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

Home > Natural Resources

"Biden Moves To Ban Most Old-Growth Logging In National Forests" [1]

"The most ancient trees still standing in America’s national forests would get new protections under a proposal the Biden administration announced Tuesday that would ban most logging in groves that play a vital role in fighting climate change."

Climate Change [2]
Forests [3]
Laws & Regulations [4]
Natural Resources [5]
Public [6]
National (U.S.) [7]
Source: Washington Post [8], 12/20/2023
  • Read more about "Biden Moves To Ban Most Old-Growth Logging In National Forests" [1]

Want To Protect Your Sources? It Helps To Know the Law [9]

With climate-related legal disputes playing out worldwide, we could see more environmental journalists facing subpoenas to access their newsgathering materials and reveal their sources. Case in point: the legal battle embroiling a news nonprofit over its coverage of pipeline protests. The Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press’ Chris Young looks at shield laws and resources to help deal with legal threats to your journalistic integrity.

SEJ Publication Types: 
Features [10]
Topics on the Beat: 
Activism [11]
Energy & Fuel [12]
Government [13]
Journalism & Media [14]
Laws & Regulations [4]
Natural Resources [5]
Policy [15]
Region: 
National (U.S.) [7]
Alaska and Hawaii [16]
Great Lakes (IL IN MI MN OH WI) [17]
Mountain West (CO ID MT NV UT WY) [18]
Visibility: 
Public [6]
  • Read more about Want To Protect Your Sources? It Helps To Know the Law [9]

"Snakes, Spores and Sewage: Life in the Neighborhood Called ‘the Hole’" [19]

"The small neighborhood on the border of Brooklyn and Queens has a colorful history but an uncertain future because of climate change."

Climate Change [2]
Disasters [20]
Environmental Health [21]
Infrastructure [22]
Natural Resources [5]
People & Population [23]
Planning & Growth [24]
Water & Oceans [25]
Public [6]
Northeast (CT MA ME NH NJ NY RI VT) [26]
Source: NYTimes [27], 12/18/2023
  • Read more about "Snakes, Spores and Sewage: Life in the Neighborhood Called ‘the Hole’" [19]

"Bird Flu Is Still Causing Havoc. Here’s the Latest." [28]

"The virus, which recently reached the Antarctic region for the first time, is surging again in North America."

Agriculture [29]
Biodiversity [30]
Disasters [20]
Environmental Health [21]
Natural Resources [5]
Wildlife [31]
Public [6]
International [32]
Source: NYTimes [33], 12/18/2023
  • Read more about "Bird Flu Is Still Causing Havoc. Here’s the Latest." [28]

"Undoing Decades of Environmental Harm on a California River" [34]

"A major restoration effort by a coalition of Tribes and government agencies could help imperiled fish and other animals on the Trinity River."

Biodiversity [30]
Fish & Fisheries [35]
Natural Resources [5]
Pollution [36]
Water & Oceans [25]
Public [6]
California [37]
Source: The Revelator [38], 12/18/2023
  • Read more about "Undoing Decades of Environmental Harm on a California River" [34]

"Norway Greenlights World’s First Commercial Deep-Sea Mining Project" [39]

"Here’s what the new project means for the US and other countries beyond the Nordic region".

Chemicals [40]
Climate Change [2]
Energy & Fuel [12]
Natural Resources [5]
Pollution [36]
Water & Oceans [25]
Public [6]
Europe [41]
Source: Sierra [42], 12/18/2023
  • Read more about "Norway Greenlights World’s First Commercial Deep-Sea Mining Project" [39]

"How Christmas Tree Farms Can Help Wildlife" [43]

"It may seem counterintuitive to support the annual culling of trees, but environmentalists say Christmas tree farms have ecological benefits."

Biodiversity [30]
Forests [3]
Natural Resources [5]
Wildlife [31]
Public [6]
National (U.S.) [7]
Source: NYTimes [44], 12/15/2023
  • Read more about "How Christmas Tree Farms Can Help Wildlife" [43]

New Mexico Extends Ban On Oil And Gas Leasing Around Sacred Chaco Park [45]

"New oil and natural gas leasing will be prohibited on state land surrounding Chaco Culture National Historical Park, an area sacred to Native Americans, for the next 20 years under an executive order by New Mexico Land Commissioner Stephanie Garcia Richard."

Energy & Fuel [12]
Environmental Justice [46]
Laws & Regulations [4]
Natural Resources [5]
People & Population [23]
Public [6]
National (U.S.) [7]
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [47]
Source: AP [48], 12/15/2023
  • Read more about New Mexico Extends Ban On Oil And Gas Leasing Around Sacred Chaco Park [45]

"Who Gets the Water in California? Whoever Gets There First." [49]

"The story of California’s water wars begins, as so many stories do in the Golden State, with gold."

