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

Home > Water & Oceans

Desperately Seeking Data? OECD Has Loads [1]

If the possibility of a politically driven dearth of data for your climate and environment reporting has you on edge, the new Reporter’s Toolbox just may have something to soothe your nerves: A data source from beyond the grasp of the Trump administration and outside the boundaries of the United States. Take a quick tour of environmental data from the OECD.

SEJ Publication Types: 
Reporters Toolbox [2]
Topics on the Beat: 
Agriculture [3]
Air [4]
Biodiversity [5]
Chemicals [6]
Climate Change [7]
Energy & Fuel [8]
Environmental Studies [9]
Fish & Fisheries [10]
Health [11]
Journalism & Media [12]
Natural Resources [13]
Pollution [14]
Transportation [15]
Waste [16]
Water & Oceans [17]
Region: 
National (U.S.) [18]
International [19]
Europe [20]
Visibility: 
Public [21]
  • Read more about Desperately Seeking Data? OECD Has Loads [1]

"The Great British Sewage Dump" [22]

"Widespread sewage spills contaminate Britain’s waterways and hit the broader economy"

Consumer [23]
Environmental Health [24]
Environmental Politics [25]
Government [26]
Infrastructure [27]
Laws & Regulations [28]
People & Population [29]
Pollution [14]
Water & Oceans [17]
Public [21]
Europe [20]
Source: Reuters [30], 03/17/2025
  • Read more about "The Great British Sewage Dump" [22]

"Farmers Feeling the Pain After Conservation Funding Frozen" [31]

"The Trump administration, with DOGE, is pulling the rug from under growers and producers across the country"

Agriculture [3]
Biodiversity [5]
Climate Change [7]
Environmental Politics [25]
Forests [32]
Laws & Regulations [28]
Natural Resources [13]
Water & Oceans [17]
Public [21]
National (U.S.) [18]
Source: Sierra [33], 03/17/2025
  • Read more about "Farmers Feeling the Pain After Conservation Funding Frozen" [31]

Trump Admin Voids Permit for New Jersey Wind Farm Trump Opposes [34]

"A critical permit for an offshore wind farm planned near the New Jersey Shore has been invalidated by an administrative appeals board, seven weeks after President Donald Trump declared he hoped the project was “dead and gone.”

Climate Change [7]
Energy & Fuel [8]
Environmental Politics [25]
Laws & Regulations [28]
Water & Oceans [17]
Public [21]
National (U.S.) [18]
Northeast (CT MA ME NH NJ NY RI VT) [35]
Source: Bloomberg [36], 03/17/2025
  • Read more about Trump Admin Voids Permit for New Jersey Wind Farm Trump Opposes [34]

New Angle for Reporting on Oil and Gas Industry — Radioactive Waste [37]

Industry experts and government regulators have long known that radionuclides reside in oil and natural gas. Yet radioactive emissions and waste continue to threaten the lives of workers and community members across the country. Investigative journalist Justin Nobel on the opportunities and urgent need for reporters to drill into a story steeped in questions of accountability, health and justice.

SEJ Publication Types: 
Features [38]
Topics on the Beat: 
Activism [39]
Air [4]
Chemicals [6]
Climate Change [7]
Consumer [23]
Economy & Business [40]
Energy & Fuel [8]
Environmental Health [24]
Environmental Politics [25]
Environmental Studies [9]
Government [26]
Health [11]
Journalism & Media [12]
Laws & Regulations [28]
Natural Resources [13]
Nuclear Power & Radiation [41]
People & Population [29]
Policy [42]
Pollution [14]
Science [43]
Technology [44]
Waste [16]
Water & Oceans [17]
Region: 
National (U.S.) [18]
Great Lakes (IL IN MI MN OH WI) [45]
Great Plains (IA KS ND NE MO SD) [46]
Mid-Atlantic (DC DE MD PA VA WV) [47]
Mountain West (CO ID MT NV UT WY) [48]
Northeast (CT MA ME NH NJ NY RI VT) [35]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [49]
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [50]
International [19]
Canada [51]
South America [52]
Visibility: 
Public [21]
  • Read more about New Angle for Reporting on Oil and Gas Industry — Radioactive Waste [37]

"Destruction Of Ukraine Dam Triggered Toxic ‘Time Bomb,’ Researchers Say" [53]

"The destruction of Ukraine’s Kakhovka dam in June 2023 exposed lake bed sediment containing more than 90,000 tons of dangerous heavy metals, setting off what researchers say is a toxic “time bomb.”"

