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Massachusetts Sues Exxon Over Climate Change, Accuses Oil Giant of Fraud

"Oil giant ExxonMobil, already fighting a climate-related investor fraud case in New York, was hit with a second lawsuit late Thursday: The Massachusetts Attorney General is accusing the company of defrauding investors and threatening the world economy."

Source: InsideClimate News, 10/25/2019

Exxon Sowed Doubt About Climate Crisis, House Dems Hear In Testimony

"House Democrats on Wednesday laid out four decades of evidence that oil behemoth Exxon knew since the 1970s that the burning of fossil fuels was heating the planet and intentionally sowed doubt about the climate crisis."

Source: Guardian, 10/24/2019
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DEADLINE: ProPublica’s Local Reporting Network Grants

ProPublica's Local Reporting Network pays the salary and a stipend for benefits for reporters at news organizations across the country so they can spend a year working on an accountability journalism project of importance to their communities. Next deadline, for five open spots: Jul 22, 2024.

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November 14, 2019 to November 15, 2019

People-Powered Publishing Conference 2019

This fourth annual event, at Columbia College Chicago, will tackle culture change in the newsroom with programs, workshops, talks and clinics. How do you build and protect a newsroom culture that is focused on what makes you essential for your community amid unpredictable social media trends, shifting corporate priorities, and constant cuts? Cost: $25.

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Report Details How Exxon Sowed Seeds Of Doubt On Climate Change

"Two days before ExxonMobil goes to court Wednesday, facing New York state accusations the oil company misled investors about climate change, a team of researchers released a report Monday outlining the company and the broader fossil fuel industry’s decades-long campaign of deception, and its success at confusing the American public."

Source: LA Times, 10/22/2019

Farms and Ranches, Possible Cause, Cure of Climate Change

The links between agriculture and climate are as old as the Indus Valley Civilization and as current as this year’s Mississippi Basin floods. And stories about how each influences the other will likely unfold at an ever faster rate, according to this week’s TipSheet. The backstory, with an outline of the interactions between ag and global warming, plus story ideas and reporting resources.

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Scientist Who Discredited Meat Guidelines Didn’t Report Past Food Industry Ties

"A surprising new study challenged decades of nutrition advice and gave consumers the green light to eat more red and processed meat. But what the study didn’t say is that its lead author has past research ties to the meat and food industry."

Source: NY Times, 10/21/2019

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