified-feds-now-they-wait/ [49] https://www.sej.org/publications/reporters-toolbox/scouring-skies-methane-data [50] https://www.sej.org/category/sej-publication-types/reporter%E2%80%99s-toolbox [51] https://www.sej.org/headlines/oil-industry-event-teaches-judges-healthy-skepticism-climate-science [52] https://www.propublica.org/article/climate-science-oil-gas-fossil-fuel-judges-jim-jordan [53] https://www.sej.org/headlines/trump-administration-cracks-down-national-park-websites [54] https://www.eenews.net/articles/the-trump-administration-cracks-down-on-national-park-websites/ [55] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/environmentalists?page=7 [56] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/environmentalists?page=4 [57] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/environmentalists?page=5 [58] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/environmentalists?page=6 [59] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/environmentalists?page=9 [60] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/environmentalists?page=10 [61] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/environmentalists?page=11 [62] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/environmentalists?page=12 [63] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/environmentalists?page=108