Biodiversity [5]
Chemicals [6]
Disasters [54]
Energy & Fuel [8]
Environmental Health [24]
Infrastructure [27]
Military [55]
Pollution [14]
Water & Oceans [17]
Public [21]
Europe [20]
Source: Washington Post [56], 03/14/2025
  • Read more about "Destruction Of Ukraine Dam Triggered Toxic ‘Time Bomb,’ Researchers Say" [53]

Ducks, Once A Conservation Bright Spot, Now Declining In US: New Report [57]

"At least 112 North American bird species have lost more than half their populations in the past 50 years, according to a new report published Thursday. Among the birds showing the steepest declines are Allen’s hummingbirds, Florida scrub jays, golden-cheeked warblers, tricolored blackbirds and yellow-billed magpies."

Agriculture [3]
Biodiversity [5]
Chemicals [6]
Climate Change [7]
Environmental Studies [9]
Natural Resources [13]
Water & Oceans [17]
Wildlife [58]
Public [21]
National (U.S.) [18]
Source: AP [59], 03/14/2025
  • Read more about Ducks, Once A Conservation Bright Spot, Now Declining In US: New Report [57]

"EPA to Redefine Protected Wetlands, Reversing Biden Rule" [60]

"The EPA will redefine waters of the US, or WOTUS, to comply with the US Supreme Court’s 2023 ruling in Sackett v. EPA, which lifted Clean Water Act jurisdiction on many wetlands, Administrator Lee Zeldin said Wednesday."

Biodiversity [5]
Environmental Politics [25]
Fish & Fisheries [10]
Laws & Regulations [28]
Natural Resources [13]
Pollution [14]
Water & Oceans [17]
Wildlife [58]
Public [21]
National (U.S.) [18]
Source: Bloomberg Environment [61], 03/14/2025
  • Read more about "EPA to Redefine Protected Wetlands, Reversing Biden Rule" [60]

‘Global Weirding’: Climate Whiplash Hitting World’s Biggest Cities: Study [62]

"Climate whiplash is already hitting major cities around the world, bringing deadly swings between extreme wet and dry weather as the climate crisis intensifies, a report has revealed." "Swings between drought and floods striking from Dallas to Shanghai, while Madrid and Cairo are among cities whose climate has flipped".

Climate Change [7]
Disasters [54]
Environmental Health [24]
Infrastructure [27]
Natural Resources [13]
Water & Oceans [17]
Public [21]
International [19]
Source: Guardian [63], 03/13/2025
  • Read more about ‘Global Weirding’: Climate Whiplash Hitting World’s Biggest Cities: Study [62]

Plastic Pollution Leaves Seabirds With Brain Damage Similar To Alzheimer’s [64]

"Ingesting plastic is leaving seabird chicks with brain damage “akin to Alzheimer’s disease”, according to a new study – adding to growing evidence of the devastating impact of plastic pollution on marine wildlife."

