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

Home > TipSheet

Particulate Compliance Battles Loom in Next Few Months [1]

EPA slightly strengthened its fine particulate standard in 2006. Since then, the agency has been working with states and tribes to determine which counties don't meet the new standard.
SEJ Publication Types: 
TipSheet [2]
Topics on the Beat: 
Environmental Politics [3]
Region: 
National (U.S.) [4]
Visibility: 
Public [5]

Single Stream: Is Simpler Recycling Better Recycling? [6]

For the last couple of years, more and more cities throughout North America have been switching to "single stream" recycling programs (SSR).
SEJ Publication Types: 
TipSheet [2]
Topics on the Beat: 
Waste [7]
Region: 
National (U.S.) [4]
Visibility: 
Public [5]

"Red, White, and...Green?" Eco Wine Tastes Like a Good Story [8]

For many reporters, eco wine can be an intensely local story. While not every state has vineyards, viticulture has spread way beyond California in recent decades.
SEJ Publication Types: 
TipSheet [2]
Topics on the Beat: 
Food [9]
Pollution [10]
Water & Oceans [11]
Journalism & Media [12]
Region: 
National (U.S.) [4]
Visibility: 
Public [5]

National Trails System Continues to Grow [13]

The National Trails System is in its hiking prime, celebrating its 40th birthday on Oct. 2, 2008. The network of 26 trails traverses about 60,000 miles throughout the country.

SEJ Publication Types: 
TipSheet [2]
Topics on the Beat: 
Planning & Growth [14]
Other or All [15]
Region: 
National (U.S.) [4]
Visibility: 
Public [5]

FEDS Set Stage for Geothermal Development [16]

The Dept. of Interior released its final Programmatic Environmental Impact Statement for geothermal energy on Oct. 22, 2008
SEJ Publication Types: 
TipSheet [2]
Topics on the Beat: 
Energy & Fuel [17]
Region: 
Northwest (OR WA) [18]
Mountain West (CO ID MT NV UT WY) [19]
Visibility: 
Public [5]

Congress May Approve Major Lands Bill in November [20]

It's possible that the US Congress will give final approval during its lame duck session to an omnibus bill that contains more than 150 individual bills targeted at protecting, improving, or revising management of various public lands all over the country
SEJ Publication Types: 
TipSheet [2]
Topics on the Beat: 
Environmental Politics [3]
Region: 
National (U.S.) [4]
Visibility: 
Public [5]

Eco-Packaging for Wine: Bottles and Beyond [21]

Eco-friendly wine isn't just about what's in the bottle. It also IS the bottle — or, increasingly the box — plus the cork (or, increasingly screwtop), and more.
SEJ Publication Types: 
TipSheet [2]
Topics on the Beat: 
Consumer [22]
Region: 
International [23]
Visibility: 
Public [5]

Can "Smart Grids" Really Help? [24]

"Smart grids" are packages of technologies and services that allow two-way communication between homes and utilities, as well as between various parts of regional power distribution systems.

SEJ Publication Types: 
TipSheet [2]
Topics on the Beat: 
Energy & Fuel [17]
Region: 
National (U.S.) [4]
Visibility: 
Public [5]

Supreme Court Case Could Affect Nearly 550 Power Plants [25]

On Dec. 2, the US Supreme Court heard arguments in a case that could decide whether the Clean Water Act (CWA) allows EPA to weigh costs and benefits when determining the best technology available for the cooling water intake structures at existing power plants.
SEJ Publication Types: 
TipSheet [2]
Topics on the Beat: 
Energy & Fuel [17]
Water & Oceans [11]
Environmental Politics [3]
Region: 
National (U.S.) [4]
Visibility: 
Public [5]

Post-Election Agendas Begin to Spawn, Swim Upstream [26]

Even before the Nov. 4, 2008, presidential election happens, various groups are beginning to draft or post ambitious environment-related agendas for the next administration to follow... should it wish to.
SEJ Publication Types: 
TipSheet [2]
Topics on the Beat: 
Environmental Politics [3]
Region: 
National (U.S.) [4]
Visibility: 
Public [5]

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/sej-publication/tipsheet?page=82

Links
[1] https://www.sej.org/publications/tipsheet/particulate-compliance-battles-loom-next-few-months [2] https://www.sej.org/category/sej-publication/tipsheet [3] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/environmental-politics [4] https://www.sej.org/category/region/national [5] https://www.sej.org/taxonomy/term/81 [6] https://www.sej.org/publications/tipsheet/single-stream-is-simpler-recycling-better-recycling [7] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/waste [8] https://www.sej.org/publications/tipsheet/red-white-andgreen-eco-wine-tastes-like-a-good-story [9] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/food [10] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/pollution [11] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/water [12] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/journalism/media [13] https://www.sej.org/publications/tipsheet/national-trails-system-continues-grow [14] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/cities-towns [15] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/other/all/no-category [16] https://www.sej.org/publications/tipsheet/feds-set-stage-geothermal-development [17] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/energy [18] https://www.sej.org/category/region/national/northwest [19] https://www.sej.org/category/region/national/mountain-west [20] https://www.sej.org/publications/tipsheet/congress-may-approve-major-lands-bill-november [21] https://www.sej.org/publications/tipsheet/eco-packaging-wine-bottles-and-beyond [22] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/consumer [23] https://www.sej.org/category/region/international [24] https://www.sej.org/publications/tipsheet/can-smart-grids-really-help [25] https://www.sej.org/publications/tipsheet/supreme-court-case-could-affect-nearly-550-power-plants [26] https://www.sej.org/publications/tipsheet/post-election-agendas-begin-spawn-swim-upstream [27] https://www.sej.org/category/sej-publication/tipsheet?page=81 [28] https://www.sej.org/category/sej-publication/tipsheet?page=78 [29] https://www.sej.org/category/sej-publication/tipsheet?page=79 [30] https://www.sej.org/category/sej-publication/tipsheet?page=80 [31] https://www.sej.org/category/sej-publication/tipsheet?page=83 [32] https://www.sej.org/category/sej-publication/tipsheet?page=84 [33] https://www.sej.org/category/sej-publication/tipsheet?page=85 [34] https://www.sej.org/category/sej-publication/tipsheet?page=86 [35] https://www.sej.org/category/sej-publication/tipsheet?page=91