"Same Message, Bigger Audience: Sen. Whitehouse Flags Climate Costs"
"For more than a decade, Senator Sheldon Whitehouse gave daily warnings about the mounting threat of climate change. Now he has a powerful new perch."
Source: NYTimes, 03/08/2023
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"UAE's Jaber Urges Big Oil To Join Fight Against Climate Change"
"A top oil executive from the United Arab Emirates on Monday urged the energy industry to join the fight against climate change, borrowing a famous line from a U.S. astronaut aboard a damaged spacecraft during the Apollo 13 mission in 1970."
Source: Reuters, 03/07/2023
From Swine Waste, Student Journalist Extracts Prize-Winning Story
Industrial hog farmers tout swine biogas as a clean, green energy source, but others point to its messy side. A young journalist who investigated the underreported stench of environmental racism associated with this technology learned valuable lessons along the way to producing a feature story that won her a Society of Environmental Journalists’ award for outstanding student reporting.
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Will Thousands of Orphan Wells Be Safely Plugged?
Abandoned oil and gas wells are found in significant numbers in some 27 states. Reporters who want to track their status can dig into several databases, but will need to support their data crunching with lots of shoe-leather and ground-truth reporting. Reporter’s Toolbox has insights into what the databases offer. Plus, a primer on API numbers.
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Diving Deeper on the Wetlands Beat Yields Groundbreaking Coverage
Two journalists covering water policy used a wide range of reporting techniques, from FOIA appeals to on-the-ground reporting, to get at the heart of how problems with wetlands and waterways in the United States are tied to climate change concerns. Inside Story spoke with Hannah Northey and Kevin Bogardus of E&E News about their award-winning beat reporting.
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"Study: Online Trade In Arachnids Threatens Some Species With Extinction"
"A recent study reveals a vast and unregulated global trade in invertebrates, posing a risk of overexploitation of some species in the wild. ... Africa is prominent in this trade as both a source and transit hub for tarantulas and scorpions."
Source: Mongabay, 03/02/2023
"The World Is Finally Cracking Down on ‘Greenwashing’"
"The plan to stop companies from fudging their climate goals is fundamentally flawed."
Source: Atlantic, 03/02/2023
"DeSantis, Pence Allies Launching Campaign To Speed Energy Approvals"
"A new group aims to spend up to $10 million to sway Congress to loosen federal rules for both fossil fuel projects and green power. A major element: putting "the right pressure" on vulnerable Senate Democrats."
Source: Politico, 03/02/2023
"Fossil Fuel Companies Donated $700M To US Universities Over 10 Years"
"Six fossil fuel companies funneled more than $700m in research funding to 27 universities in the US from 2010 to 2020, according to a new study. Such funding at universities that conduct climate research can shift not just research agendas, but also policy in the direction of climate solutions the industry prefers, the report’s authors argue."
Source: Guardian, 03/02/2023
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