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

Home > National (U.S.)

COP 27 Egypt — From Afar, How UN Meeting Will Affect Climate Change Reporting [1]

How will the UN’s yearly climate treaty talks in Egypt next month touch domestic U.S. reporting? The latest Backgrounder has an outlook, with close attention to the question of compensation for nations suffering the worst impacts of global warming, plus the politics of war and energy, methane and HFCs. The prospects for action in and after Egypt.

SEJ Publication Types: 
Backgrounders [2]
Topics on the Beat: 
Climate Change [3]
Disasters [4]
Energy & Fuel [5]
Environmental Health [6]
Environmental Justice [7]
Environmental Politics [8]
Government [9]
Journalism & Media [10]
Policy [11]
Region: 
National (U.S.) [12]
International [13]
Mexico [14]
Africa [15]
Asia [16]
Australia & Oceania [17]
Central America & the Caribbean [18]
Europe [19]
Middle East [20]
South America [21]
Visibility: 
Public [22]

"Town Employee Quietly Lowered Fluoride In Water For Years" [23]

"Residents of a small community in Vermont were blindsided last month by news that one official in their water department quietly lowered fluoride levels nearly four years ago, giving rise to worries about their children’s dental health and transparent government — and highlighting the enduring misinformation around water fluoridation."

Activism [24]
Chemicals [25]
Consumer [26]
Environmental Health [6]
Infrastructure [27]
Water & Oceans [28]
Public [22]
National (U.S.) [12]
Source: AP [29], 10/10/2022

Developers Loom As Boy Scouts Sell Land to Compensate Assault Victims [30]

"Conservation groups rush to preserve camps across the United States as some properties sell to the highest bidder. Will they succeed?"

Laws & Regulations [31]
Natural Resources [32]
Planning & Growth [33]
Public [22]
National (U.S.) [12]
Source: The Revelator [34], 10/10/2022

Newsom Calls Special Session To Consider Windfall Tax On Oil Companies [35]

"Gov. Gavin Newsom said Friday he would call a special session of the Legislature to consider a windfall profit tax on oil companies in response to the “outrageous and unconscionable” price of gas in California."

Climate Change [3]
Economy & Business [36]
Energy & Fuel [5]
Environmental Politics [8]
Laws & Regulations [31]
Public [22]
National (U.S.) [12]
California [37]
Source: Politico [38], 10/10/2022

"Flush With Cash, EPA Could Toughen Methane Rules" [39]

"Thanks to the Inflation Reduction Act, EPA is slated to receive a windfall of more than $40 billion over the next 10 years. Americans could get a hint next week whether the extra money is going to translate into tougher regulations for air quality and climate change."

Laws & Regulations [31]
Public [22]
National (U.S.) [12]
Source: E&E News [40], 10/10/2022

"Biden's New Arctic Strategy Foresees Competition With Russia, China" [41]

"The United States on Friday unveiled a new strategy for the Arctic that foresees increasing competition with Russia and China in the strategic U.S. government presence in the Arctic region as region."

Climate Change [3]
Natural Resources [32]
Public [22]
National (U.S.) [12]
International [13]
Antarctica & Arctic [42]
Source: Reuters [43], 10/10/2022

"How California’s Bullet Train Went Off the Rails" [44]

"America’s first experiment with high-speed rail has become a multi-billion-dollar nightmare. Political compromises created a project so expensive that almost no one knows how it can be built as originally envisioned."

Environmental Politics [8]
Infrastructure [27]
Transportation [45]
Public [22]
National (U.S.) [12]
California [37]
Source: NYTimes [46], 10/10/2022

"EPA Is 'Falling Behind' On Power Plant Rules, Report Says" [47]

"The Environmental Protection Agency is “falling behind” on finalizing eight key rules to slash air pollution, water pollution and planet-warming emissions from the nation's power plants, according to a report shared first with The Climate 202 before its broader release Wednesday."

Climate Change [3]
Energy & Fuel [5]
Laws & Regulations [31]
Public [22]
National (U.S.) [12]
Source: Washington Post [48], 10/10/2022

"Next on the Supreme Court Docket: Farm Animal Welfare" [49]

"Oral arguments begin next week in a case targeting California’s Proposition 12, a law that bans the sale of pork from farm systems that cage pigs. The ruling has implications for a wide range of other environmental and public health laws."

