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#SEJ2026 LIVE — Coverage of Conference Tours [1]

Go on the scene of day-long tours from the annual Society of Environmental Journalists’ conference, April 15-18, in Chicago. Contributing journalists provide the first round of tour coverage from a conference newsroom of early-career freelance journalists who joined the SEJournal team for live #SEJ2026 coverage.

SEJ Publication Types: 
SEJ News [2]
Topics on the Beat: 
Activism [3]
Agriculture [4]
Air [5]
Biodiversity [6]
Chemicals [7]
Climate Change [8]
Consumer [9]
Economy & Business [10]
Energy & Fuel [11]
Environmental Health [12]
Environmental Justice [13]
Environmental Politics [14]
Environmental Studies [15]
Food [16]
Forests [17]
Government [18]
Health [19]
Infrastructure [20]
Journalism & Media [21]
Laws & Regulations [22]
Natural Resources [23]
People & Population [24]
Planning & Growth [25]
Policy [26]
Pollution [27]
Science [28]
Technology [29]
Transportation [30]
Waste [31]
Water & Oceans [32]
Wildlife [33]
Region: 
National (U.S.) [34]
Great Lakes (IL IN MI MN OH WI) [35]
Visibility: 
Public [36]
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"Trump Officials Break Ground On New Pipeline At Floyd Bennett Field" [37]

"Top White House officials on Tuesday celebrated the start of construction on a controversial gas pipeline in Brooklyn that is backed by both Gov. Kathy Hochul and President Donald Trump."

Climate Change [8]
Energy & Fuel [11]
Environmental Politics [14]
Infrastructure [20]
Laws & Regulations [22]
Transportation [30]
Public [36]
National (U.S.) [34]
Northeast (CT MA ME NH NJ NY RI VT) [38]
Source: Gothamist [39], 04/17/2026
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"Trump Administration Holds Up NOAA Grant Funding" [40]

"The Trump administration is holding up some National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) grant funding."

Biodiversity [6]
Climate Change [8]
Disasters [41]
Environmental Health [12]
Environmental Justice [13]
Environmental Politics [14]
Environmental Studies [15]
Fish & Fisheries [42]
Laws & Regulations [22]
People & Population [24]
Science [28]
Technology [29]
Transportation [30]
Water & Oceans [32]
Wildlife [33]
Public [36]
National (U.S.) [34]
International [43]
Source: The Hill [44], 04/15/2026
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"Iran Energy Shock Tests Limits of Trump’s Vision of US Energy Dominance" [45]

"Consumers remain vulnerable to price spikes despite record domestic oil and gas production. But experts doubt the crisis will boost clean energy, absent strong policy."

Consumer [9]
Economy & Business [10]
Energy & Fuel [11]
Environmental Politics [14]
Military [46]
People & Population [24]
Transportation [30]
Public [36]
National (U.S.) [34]
Middle East [47]
Source: Inside Climate News [48], 04/10/2026
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"Indiana Governor Suspends State Gas Tax For 30 Days" [49]

"Indiana Gov. Mike Braun (R) on Wednesday suspended the Hoosier State’s sales tax on gas for 30 days, as prices at the pump have increased since the U.S.-Israeli conflict with Iran began."

Consumer [9]
Economy & Business [10]
Energy & Fuel [11]
Environmental Justice [13]
Environmental Politics [14]
Laws & Regulations [22]
Military [46]
Transportation [30]
Public [36]
National (U.S.) [34]
Great Lakes (IL IN MI MN OH WI) [35]
Source: The Hill [50], 04/10/2026
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"What Does $164M Buy Big Oil? Inupiat Land And A Broken Promise." [51]

"A federal auction undid a hard-won agreement to protect Alaska's North Slope. The Iñupiat community that fought for it is still waiting to be heard."

Climate Change [8]
Energy & Fuel [11]
Environmental Justice [13]
Environmental Politics [14]
Laws & Regulations [22]
Natural Resources [23]
People & Population [24]
Transportation [30]
Wildlife [33]
Public [36]
National (U.S.) [34]
Alaska and Hawaii [52]
Source: Grist [53], 04/08/2026
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War Is Pushing Up Energy Prices Now. Trump's Policies Could Hurt For Years. [54]

"If you've opened your natural gas or electric bill lately and bit back a scream, or watched the numbers tick up and up at the gas pump, you're not alone. For many Americans, energy prices feel uncomfortably high right now."

Climate Change [8]
Consumer [9]
Energy & Fuel [11]
Environmental Politics [14]
Infrastructure [20]
Laws & Regulations [22]
Pollution [27]
Transportation [30]
Water & Oceans [32]
Public [36]
National (U.S.) [34]
International [43]
Middle East [47]
Source: NPR [55], 03/31/2026
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Gas Prices Are Environment — and Human — Story [56]

As the Iran war effectively turns the Strait of Hormuz into a bottleneck for much of the world’s oil and natural gas, the price of gasoline in the United States has spiked, creating inflationary worries. So it’s a good time for journalists to remind their audiences of the overall environmental impacts of fossil fuels. TipSheet has more, including 10-plus story ideas and reporting resources.

SEJ Publication Types: 
TipSheet [57]
Topics on the Beat: 
Consumer [9]
Energy & Fuel [11]
Environmental Health [12]
Journalism & Media [21]
Military [46]
Natural Resources [23]
Transportation [30]
Region: 
National (U.S.) [34]
International [43]
Middle East [47]
Visibility: 
Public [36]
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"As Fuel Prices Rise, US Lawmakers Push To Suspend The Federal Gas Tax" [58]

"As the war in Iran pushes U.S. gas prices toward $4 a gallon nationally, some lawmakers are pushing to suspend the federal gasoline tax in the latest attempt to try to control surging energy costs."

Energy & Fuel [11]
Infrastructure [20]
Laws & Regulations [22]
Transportation [30]
Public [36]
National (U.S.) [34]
Source: AP [59], 03/30/2026
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Trump Appears To Relax Oil Blockade On Cuba As Russian Oil Tanker Arrives [60]

"Donald Trump has signalled a new flexibility in allowing oil into Cuba, hours before a Russian oil tanker under US sanctions arrived in the Caribbean island amid a de facto oil blockade imposed by Washington."

Energy & Fuel [11]
Infrastructure [20]
Military [46]
People & Population [24]
Transportation [30]
Water & Oceans [32]
Public [36]
National (U.S.) [34]
International [43]
Europe [61]
Source: Guardian [62], 03/30/2026
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