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

Home > Journalism & Media

The Resistance: In Trump’s War on Climate Science, They Fought Back [1]

"The scientists' efforts were often unseen and sometimes unsuccessful. But over four years, they mounted a guerilla defense that kept pressure on the Trump Administration."

Climate Change [2]
Environmental Politics [3]
Journalism & Media [4]
Science [5]
Public [6]
National (U.S.) [7]
Source: Inside Climate News [8], 12/28/2020

Why the South Lags on Staving Off Crisis [9]

Most Southern state leaders are doing the least to fight the climate crisis, despite having the most to lose environmentally and economically. When will that begin to change? The latest entry in our “Covering Your Climate: The South [10]” special report looks at the politics of the climate crisis, the dominance of utilities, and the transportation and forestry sectors, along with the few climate breakthroughs. 

SEJ Publication Types: 
Special Reports [11]
Topics on the Beat: 
Air [12]
Climate Change [2]
Consumer [13]
Economy & Business [14]
Energy & Fuel [15]
Environmental Politics [3]
Government [16]
Health [17]
Journalism & Media [4]
Laws & Regulations [18]
Natural Resources [19]
Planning & Growth [20]
Policy [21]
Pollution [22]
Transportation [23]
Region: 
National (U.S.) [7]
Mid-Atlantic (DC DE MD PA VA WV) [24]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [25]
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [26]
Visibility: 
Public [6]

Is the South Confronting Its Climate Threats? [27]

The South is ground zero for the climate crisis in the United States, yet little is being done to prevent impacts or protect communities. Will the South tap its potential to be part of the solution? Our special report, “Covering Your Climate: The South,” helps reporters cover the region, starting with a backgrounder on climate concerns from Texas to Virginia.

SEJ Publication Types: 
Special Reports [11]
Topics on the Beat: 
Activism [28]
Agriculture [29]
Air [12]
Biodiversity [30]
Climate Change [2]
Consumer [13]
Disasters [31]
Economy & Business [14]
Energy & Fuel [15]
Environmental Health [32]
Environmental Politics [3]
Government [16]
Health [17]
Journalism & Media [4]
Laws & Regulations [18]
Natural Resources [19]
Nuclear Power & Radiation [33]
People & Population [34]
Planning & Growth [20]
Policy [21]
Pollution [22]
Science [5]
Technology [35]
Transportation [23]
Water & Oceans [36]
Region: 
National (U.S.) [7]
Mid-Atlantic (DC DE MD PA VA WV) [24]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [25]
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [26]
Visibility: 
Public [6]

"Trump Pardons Lawmaker Who Led Protest Ride on BLM Tract" [37]

"President Trump last night issued a full pardon to Utah state Rep. Phil Lyman (R), who served a brief jail stint for leading an illegal all-terrain vehicle protest ride through a closed Utah canyon in 2015."

Environmental Politics [3]
Journalism & Media [4]
Laws & Regulations [18]
Natural Resources [19]
Public [6]
National (U.S.) [7]
Source: E&E News [38], 12/24/2020

"Court Orders EPA To Step Up Asbestos Data Collection" [39]

"In a court ruling hailed by health advocates, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) will now have to collect data on asbestos imports into the U.S., a federal judge ruled on Tuesday."

Chemicals [40]
Environmental Health [32]
Journalism & Media [4]
Laws & Regulations [18]
Public [6]
National (U.S.) [7]
Source: The Hill [41], 12/24/2020

Ohio Passes Bill That Could Bankrupt Churches Linked To Fossil Protests [42]

"Ohio lawmakers faced fierce blowback last winter over a bill that would escalate criminal charges on fossil fuel protesters and threaten religious organizations or nonprofits that support such demonstrations with crushing fines."

Activism [28]
Climate Change [2]
Energy & Fuel [15]
Environmental Health [32]
Environmental Justice [43]
Environmental Politics [3]
Journalism & Media [4]
Laws & Regulations [18]
Pollution [22]
Public [6]
National (U.S.) [7]
Source: HuffPost [44], 12/23/2020
January 8, 2021

DEADLINE: IJNR Virtual PFAS Workshop for Journalists [45]

Join the Institute for Journalism & Natural Resources for a two-day virtual workshop, January 27-28, 2021, to discuss PFAS contamination in communities across the country. Deadline: Jan 8.

Workshops and Fellowships [46]
Visibility: 
Public [6]
Topics on the Beat: 
Chemicals [40]
Environmental Health [32]
Health [17]
Journalism & Media [4]
Pollution [22]
January 4, 2023

DEADLINE: NYU Journalism-NAJA Scholarship [47]

The New York University Arthur L. Carter Journalism Institute is again offering a full-tuition scholarship to a Native American Journalism Association (NAJA) member admitted to one of the ten NYU Journalism graduate programs in the fall of 2023. Deadline of Jan 4, 2023 may be extendable.

