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SEJ offers links to environmental websites useful to journalists. If you'd like to suggest a great resource for this page, please send it to SEJ's web content manager Cindy MacDonald. [1]
  • GIJN Reporting Guide for Landfill Methane Emissions and Solutions [2]

    [2]

    This Global Investigative Journalism Network guide, published July 30, 2025, lists available resources and questions to ask about methane emissions from landfills and how to reduce them.

    Useful Links [3]
    Visibility: 
    Public [4]
    International [5]
    Climate Change [6]
    Waste [7]
    • Read more about GIJN Reporting Guide for Landfill Methane Emissions and Solutions [2]
  • Disaster 101: Your Guide to Extreme Weather Preparation, Relief and Recovery [8]

    [8]

    Grist has published an adaptable toolkit on disasters including hurricanes, winter storms, flash floods, tornadoes, wildfires and heat waves. It includes several guides for media and community organizations that can be customized for your local audience.

    Useful Links [3]
    Visibility: 
    Public [4]
    National (U.S.) [9]
    International [5]
    Disasters [10]
    • Read more about Disaster 101: Your Guide to Extreme Weather Preparation, Relief and Recovery [8]
  • The Nature Tech Directory [11]

    [11]

    This database, from Nature4Climate and Nature Tech Memos, tracks companies worldwise using nature tech solutions for cost-savings, risk mitigation and creating new "nature-positive" business models. 

    Useful Links [3]
    Visibility: 
    Public [4]
    Technology [12]
    • Read more about The Nature Tech Directory [11]
  • The Solutions Project’s Storybank [13]

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    This multimedia resource is for journalists interested in covering community-led climate solutions. It features the stories of grassroots organizations that are working at the intersection of climate justice and other social challenges. 

    Useful Links [3]
    Visibility: 
    Public [4]
    National (U.S.) [9]
    Activism [14]
    Climate Change [6]
    Environmental Justice [15]
    • Read more about The Solutions Project’s Storybank [13]
  • The Open Notebook's Science Writers Database [16]

    [16]

    This database is a free, public tool to connect science writers of all kinds and help them diversify their networks. You can browse or use the search, sort, and filter tools. Journalists, writers, editors and communicators who cover science, health, environment or technology are invited to join.

    Useful Links [3]
    Visibility: 
    Public [4]
    National (U.S.) [9]
    International [5]
    Journalism & Media [17]
    Science [18]
    • Read more about The Open Notebook's Science Writers Database [16]
  • Earth HQ [19]

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    Latest news, science and solutions from across the globe in real time with interactive maps. A joint project of Global Commons Alliance, Resource Watch, earth.nullschool.net and NowThis Earth, powered by environmental news site Mongabay.

    Useful Links [3]
    Visibility: 
    Public [4]
    National (U.S.) [9]
    International [5]
    Climate Change [6]
    Disasters [10]
    Journalism & Media [17]
    People & Population [20]
    Technology [12]
    • Read more about Earth HQ [19]
  • PHMSA Emergency Response Guidebook (ERG) [21]

    [21]

    The ERG is a potential life-saving tool you can keep on your cell phone. It gives you the 4-digit ID Number for a chemical name, which allows you to find the 3-digit Action Guide number for detailed information about how a spill should be handled.

    Useful Links [3]
    Visibility: 
    Public [4]
    National (U.S.) [9]
    Chemicals [22]
    Disasters [10]
    Government [23]
    Health [24]
    • Read more about PHMSA Emergency Response Guidebook (ERG) [21]
  • Renewables on the Rise Dashboard [25]

    [25]

    Journalists can use this online tool from Environment America and PIRG to track the growth of clean energy state-by-state for wind and solar energy; electric vehicle sales and charging ports; energy savings; and battery storage capacity. Data sources and methodology are provided.

    Useful Links [3]
    Visibility: 
    Public [4]
    National (U.S.) [9]
    Activism [14]
    • Read more about Renewables on the Rise Dashboard [25]
  • GriddingMachine [26]

    [26]

    Climate Modeling Alliance's GriddingMachine provides a way for journalists to more easily reuse public datasets, saving time because you don't have to find, format and read the data yourself.

    Useful Links [3]
    Visibility: 
    Public [4]
    Technology [12]
    • Read more about GriddingMachine [26]
  • Realtime Climate [27]

    [27]

    Climate Central's Realtime Climate tool will automatically send alerts when unusual weather, tides and other climate phenomena are detected in your area of the US — including information about the climate change context, when it's most relevant and useful, particularly for journalists.

    Useful Links [3]
    Visibility: 
    Public [4]
    National (U.S.) [9]
    Climate Change [6]
    Journalism & Media [17]
    • Read more about Realtime Climate [27]

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[1] mailto:cmac@sej.org [2] https://www.sej.org/library/gijn-reporting-guide-landfill-methane-emissions-and-solutions [3] https://www.sej.org/category/library/useful-links [4] https://www.sej.org/taxonomy/term/81 [5] https://www.sej.org/category/region/international [6] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/climate-change [7] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/waste [8] https://www.sej.org/library/disaster-101-your-guide-extreme-weather-preparation-relief-and-recovery [9] https://www.sej.org/category/region/national [10] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/disaster [11] https://www.sej.org/library/nature-tech-directory [12] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/technology [13] https://www.sej.org/library/solutions-project-s-storybank [14] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/activism [15] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/environmental-justice [16] https://www.sej.org/library/open-notebooks-science-writers-database [17] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/journalism/media [18] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/science [19] https://www.sej.org/library/earth-hq [20] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/people-population [21] https://www.sej.org/library/phmsa-emergency-response-guidebook-erg [22] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/chemicals/toxics [23] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/government [24] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/health [25] https://www.sej.org/library/renewables-rise-dashboard [26] https://www.sej.org/library/griddingmachine [27] https://www.sej.org/library/realtime-climate [28] https://www.sej.org/library/useful-links/overview?page=1 [29] https://www.sej.org/library/useful-links/overview?page=2 [30] https://www.sej.org/library/useful-links/overview?page=3 [31] https://www.sej.org/library/useful-links/overview?page=4 [32] https://www.sej.org/library/useful-links/overview?page=5 [33] https://www.sej.org/library/useful-links/overview?page=6 [34] https://www.sej.org/library/useful-links/overview?page=7