"At a Summit on Climate Ambition, the U.S. and China End Up on the B List"
"The world’s two biggest polluters were not invited to speak at a United Nations meeting designed to highlight effective action against warming."
Source: NYTimes, 09/21/2023
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Outstanding Student Reporting: SEJ 22nd Annual Awards for Reporting on the Environment
The Society of Environmental Journalists is pleased to announce the Outstanding Student Reporting winners of the 2023 SEJ Awards for Reporting on the Environment. Read the stories and hear from one of the first-place winners.
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"Biden Warns ‘What Awaits Us’ Without Climate Action"
"President Joe Biden issued a warning to international leaders on Tuesday about the global perils that lie ahead if nations don’t work together to slash emissions from fossil fuels."
Source: E&E News, 09/20/2023
From "Massive Squishings" To The Insect Apocalypse, Roads Cut Up Nature
"Take a mental picture of the Earth. Now shatter that image into 600,000 fragments. These fragments are carved out by road networks, which stretch across about 40 million miles of the Earth's surface."
Source: NPR, 09/19/2023
To Cover Climate Equity Well, Journalists Must Maintain Mental Health
When climate journalists — especially those confronting various forms of oppression in their own communities — witness environmental destruction and human suffering, the trauma can creep into our psyches. But sometimes our professional stance keeps us from seeing the harm to our mental health. In her new Voices of Environmental Justice column, Yessenia Funes looks at the question head-on, exploring resources and paths to better self-care.
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COP28 Will Be Earth-Shaping News in 2024 and Beyond
When nations converge this fall for the latest round of annual talks on harnessing climate change, they meet at a crucial juncture. Will the increasingly dramatic impacts of global warming, and the prospects of worse, focus their attention enough to bring about progress? In this sweeping analysis, Backgrounder assesses the varied pressures at play at the coming COP28, along with tips for covering it, from up close or afar.
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Climate Protesters Around Globe Sharpen Their Message and Head to New York
"Tens of thousands of people, including students, retirees, scientists, politicians and celebrities, filled the streets of Midtown Manhattan on Sunday to demand that world leaders quickly pivot away from the fossil fuels that are dangerously heating up the planet."
Source: NYTimes, 09/18/2023
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