Workshops and Fellowships [46]
Visibility: 
Public [6]
Topics on the Beat: 
Diversity [48]
Journalism & Media [4]
January 27, 2021

2021 Journalists’ Guide to Energy & Environment [49]

Watch the recording [50] of the Society of Environmental Journalists' 9th annual look ahead at the year's key energy and environmental issues. Hosted by National Geographic Society and co-sponsored by the Wilson Center, the event kicked off with a prerecorded interview with new White House National Climate Advisor Gina McCarthy, followed by a live interview with Senator Sheldon Whitehouse, D-RI, and SEJ's annual panel of leading journalists offering their predictions for the year ahead.

 

SEJ Regional Conferences [51]
Visibility: 
Public [6]
Topics on the Beat: 
Climate Change [2]
Diversity [48]
Economy & Business [14]
Energy & Fuel [15]
Environmental Health [32]
Environmental Justice [43]
Environmental Politics [3]
Health [17]
Journalism & Media [4]
Laws & Regulations [18]
Natural Resources [19]
Policy [21]
Technology [35]
Region: 
National (U.S.) [7]
International [52]

‘We Want Them Infected’: Trump Appointee Demanded ‘Herd Immunity’: Emails [53]

"A top Trump appointee repeatedly urged top health officials to adopt a 'herd immunity' approach to Covid-19 and allow millions of Americans to be infected by the virus, according to internal emails obtained by a House watchdog and shared with POLITICO."

Disasters [31]
Environmental Health [32]
Environmental Politics [3]
Health [17]
Journalism & Media [4]
Laws & Regulations [18]
Public [6]
National (U.S.) [7]
Source: Politico [54], 12/17/2020

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/journalism/media?page=267

Links
[1] https://www.sej.org/headlines/resistance-trump-s-war-climate-science-they-fought-back [2] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/climate-change [3] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/environmental-politics [4] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/journalism/media [5] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/science [6] https://www.sej.org/taxonomy/term/81 [7] https://www.sej.org/category/region/national [8] https://insideclimatenews.org/news/27122020/trump-climate-science-epa-wheeler-biden/ [9] https://www.sej.org/publications/special-reports/covering-your-climate/south-us/why-south-lags-staving-crisis [10] https://www.sej.org/publications/special-reports/covering-your-climate-the-south [11] https://www.sej.org/category/sej-publication-types/special-reports [12] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/air [13] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/consumer [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/government [17] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/health [18] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/laws [19] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/land [20] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/cities-towns [21] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/policy [22] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/pollution [23] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/transportation [24] https://www.sej.org/category/region/national/mid-atlantic [25] https://www.sej.org/category/region/national/southeast [26] https://www.sej.org/category/region/national/southwest [27] https://www.sej.org/publications/special-reports/covering-your-climate/south-us/is-the-south-confronting-climate-threats [28] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/activism [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/disaster [32] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/environmental-health [33] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/nuclear-power/radiation [34] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/people-population [35] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/technology [36] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/water [37] https://www.sej.org/headlines/trump-pardons-lawmaker-who-led-protest-ride-blm-tract [38] https://www.eenews.net/stories/1063721441 [39] https://www.sej.org/headlines/court-orders-epa-step-asbestos-data-collection [40] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/chemicals/toxics [41] https://thehill.com/policy/energy-environment/531514-court-orders-epa-to-step-up-asbestos-import-data-collection [42] https://www.sej.org/headlines/ohio-passes-bill-could-bankrupt-churches-linked-fossil-protests [43] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/environmental-justice [44] https://www.huffpost.com/entry/ohio-fossil-fuel_n_5fdb862cc5b6f24ae35e61ba [45] https://www.sej.org/calendar/deadline-ijnr-virtual-pfas-workshop-journalists [46] https://www.sej.org/category/event-type/workshops/fellowships [47] https://www.sej.org/calendar/deadline [48] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/diversity [49] https://www.sej.org/calendar/2021-journalists-guide-energy-environment [50] https://vimeo.com/503178691 [51] https://www.sej.org/category/event-type/conferences/regional [52] https://www.sej.org/category/region/international [53] https://www.sej.org/headlines/we-want-them-infected-trump-appointee-demanded-herd-immunity-emails [54] https://www.politico.com/news/2020/12/16/trump-appointee-demanded-herd-immunity-strategy-446408 [55] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/journalism/media?page=266 [56] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/journalism/media?page=263 [57] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/journalism/media?page=264 [58] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/journalism/media?page=265 [59] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/journalism/media?page=268 [60] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/journalism/media?page=269 [61] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/journalism/media?page=270 [62] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/journalism/media?page=271 [63] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/journalism/media?page=566