Biodiversity [5]
Chemicals [6]
Consumer [23]
Environmental Health [24]
Environmental Politics [25]
Environmental Studies [9]
Natural Resources [13]
Pollution [14]
Waste [16]
Water & Oceans [17]
Wildlife [58]
Public [21]
National (U.S.) [18]
International [19]
Australia & Oceania [65]
Source: Guardian [66], 03/13/2025
  • Read more about Plastic Pollution Leaves Seabirds With Brain Damage Similar To Alzheimer’s [64]

Pages

  • « first [17]
  • ‹ previous [67]
  • …
  • 70 [68]
  • 71 [69]
  • 72 [70]
  • 73 [67]
  • 74
  • 75 [71]
  • 76 [72]
  • 77 [73]
  • 78 [74]
  • …
  • next › [71]
  • last » [75]
  • 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/water?page=73

Links
[1] https://www.sej.org/publications/reporters-toolbox/desperately-seeking-data-oecd-has-loads [2] https://www.sej.org/category/sej-publication-types/reporter%E2%80%99s-toolbox [3] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/agriculture [4] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/air [5] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/biodiversity-1 [6] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/chemicals/toxics [7] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/climate-change [8] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/energy [9] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/environmentalists [10] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/fisheries [11] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/health [12] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/journalism/media [13] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/land [14] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/pollution [15] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/transportation [16] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/waste [17] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/water [18] https://www.sej.org/category/region/national [19] https://www.sej.org/category/region/international [20] https://www.sej.org/category/region/international/europe [21] https://www.sej.org/taxonomy/term/81 [22] https://www.sej.org/headlines/great-british-sewage-dump [23] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/consumer [24] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/environmental-health [25] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/environmental-politics [26] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/government [27] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/infrastructure [28] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/laws [29] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/people-population [30] https://www.reuters.com/investigates/special-report/britain-water-sewage/ [31] https://www.sej.org/headlines/farmers-feeling-pain-after-conservation-funding-frozen [32] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/forests [33] https://www.sierraclub.org/sierra/trump-funding-cuts-farmers-feeling-pain-conservation-funds-frozen [34] https://www.sej.org/headlines/trump-admin-voids-permit-new-jersey-wind-farm-trump-opposes [35] https://www.sej.org/category/region/national/northeast [36] https://www.yahoo.com/news/permit-offshore-wind-farm-voided-223704447.html [37] https://www.sej.org/publications/features/new-angle-reporting-oil-and-gas-industry-radioactive-waste [38] https://www.sej.org/category/sej-publication-types/features [39] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/activism [40] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/business [41] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/nuclear-power/radiation [42] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/policy [43] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/science [44] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/technology [45] https://www.sej.org/category/region/national/great-lakes [46] https://www.sej.org/category/region/national/great-plains [47] https://www.sej.org/category/region/national/mid-atlantic [48] https://www.sej.org/category/region/national/mountain-west [49] https://www.sej.org/category/region/national/southeast [50] https://www.sej.org/category/region/national/southwest [51] https://www.sej.org/category/region/international/canada [52] https://www.sej.org/category/region/international/south-america [53] https://www.sej.org/headlines/destruction-ukraine-dam-triggered-toxic-time-bomb-researchers-say [54] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/disaster [55] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/military [56] https://wapo.st/4bRQpEQ [57] https://www.sej.org/headlines/ducks-once-conservation-bright-spot-now-declining-us-new-report [58] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/wildlife [59] https://apnews.com/article/bird-species-north-america-da8e0d41f4c9ad85c601d17c86bb5629 [60] https://www.sej.org/headlines/epa-redefine-protected-wetlands-reversing-biden-rule [61] https://news.bloomberglaw.com/environment-and-energy/epa-to-redefine-federally-protected-wetlands-reversing-biden [62] https://www.sej.org/headlines/global-weirding-climate-whiplash-hitting-world-s-biggest-cities-study [63] https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/mar/12/global-weirding-climate-whiplash-hitting-worlds-biggest-cities-study-reveals [64] https://www.sej.org/headlines/plastic-pollution-leaves-seabirds-brain-damage-similar-alzheimer-s [65] https://www.sej.org/category/region/international/australia-oceania [66] https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/mar/12/plastic-pollution-leaves-seabirds-chicks-with-brain-damage-similar-to-alzheimers-study-aoe [67] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/water?page=72 [68] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/water?page=69 [69] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/water?page=70 [70] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/water?page=71 [71] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/water?page=74 [72] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/water?page=75 [73] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/water?page=76 [74] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/water?page=77 [75] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/water?page=868