Climate Change

October 6, 2024

DEADLINE: SJN/EJC European Media Leaders Climate Solutions Fellowship

The Solutions Journalism Network and the European Journalism Centre invite applications from media leaders for their 10-month, fully funded fellowship program aimed at revolutionizing how climate issues are reported across Europe. Deadline: Oct 6, 2024.

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Another Midwest Drought Causes Shipping Headaches on the Mississippi River

"Abnormally dry conditions have caused low water levels that disrupt barge transports carrying fuel and grain. Climatologists say it could be part of a larger trend."

Source: Inside Climate News, 09/16/2024

Should Weather Data Really Be Withheld From the Public?

Project 2025, which many consider a blueprint for a second Trump term, calls for breaking up the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration and pivoting its National Weather Service to commercial operations, shutting down its free flow of data to news outlets and others. WatchDog Opinion column argues a not-so-hidden motive is at the heart of these sweeping changes: the desire to obscure evidence of climate change.

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Investigation Explores Dueling Narratives for Addressing Climate Change

Is carbon capture a climate solution or a dangerous distraction? That was the question that Inside Climate News reporter Nicholas Kusnetz asked in his award-winning explanatory series, “Pipe Dreams.” For Inside Story, Kusnetz talks of the challenges of writing about a technology that largely doesn’t yet exist, and the variety of story forms he used to explore the reality of industry promises.

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Ashaninka Tribe Restored Their Amazon Territory. Now They Help Others.

"It was just before dawn when the Ashaninka people, wearing long, tunic-like dresses, began singing traditional songs while playing drums and other instruments. The music drifted through Apiwtxa village, which had welcomed guests from Indigenous communities in Brazil and neighboring Peru, some having traveled three days. As the sun rose, they moved beneath the shadow of a huge mango tree."

Source: AP, 09/13/2024

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