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Environment and Energy News Outlook for 2019 [1]

With 2019 in full swing, the SEJournal offers an analysis of the year ahead in environment and energy news, with an overview of our full special report, the “2019 Journalists’ Guide to Energy & Environment [2].” Plus, don’t miss SEJ’s Jan. 25 event with top reporters [3] to help you keep track of the big stories on the beat. RSVP here [4] to attend in-person or online.

SEJ Publication Types: 
Features [5]
Topics on the Beat: 
Activism [6]
Air [7]
Chemicals [8]
Climate Change [9]
Disasters [10]
Economy & Business [11]
Energy & Fuel [12]
Environmental Health [13]
Environmental Politics [14]
Government [15]
Health [16]
Journalism & Media [17]
Laws & Regulations [18]
Natural Resources [19]
People & Population [20]
Policy [21]
Pollution [22]
Science [23]
Transportation [24]
Waste [25]
Water & Oceans [26]
Region: 
National (U.S.) [27]
Visibility: 
Public [28]

Urgency of Katowice Carries Over to SEJ Mission [29]

From under a blanket of dense smog that hung over the southern Polish town hosting a recent United Nations climate change conference, the president of the Society of Environmental Journalists, Bobby Magill, had a moment of clarity for the profession and the organization. His insights, and how they will affect the future of SEJ as it begins a new strategic planning process, in Magill’s latest SEJ President’s Report. Plus, a special honor for a “tireless” SEJ leader.

SEJ Publication Types: 
SEJ Presidents Report [30]
Topics on the Beat: 
Activism [6]
Air [7]
Climate Change [9]
Economy & Business [11]
Energy & Fuel [12]
Environmental Health [13]
Environmental Politics [14]
Health [16]
Journalism & Media [17]
Planning & Growth [31]
Policy [21]
Pollution [22]
Region: 
National (U.S.) [27]
International [32]
Europe [33]
Visibility: 
Public [28]

Will the Downturn in Environmental Enforcement Continue in 2019? [34]

Enforcement on the environment front is way down recently, and that may not just be true at the EPA but other federal and state agencies as well. This special edition of TipSheet, part of our 2019 Journalists’ Guide to Energy and Environment, tracks the trend, pointing to some exemplary reporting that’s been covering the issue and showing how to use numerous data sources to investigate it on your own.

SEJ Publication Types: 
TipSheet [35]
Topics on the Beat: 
Activism [6]
Environmental Politics [14]
Government [15]
Journalism & Media [17]
Laws & Regulations [18]
Region: 
National (U.S.) [27]
Visibility: 
Public [28]
February 22, 2019

DEADLINE: IJNR's Lower Mississippi River Institute [36]

The Institute for Journalism & Natural Resources invites journalists on an expenses-paid learning expedition down the Lower Mississippi to get a first-hand look at some of the stories along its shores, April 24-May 1, 2019, visiting small river towns to large global ports as we travel from St. Louis to New Orleans. Apply by Feb 22.

Workshops and Fellowships [37]
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Public [28]
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Journalism & Media [17]
Region: 
Great Plains (IA KS ND NE MO SD) [38]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [39]

"National Parks: As Damage Grows, NPS Muzzles Its Superintendents" [40]

"With trees razed and drivers making new roads on normally protected desert land, the damage at Joshua Tree National Park in California may be far worse than imagined, but Park Superintendent David Smith says he can't talk about it."

Environmental Politics [14]
Government [15]
Journalism & Media [17]
Public [28]
National (U.S.) [27]
Source: Greenwire [41], 01/14/2019

Iowa ‘Ag-Gag’ Law Banning Undercover Farm Probes Ruled Unconstitutional [42]

"A federal judge on Wednesday struck down an Iowa law that made it illegal to get a job at a livestock farm to conduct an animal cruelty undercover investigation, finding the law violated the constitutional right to free speech."

Activism [6]
Agriculture [43]
Journalism & Media [17]
Laws & Regulations [18]
Public [28]
Great Plains (IA KS ND NE MO SD) [38]
Source: AP [44], 01/11/2019

How Fossil Fuel Industry Got Media To Think Climate Change Was Debatable [45]

A decades-long multi-million dollar covert PR campaign by fossil fuel industries has manipulated many media outlets to give equal time to figures who deny established climate science.

Climate Change [9]
Economy & Business [11]
Energy & Fuel [12]
Environmental Politics [14]
Journalism & Media [17]
Science [23]
Public [28]
National (U.S.) [27]
Source: Washington Post [46], 01/11/2019

Between the Lines: Getting Inside the Head of a Book Editor [47]

“Think big, but keep your feet on the ground” — that’s the kind of sound advice that would-be authors receive behind closed doors at the Society of Environmental Journalists’ annual conference, where book editors offer confidential feedback on author pitches in the yearly “Book Slam.” Now, SEJournal has tapped Slam moderator Meera Subramanian to gather book editors’ top 15 tips from the 2018 SEJ gathering in Flint. We share them with you in our latest Between the Lines.

SEJ Publication Types: 
BookShelf [48]
Topics on the Beat: 
Journalism & Media [17]
Region: 
National (U.S.) [27]
International [32]
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Public [28]

Court Orders EPA To Release Wheeler’s Contacts With Outside Groups [49]

"A federal judge has ordered the Environmental Protection Agency to release tens of thousands of emails and other documents involving the agency’s top-level political appointees — including acting chief Andrew Wheeler — in a move activists hope will clarify how industry interests may be influencing their decisions."

Journalism & Media [17]
Laws & Regulations [18]
Public [28]
National (U.S.) [27]
Source: Washington Post [50], 01/08/2019

"EPA Denies Petition For Expanded TSCA Asbestos Reporting" [51]

"The US EPA has denied an NGO petition to require increased reporting of asbestos under the TSCA chemical data reporting (CDR) rule."

Chemicals [8]
Consumer [52]
Environmental Health [13]
Journalism & Media [17]
Laws & Regulations [18]
Public [28]
National (U.S.) [27]
Source: ChemicalWatch [53], 01/04/2019

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