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SEJ Annual Conferences

Register now for SEJ2026, April 15-18 hosted by the University of Illinois Chicago, to secure your spot in a community dedicated to uncovering solutions and pursuing stories that matter in a rapidly changing world. Together, we’ll meet this critical moment with shared purpose and determination to safeguard and shape the future of environmental journalism.

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SEJ Speaks on FOI Issues

See the latest actions taken by SEJ advocating access to environmental information, press freedom and supporting the media's right to know on behalf of the public, including urging strengthening of New York's FOIL and condemning the arrests of journalists Don Lemon, Georgia Fort. 

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Top Environment and Energy Topics To Watch in 2026

Explore our 10th annual Journalists’ Guide to Environment + Energy, as we scour the beat to identify 15 top stories to put on your radar for 2026. Our updated format for the special report provides a quick read and a broad scope — with insights on climate change and environmental justice, bird and insect declines, data centers and deep sea mining, deregulation and PFAS and much more. Get started here.

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Layoffs, political pressure and a tidal wave of disinformation threaten environmental journalism today — but SEJ is here for the reporters on the front lines. Help us keep fueling the journalism our communities depend on. Support SEJ

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SEJ Publication Highlights

EPA Facilities Database — Gateway to Investigative Reporting

02/25/2026 – Want to pinpoint all the facilities regulated by the EPA in your ZIP code? Or scope out every U.S. operation owned by a particular industrial company? Or learn which polluter might be facing fewer enforcement actions under the current administration? Reporter’s Toolbox has a database for you — in effect, a master index to potential polluters.
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EPA Enforcement Falls to Record Low Under Trump 2.0

02/25/2026 – The enforcement of environmental laws suffered a dramatic collapse during the Trump administration’s first year, several studies have found. Even the most serious violations, typically referred to the Department of Justice, are left unpursued because of DOJ staffing declines. The latest Backgrounder has the details, a look at the administration’s rationale for the decline and the implications for the environment and public health.
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Is Our Inextricable Link to Water the Key to Human Survival?

02/25/2026 – The new book by renowned thinker and author Jeremy Rifkin, “Planet Aqua,” immerses the reader in a fascinating premise: that we live not on a land planet but within a great hydrosphere, and that water is no mere resource but a life-sustaining source. BookShelf editor Tom Henry explores how Rifkin’s wide-reaching narrative strives to upend conventional wisdom about our Earth.
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  • N. Dakota Judge Finalizes $345M Judgment Against Greenpeace In Pipeline Case
    Guardian, 03/02/2026
  • "FEMA Allots $5B In Disaster Aid — After Noem Spending Halt"
    E&E News, 03/02/2026
  • "More States Look To Virtual Power Plants To Fight Rising Electric Bills"
    Canary Media, 03/02/2026
  • "Satellites Reveal New Climate Threat to Emperor Penguins"
    Inside Climate News, 03/02/2026
  • Cheniere Got $370 Million IRS Windfall for Using LNG as ‘Alternative’ Fuel
    Inside Climate News, 03/02/2026
  • "Are ‘Climate Hushers’ Lurking in the Democratic Party?"
    Inside Climate News, 03/02/2026
  • Facing Its 3rd Data Center, Iowa County Rolls Out Extensive Zoning Rules
    Inside Climate News, 03/02/2026
  • Army Corps Project Could Wipe Out One Of Florida’s Last Thriving Coral Reefs
    Washington Post, 03/02/2026
  • "This Tiny Tracker Monitors Monarch Migration"
    Living on Earth, 03/02/2026
  • "An Ohio Newspaper Has A New Star Writer. It Isn’t Human."
    Washington Post, 03/02/2026
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