Agriculture [50]
Biodiversity [51]
Food [52]
Laws & Regulations [31]
Public [22]
National (U.S.) [12]
Source: Civil Eats [53], 10/10/2022

"After the Storm, the Mold: Warming Is Worsening Another Costly Disaster" [54]

"Mold in homes is a costly crisis that often accompanies hurricanes and flooding, and climate change is amplifying the rain that feeds outbreaks."

Climate Change [3]
Disasters [4]
Environmental Health [6]
Pollution [55]
Water & Oceans [28]
Public [22]
National (U.S.) [12]
Source: NYTimes [56], 10/07/2022

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/region/national?page=634

Links
[1] https://www.sej.org/publications/backgrounders/cop-27-egypt-afar-how-un-meeting-will-affect-climate-change-reporting [2] https://www.sej.org/category/sej-publication-types/backgrounders [3] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/climate-change [4] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/disaster [5] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/energy [6] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/environmental-health [7] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/environmental-justice [8] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/environmental-politics [9] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/government [10] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/journalism/media [11] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/policy [12] https://www.sej.org/category/region/national [13] https://www.sej.org/category/region/international [14] https://www.sej.org/category/region/international/mexico [15] https://www.sej.org/category/region/international/africa [16] https://www.sej.org/category/region/international/asia [17] https://www.sej.org/category/region/international/australia-oceania [18] https://www.sej.org/category/region/international/central-america-caribbean [19] https://www.sej.org/category/region/international/europe [20] https://www.sej.org/category/region/international/middle-east [21] https://www.sej.org/category/region/international/south-america [22] https://www.sej.org/taxonomy/term/81 [23] https://www.sej.org/headlines/town-employee-quietly-lowered-fluoride-water-years [24] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/activism [25] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/chemicals/toxics [26] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/consumer [27] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/infrastructure [28] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/water [29] https://apnews.com/article/health-vermont-fluoridation-climate-and-environment-375fe7224a329bafb7a6dfa7480b5750?utm_source=Connatix&utm_medium=HomePage [30] https://www.sej.org/headlines/developers-loom-boy-scouts-sell-land-compensate-assault-victims [31] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/laws [32] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/land [33] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/cities-towns [34] https://therevelator.org/scouts-sell-land/ [35] https://www.sej.org/headlines/newsom-calls-special-session-consider-windfall-tax-oil-companies [36] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/business [37] https://www.sej.org/category/region/national/california [38] https://www.politico.com/news/2022/10/07/newsom-tax-oil-companies-california-00061010 [39] https://www.sej.org/headlines/flush-cash-epa-could-toughen-methane-rules [40] https://www.eenews.net/articles/flush-with-cash-epa-could-toughen-methane-rules/ [41] https://www.sej.org/headlines/bidens-new-arctic-strategy-foresees-competition-russia-china [42] https://www.sej.org/category/region/international/antarctica-arctic [43] https://www.reuters.com/world/bidens-new-arctic-strategy-foresees-competition-with-russia-china-2022-10-07/ [44] https://www.sej.org/headlines/how-california-s-bullet-train-went-rails [45] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/transportation [46] https://www.nytimes.com/2022/10/09/us/california-high-speed-rail-politics.html [47] https://www.sej.org/headlines/epa-falling-behind-power-plant-rules-report-says [48] https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2022/10/05/epa-is-falling-behind-power-plant-rules-report-says/ [49] https://www.sej.org/headlines/next-supreme-court-docket-farm-animal-welfare [50] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/agriculture [51] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/biodiversity-1 [52] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/food [53] https://civileats.com/2022/10/05/supreme-court-docket-farm-animal-welfare-prop-12-california-gestation-crates-pork-industry/ [54] https://www.sej.org/headlines/after-storm-mold-warming-worsening-another-costly-disaster [55] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/pollution [56] https://www.nytimes.com/2022/10/04/climate/hurricane-ian-mold-home-remediation.html [57] https://www.sej.org/category/region/national?page=633 [58] https://www.sej.org/category/region/national?page=630 [59] https://www.sej.org/category/region/national?page=631 [60] https://www.sej.org/category/region/national?page=632 [61] https://www.sej.org/category/region/national?page=635 [62] https://www.sej.org/category/region/national?page=636 [63] https://www.sej.org/category/region/national?page=637 [64] https://www.sej.org/category/region/national?page=638 [65] https://www.sej.org/category/region/national?page=2632