Agriculture [29]
Laws & Regulations [4]
Natural Resources [5]
Water & Oceans [25]
Public [6]
California [37]
Source: NYTimes [50], 12/15/2023
  • Read more about "Who Gets the Water in California? Whoever Gets There First." [49]

Greens Sue BNSF For Grizzlies Killed By Trains Without Safety Measures [51]

"Wildlife groups aren’t sure what is worse: That trains have killed more than 63 grizzly bears in northern Montana since 2018, or that Burlington Northern Santa Fe Railroad has seemed to ignore requests to help alleviate the problem."

Biodiversity [30]
Laws & Regulations [4]
Natural Resources [5]
Transportation [52]
Wildlife [31]
Public [6]
National (U.S.) [7]
Mountain West (CO ID MT NV UT WY) [18]
Source: States Newsroom [53], 12/15/2023
  • Read more about Greens Sue BNSF For Grizzlies Killed By Trains Without Safety Measures [51]

Pages

  • « first [5]
  • ‹ previous [54]
  • …
  • 145 [55]
  • 146 [56]
  • 147 [57]
  • 148 [54]
  • 149
  • 150 [58]
  • 151 [59]
  • 152 [60]
  • 153 [61]
  • …
  • next › [58]
  • last » [62]
  • Contact Us  |
  • Donate  |
  • Join  |
  • Members  |
  • Privacy & Security Policies  |
  • Reach SEJ Members  |
  • Renew  |
  • Site Map
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/land?page=148

Links
[1] https://www.sej.org/headlines/biden-moves-ban-most-old-growth-logging-national-forests [2] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/climate-change [3] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/forests [4] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/laws [5] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/land [6] https://www.sej.org/taxonomy/term/81 [7] https://www.sej.org/category/region/national [8] https://www.washingtonpost.com/climate-environment/2023/12/19/old-growth-logging-forest-service/ [9] https://www.sej.org/publications/features/want-protect-your-sources-it-helps-know-law [10] https://www.sej.org/category/sej-publication-types/features [11] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/activism [12] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/energy [13] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/government [14] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/journalism/media [15] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/policy [16] https://www.sej.org/category/region/national/alaska-and-hawaii [17] https://www.sej.org/category/region/national/great-lakes [18] https://www.sej.org/category/region/national/mountain-west [19] https://www.sej.org/headlines/snakes-spores-and-sewage-life-neighborhood-called-hole [20] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/disaster [21] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/environmental-health [22] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/infrastructure [23] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/people-population [24] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/cities-towns [25] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/water [26] https://www.sej.org/category/region/national/northeast [27] https://www.nytimes.com/2023/12/17/nyregion/snakes-spores-and-sewage-life-in-the-neighborhood-called-the-hole.html [28] https://www.sej.org/headlines/bird-flu-still-causing-havoc-here-s-latest [29] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/agriculture [30] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/biodiversity-1 [31] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/wildlife [32] https://www.sej.org/category/region/international [33] https://www.nytimes.com/2023/12/15/science/birds-flu-h5n1.html [34] https://www.sej.org/headlines/undoing-decades-environmental-harm-california-river [35] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/fisheries [36] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/pollution [37] https://www.sej.org/category/region/national/california [38] https://therevelator.org/trinity-river-restoration/ [39] https://www.sej.org/headlines/norway-greenlights-world-s-first-commercial-deep-sea-mining-project [40] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/chemicals/toxics [41] https://www.sej.org/category/region/international/europe [42] https://www.sierraclub.org/sierra/norway-greenlights-world-s-first-commercial-deep-sea-mining-project [43] https://www.sej.org/headlines/how-christmas-tree-farms-can-help-wildlife [44] https://www.nytimes.com/2023/12/13/climate/christmas-tree-farms-wildlife.html [45] https://www.sej.org/headlines/new-mexico-extends-ban-oil-and-gas-leasing-around-sacred-chaco-park [46] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/environmental-justice [47] https://www.sej.org/category/region/national/southwest [48] https://apnews.com/article/new-mexico-chaco-sacred-site-oil-leasing-ban-19c7752120453f0e4bc62d8caf40ab83 [49] https://www.sej.org/headlines/who-gets-water-california-whoever-gets-there-first [50] https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2023/12/14/climate/california-water-crisis-drought.html [51] https://www.sej.org/headlines/greens-sue-bnsf-grizzlies-killed-trains-without-safety-measures [52] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/transportation [53] https://www.newsfromthestates.com/article/wildlife-groups-sue-bnsf-grizzlies-being-killed-trains-without-safety-measures [54] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/land?page=147 [55] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/land?page=144 [56] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/land?page=145 [57] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/land?page=146 [58] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/land?page=149 [59] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/land?page=150 [60] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/land?page=151 [61] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/land?page=152 [62] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/land?page=499