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Climate Change Resource Guide [1]

Climate change is at the top of most environmental journalists' story lists. But its pervasive impacts and deep complexities make it an especially daunting topic to cover. So to help reporters and editors, especially those newer to the climate change beat, the Society of Environmental Journalists provides this extensive Climate Change Resource Guide. Bookmark the guide and watch as we add more pages and resources to this living resource over time, and suggest resources of your own.

Topics on the Beat: 
Climate Change [2]
Journalism & Media [3]
Visibility: 
Public [4]

California AG Created an Environmental Justice Bureau, Now a Trendsetter [5]

"With President-elect Joe Biden focused on environmental justice, more states could join California, New Jersey, Washington and New Mexico in setting up EJ units."

Environmental Justice [6]
Public [4]
National (U.S.) [7]
Source: Inside Climate News [8], 12/29/2020

"Interior Secretary Nominee Deb Haaland Meets With Tribal Leaders" [9]

"Nine days after being introduced to the world as President-elect Joe Biden’s Interior secretary nominee, New Mexico Rep. Deb Haaland met with tribal leaders for a virtual roundtable."

Environmental Justice [6]
Environmental Politics [10]
People & Population [11]
Public [4]
National (U.S.) [7]
Source: Indian Country Today [12], 12/29/2020

"In Boost for Renewables, Grid-Scale Battery Storage Is on the Rise" [13]

"Inside a cavernous turbine building, a 300-megawatt lithium-ion battery is currently being readied for operation, with another 100-megawatt battery to come online in 2021. Together, they will be able to discharge enough electricity to power roughly 300,000 California homes for four hours during evenings, heatwaves, and other times when energy demand outstrips supply, according to project developer Vistra Energy."

Energy & Fuel [14]
Public [4]
National (U.S.) [7]
Source: YaleE360 [15], 12/29/2020

Colorado River Tribes Seek OK From Congress To Market Water In Arizona [16]

"On the Arizona-California border, where the Colorado River pushes against Headgate Rock Dam, churning water pours into a wide canal and runs across the desert, flowing toward the farmlands of the Colorado River Indian Tribes."

Economy & Business [17]
Environmental Justice [6]
Laws & Regulations [18]
People & Population [11]
Water & Oceans [19]
Public [4]
National (U.S.) [7]
Source: Arizona Republic [20], 12/29/2020

Restoring Wildlife Protections Erased by Trump Could Take Biden Years [21]

"When President-elect Joe Biden walks through the door of the White House with his rescue dog, Major, he will inherit a Migratory Bird Treaty Act that no longer protects birds, a watered-down Endangered Species Act, and a policy that allows hunters in Alaska to crawl into bear and wolf dens to shoot mothers and their babies."

Biodiversity [22]
Environmental Politics [10]
Laws & Regulations [18]
Wildlife [23]
Public [4]
National (U.S.) [7]
Source: Washington Post [24], 12/29/2020

"Covid Relief Bill Opens Rush for Renewables on Federal Land" [25]

"President-elect Joe Biden’s ambitious climate agenda got a shot in the arm with the Covid relief bill, environmental attorneys say, particularly with provisions that will open up wide swaths of federal land to renewable energy development."

Energy & Fuel [14]
Laws & Regulations [18]
Natural Resources [26]
Public [4]
National (U.S.) [7]
Source: Bloomberg Environment [27], 12/29/2020

EPA Sets 1st-Ever Airplane Emission Rules; Critics Call Them Ineffective [28]

"The U.S. is regulating greenhouse gas emissions from commercial aircraft for the first time. But critics are saying the rules will be ineffective."

Climate Change [2]
Laws & Regulations [18]
Transportation [29]
Public [4]
National (U.S.) [7]
Source: NPR [30], 12/29/2020

South Slow To Adapt to Rising Sea Levels, Other Climate Impacts [31]

Preparations for the inevitable impacts of the climate crisis in the South, the country’s most vulnerable region, have been hit or miss. And one of the toughest challenges — preparing coastal communities for inevitable flooding from sea level rise — is just beginning. More on the region’s climate adaptation considerations in the final entry in our “Covering Your Climate: The South [32]” special report. Plus, a backgrounder, additional tipsheets and a toolbox. 

SEJ Publication Types: 
Special Reports [33]
Topics on the Beat: 
Climate Change [2]
Disasters [34]
Environmental Health [35]
Environmental Politics [10]
Government [36]
Health [37]
Journalism & Media [3]
Laws & Regulations [18]
People & Population [11]
Planning & Growth [38]
Policy [39]
Water & Oceans [19]
Region: 
National (U.S.) [7]
Mid-Atlantic (DC DE MD PA VA WV) [40]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [41]
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [42]
Visibility: 
Public [4]

Crisis Threatens the Country’s Most Vulnerable Region [43]

As global warming worsens, effects like extreme heat, drought, wildfires, coastal flooding and inland flooding will have an outsized impact in the Southern United States. The latest entry in our ongoing “Covering Your Climate: The South [32]” special report looks at those effects. Plus, read an introductory overview and watch for additional entries on climate mitigation and adaptation in the South.

SEJ Publication Types: 
Special Reports [33]
Topics on the Beat: 
Agriculture [44]
Air [45]
Climate Change [2]
Consumer [46]
Disasters [34]
Economy & Business [17]
Energy & Fuel [14]
Environmental Health [35]
Environmental Politics [10]
Health [37]
Journalism & Media [3]
Natural Resources [26]
People & Population [11]
Planning & Growth [38]
Policy [39]
Pollution [47]
Water & Oceans [19]
Region: 
National (U.S.) [7]
Mid-Atlantic (DC DE MD PA VA WV) [40]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [41]
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [42]
Visibility: 
Public [4]

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