Top Water & Ocean Stories From SEJournal

Updated November 2025

EJ TransitionWatch

• Is Fluoride Facing Phaseout in Your Community’s Drinking Water? [2]

TipSheets

• Recreation in Polluted Water Can Be Threat to Human Health [3]
• Mapping Out Local PFAS Risk, As Federal Rules Waver [4]
• Beach Nourishment Offers Challenging Local Environmental Stories [5]
• Drainage Infrastructure Leads to Wet Basement Stories [6]
• Reemerging Wetlands Controversy Brings Local Angles [7]
• Seabed Mining May Dredge Up Real Minerals, Fishy Worries in 2024 [8]
• The Spread of Harmful Algal Blooms Makes News in Multitude of Locales [9]
• Dangerous Inland Flooding in Reporters’ Forecast [10]
• Reporters Can Address Uncertainty Over Local Risk of Rising Seas [11]
• Seasonal Fishing Stories Reflect a Changing Environment [12]
• Bring Home Cyber Risks to Water Supply, in Wake of EPA Tightening [13]

Toolboxes

• Database of Flood Events Helps Cover Catastrophes, Past or Present [14]
• Drinking Water Database Opens Spigot on Local Stories [15]
• Trump Administration Icing Out NSIDC Data [16]
• Lead Pipe Data Map Offers Sharp New Tool [17]
• Will DOGE Evaporate Crucial Water Data? [18]
• Watershed Data … for the Rest of Us [19]
• Dredging for Data on Wetlands Permits [20]
• Data Portal Takes Measure of Water Quality [21]

Backgrounders

• Coastal Flooding Challenges Cities Around the U.S. [22]
• Will the Coming Plastics Treaty Solve the Problem Or Enshrine It? [23]
• U.S. Offshore Wind May Not Stay Becalmed for Long [24]
• Painful Process Underway of Regulating PFAS in Drinking Water [25]
• WTO Deal on Fishing Subsidies May Reduce Ocean Overfishing [26]
• Supreme Court Winds Up for Another Swing at Clean Water Act [27]
• Climate Crisis May Quickly Confront U.S., World With National Security Threats [28]

Features

• Exploring the Impacts of Hydroelectric Megaprojects on Indigenous Lands [29]
• Going Beyond Sensational Drought Headlines Gives Local Audiences News They Need [30]
• On the Persistence of Ocean Plastics [31]
• Why Reporters Should Catch the Watershed by the Tale [32]
• Time To Flip the Ocean Script — From Victim to Solution [33]

Inside Story Q&As and FEJ StoryLogs

• Inside Story: ‘A Myriad of Voices’ Tells of Restoring a Swamp in Crisis [34]
• Inside Story: The Forgotten Victims of Hidalgo [35]
• Inside Story: Prize Winner Spurs Policy Change on Illinois PFAS Contamination [36]
• Inside Story: Unique Award-Winner Highlights Risks to Whales From Fight Over Fish [37]
• Inside Story: Uncovering the Environmental Impacts of a Controversial Water Project [38]
• Inside Story: Diving Deeper on the Wetlands Beat Yields Groundbreaking Coverage [39]
• Inside Story: Pulitzer Finalist on an Estuary’s Tale, and Stories Hiding in Plain Sight [40]
• FEJ StoryLog: One Grant, Multiple Stories [41]
• FEJ StoryLog: Grantee Wades Into Surprising Blue-Green Algae Problem [42]

BookShelf Reviews

• How the Potomac Imparts the Capital’s Story [43]
• Author Brings Far-Reaching Insight to ‘The Three Ages of Water’ [44]
• Between the Lines — Great Lakes Author Looks Back on a Writing Career, Forward to Journalism’s Future [45]
• Tracing Humanity’s Longtime Urge To Manage Moving Water [46]
• Author Shares Unorthodox Look at the Ways of Water [47]
• “Saving America’s Amazon: The Threat to Our Nation’s Most Biodiverse River System” [48]

Special Report: Covering Climate Solutions

• Reporting Ocean Stories Is Key to Blue Literacy, Planetary Health [49]
• Ocean and Climate Change Toolbox [50]

 

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