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Climate Concerns Dominate Reporting Outlook at SEJ Annual Event [1]

An overflow crowd of environmental reporters and others gathered in Washington, D.C., last week at the Society of Environmental Journalists’ annual look-ahead on environment and energy news to hear what speakers like the former United Nations head and top journalists see as the news to watch for. Find out what one story dominated. Plus, watch video of the full program.

SEJ Publication Types: 
Features [2]
Topics on the Beat: 
Biodiversity [3]
Chemicals [4]
Climate Change [5]
Disasters [6]
Economy & Business [7]
Energy & Fuel [8]
Environmental Health [9]
Environmental Politics [10]
Government [11]
Health [12]
Journalism & Media [13]
Laws & Regulations [14]
Policy [15]
Region: 
National (U.S.) [16]
International [17]
Visibility: 
Public [18]

"Science Ranks Grow Thin In Trump Administration" [19]

"KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Dozens of government computers sit in a nondescript building here, able to connect to a data model that could help farmers manage the impact of a changing climate on their crops. But no one in this federal agency would know how to access the model, or, if they did, what to do with the data."

Agriculture [20]
Climate Change [5]
Environmental Politics [10]
Government [11]
Science [21]
Public [18]
National (U.S.) [16]
Source: Washington Post [22], 01/24/2020

Top Official Did Special Favors On Guns For NRA At Interior Department [23]

"Powerful gun lobby group has used connections in Trump administration to influence decisions, messages show".

Environmental Politics [10]
Government [11]
Laws & Regulations [14]
Public [18]
National (U.S.) [16]
Source: Guardian [24], 01/24/2020

"Interior: BLM Employees Look To Unionize Ahead Of Move West" [25]

"Staffers in the Bureau of Land Management's Washington headquarters could soon join a national federal employees union as BLM moves swiftly to relocate hundreds of positions out West."

Activism [26]
Government [11]
Natural Resources [27]
Public [18]
National (U.S.) [16]
Source: Greenwire [28], 01/23/2020

Environment, Energy Issues Will Make Headlines in 2020 [29]

As part of our “2020 Journalists’ Guide to Energy & Environment [30]” to help reporters track the stories coming their way this year, SEJournal Online looks ahead to major developments on the beat — from Washington, D.C. to the Arctic, from public lands to fossil fuels. We also explore pending news on transportation, agriculture, nukes, federal funding, freedom of information and even algae. Also under our gaze, key facets of the climate story. Read our overview analysis and then dive deep into the full offering of special Backgrounders, TipSheets and WatchDogs.

SEJ Publication Types: 
Features [2]
Topics on the Beat: 
Agriculture [20]
Climate Change [5]
Disasters [6]
Economy & Business [7]
Energy & Fuel [8]
Environmental Health [9]
Environmental Politics [10]
Fish & Fisheries [31]
Food [32]
Forests [33]
Government [11]
Health [12]
Journalism & Media [13]
Laws & Regulations [14]
Natural Resources [27]
Nuclear Power & Radiation [34]
Policy [15]
Pollution [35]
Science [21]
Transportation [36]
Water & Oceans [37]
Region: 
National (U.S.) [16]
International [17]
Visibility: 
Public [18]

EPA Resists Squeeze, But for How Long? [38]

Despite warnings that the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency would be dismantled under the Trump administration, it remains very much alive, thanks to the realities of politics and litigation. Yet its staffing, enforcement and science advisory roles remain under the gun. In the latest of our Backgrounders for the “2020 Journalists’ Guide to Energy & Environment,” we read the tea leaves on the future of the EPA.

SEJ Publication Types: 
Backgrounders [39]
Topics on the Beat: 
Environmental Politics [10]
Government [11]
Laws & Regulations [14]
Policy [15]
Pollution [35]
Science [21]
Water & Oceans [37]
Region: 
National (U.S.) [16]
Visibility: 
Public [18]

As Remote Work Rises At US Companies, Trump Restricts Federal Employees [40]

"About a quarter of workers at U.S. companies now dial into meetings, consult with clients and do a multitude of other tasks from their laptops at home, as employers seek to cut real estate costs and keep their staffs content in a red-hot job market. The federal government, though, is calling its employees back to the office."

Government [11]
Public [18]
National (U.S.) [16]
Source: Washington Post [41], 01/15/2020

The Journalism Student Who Went Down a Rabbit Hole and Came Up a Mine Shaft [42]

A young journalist looking for a quick report found himself instead on a five-month odyssey to cover the hidden dangers of abandoned mining sites in the Southwest — then picked up a Society of Environmental Journalists’ student award in the aftermath. How this student’s persistence paid off, in the latest EJ Academy. 

SEJ Publication Types: 
EJ Academy [43]
Topics on the Beat: 
Energy & Fuel [8]
Government [11]
Journalism & Media [13]
Laws & Regulations [14]
Region: 
National (U.S.) [16]
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [44]
Visibility: 
Public [18]

"EPA Employees Push 'Bill Of Rights' To Protect Scientific Integrity" [45]

"Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) unionized employees have drafted a bill of rights, asking the agency to recognize the need for scientific integrity, research into climate science and the ability to enforce environmental laws without political interference."

Climate Change [5]
Environmental Health [9]
Environmental Politics [10]
Environmental Studies [46]
Government [11]
Laws & Regulations [14]
Science [21]
Public [18]
National (U.S.) [16]
Source: The Hill [47], 01/08/2020

"Interior: Grijalva, Bernhardt Spat Intensifies Over BLM HQ Move" [48]

"House Natural Resources Chairman Raúl Grijalva (D-Ariz.) has rejected Interior Secretary David Bernhardt's offer to meet and discuss the lawmaker's concerns over the Bureau of Land Management's move out West."

Environmental Politics [10]
Government [11]
Laws & Regulations [14]
Natural Resources [27]
Public [18]
National (U.S.) [16]
Source: Greenwire [49], 01/08/2020

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