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Topic on the Beat: Energy [1]

Top Energy Stories From SEJournal

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Updated November 2026

Issue Backgrounders

  • Energy on the Ballot [2]
  • What Is the Half-Life of a Nuclear Revival? Part 1 [3] | Part 2 [4] 
  • Geothermal a Valuable, But Overlooked Clean Energy Source? [5]
  • U.S. Fuel Exports To Profit Industry, Slam Consumers [6]
  • The EPA’s Power Plant Rule … We’ll See You in Court [7]
  • EV Charging Stations — Are They There Yet? [8]
  • LNG To Fuel Conflict, Profit, Warming in Coming Years [9]
  • U.S. Offshore Wind May Not Stay Becalmed for Long [10]
  • Electric Vehicles Will Be Burning Rubber in 2024 [11]
  • Both Sides Now — How Permitting Reform May Affect Fossil Fuel, Clean Energy Industries [12]
  • Infrastructure Funding Coming Soon for Cleanup of Orphan Oil Wells [13]
  • Climate-Unfriendly Coal May Be Losing Ground in U.S., But Not Worldwide [14]

Reporter's Toolboxes & TipSheets

  • TipSheet: Electric Shadyland — the Riddle of Rising Energy Bills [15]
  • TipSheet: Gas Prices Still Fuel Local Environmental Stories [16]
  • Toolbox: Databases on Data Centers, Brockovich and Beyond [17]
  • TipSheet: Renewable Job Training Makes the Grade at Community Colleges [18]
  • TipSheet: Data Centers — A Local Drain on Power and Water, Coming to a Community Near You [19]
  • TipSheet: Coal Ash Is an Issue That Just Won’t Stay Buried [20]
  • TipSheet: Spurt in Hydro Relicensing To Leave U.S. Awash in Environmental Stories [21]
  • Toolbox: Energy Data With Global Reach — and Policy Fallout [22]
  • Toolbox: Energy Transition Insights From a Mega-Trove of Power Plant Data [23]
  • Toolbox: Take This Clean Electricity ‘Dashboard’ for a Trip Into the Energy Transition Future [24]
  • Toolbox: Student Journalists Show the Way on Data With Methane Flaring Project [25]
  • Toolbox: Will Thousands of Orphan Wells Be Safely Plugged? [26]
  • TipSheet: Solar Power, the Community Way [27]
  • Toolbox: Fossil Fuels Registry Promises Global Warming Data. Does It Deliver? [28]
  • Toolbox: Massive Drilling Database Helps Track Threats From Local Oil, Gas Wells [29]
  • Toolbox: Trailing the Wind, With Massive Turbine Spreadsheet [30]

Features & More

  • Decarbonizing Energy Systems With Clean Firm Power [31]
  • Orphans and Zombies — Reporting on Abandoned Oil and Gas Wells Across the Country [32]
  • New Angle for Reporting on Oil and Gas Industry — Radioactive Waste [33]
  • ‘Green’ Steel: Five Things To Know About the U.S. Transition [34]
  • What Will It Take for Geothermal To Heat Up the Renewable Energy Sector? [35]
  • Exploring the Impacts of Hydroelectric Megaprojects on Indigenous Lands [36]
  • FEJ StoryLog: Battle Over Gas Power Facility Generates Months-Long Investigation [37]
  • FEJ StoryLog: Rapid Response Grant Yields Oil Patch Stories, Book Chapter [38]
  • Inside Story: Teaming Up To Tap Into Texas Regulatory Capture [39]
  • Inside Story: Investigation Into Dry Oil Wells Reveals High Risks, Costs to Nearby Neighborhoods [40]
  • Inside Story: Beat Reporter’s Coverage Calls Out Natural Gas Proponents [41]
  • Climate Solutions Special Report: Methane, a Key Global Warming Source, Is Targeted by Nations [42]
  • WatchDog Opinion: ANWR Well Is Deep and Dark — But Is It Dry? [43]
  • WatchDog Opinion: Challenging Another Year of Oil Company Promises [44]

SEJ Updates

  • SEJ Webinar: Covering the Tough Stuff — How to Report on Industrial Decarbonization [45]

 

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