"Climate Change: UAE Names Oil Chief To Lead COP28 Talks"
"The head of one of the world's biggest oil companies has been named to lead the COP28 global climate talks in Dubai, later this year."
Source: BBC News, 01/12/2023
Environmental Politics
"Ban Gas Stoves? Just the Idea Gets Some in Washington Boiling."
"The nation’s top consumer watchdog agency raised concerns about indoor air pollution from gas stoves. A political firestorm ensued."
Source: NYTimes, 01/12/2023
The New Soldiers in Propane’s Fight Against Climate Action: TV Stars
"For D.I.Y. enthusiasts, Matt Blashaw is a familiar face, judging bathroom remodels or planning surprise home makeovers on popular cable television shows. Mr. Blashaw also has an unusually strong opinion about how Americans should heat their homes: by burning propane, or liquid petroleum gas."
Source: NYTimes, 01/11/2023
"Critic Of Fossil Fuels To Lead Key Offshore Oil Agency For Biden"
"The Biden administration is using a new opening at a powerful offshore energy agency to elevate a critic of fossil fuels who previously was blocked from a top Interior Department job because of opposition from oil industry allies in the Senate."
Source: Washington Post, 01/11/2023
"Climate Deniers Try to 'Fact Check' Real Reporting"
"A prominent group of deniers with a history of dark money benefactors is now trying to claim media is biased, thanks to new funding."
Source: Earther, 01/11/2023
Reversing Trump, White House Moves To Weigh Climate In Infrastructure
"Federal regulators have been instructed to consider planet-warming pollution before approving large projects like pipelines and airports."
Source: HuffPost, 01/11/2023
Winning Over Editors and Others with Award Winners’ Multimedia Nuggets
If you’re looking to engage key constituencies for your journalism — whether editors, sources, students or people who have been marginalized — a new set of short videos from award-winning journalists (like KESQ's Angela Chen, at left) can serve as a helpful resource. Inside Story has a roadmap of how to make smart use of these video nuggets to, for instance, convince newsroom powerbrokers to give you more time and support for ambitious stories.
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NASA Set To Ditch Satellite-Based Environmental Data Source
Instrumentation on the International Space Station that gathers 3-D images of forest canopies and other environmental data is scheduled to soon be junked. But the move is provoking an outcry from scientists and pushback from some politicians. Reporter’s Toolbox examines what the Global Ecosystem Dynamics Investigation does and how journalists might make use of it, while it lasts.
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Water-Sharing in the West: An Urgent and Complicated Environmental Story
Water has always been a precious commodity in the western states. Now, with rapid population growth and a drying climate, the way this resource is shared and distributed is becoming more contentious across the region. Freelance journalist Jennifer Oldham talks about the tensions between supply and demand and how to drill down into water rights laws and policies.
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Grijalva Blasts House Rules Package For Making Public Land Transfers Easier
"The top Democrat on the House Natural Resources Committee blasted a provision in the proposed House rules package that would make it easier to transfer public lands, calling it an indication the new GOP majority intends to pursue a broadly pro-industry agenda."
Source: The Hill, 01/10/2023
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