The following outline is provided as an overview of and topical guide to environmental journalism.

Environmental journalism is the collection, verification, production, distribution and exhibition of information regarding current events, trends, issues and people that are associated with the non-human world. It is closely related to, and probably grew from, nature writing and environmental communication. Key points that environmental journalism focuses on are global warming and ecology.

Essence

• Nature writing
• Environmental communication
• Ecology

Branches

• Nature writing
• Science writing
• Environmental literature

Common topics

• Agriculture
• Air Pollution
• Biodiversity
• Cancer
• Chemical weapons
• Children's Health ( Asthma)
• Dioxins and dioxin-like compounds
• Ecosystems
• Endocrine Disruptors
• Environmental Justice
• Food irradiation
• Genetically Modified Crops
• Global Warming / Climate Change
• Natural disaster
• Occupational Health
• Ozone
• Pesticides
• Population growth
• Sprawl / Environmental Health
• Water resources

History

General concepts

• Environmentalism
• Conservation (Closely tied with Environmentalism)
• Environmental accounting

Notable people

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• Rachel Carson

Environmental

• List of environmental topics
• List of environmental periodicals
• List of environmental publications

See also

• Journalism
• Heritage interpretation
• Category:Natural environment

External links

• Society of Environmental Journalists
• EARTH Journalism Network
• Knight Center for Environmental Journalism at Michigan State University
• Center for Environmental Journalism at Colorado State University