Majority of Climate Change News Stories Focus on Uncertainty: Study
"About eight in 10 stories contain some discussion of uncertainties and risk, according to Oxford analysis"
Source: Guardian, 09/18/2013
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"Canadian Scientists Protest Against Government Censorship"
"Rules bar government [Canadian] researchers from talking about their own work with journalists and even fellow researchers."
Source: Guardian, 09/16/2013
Calif. Highway Patrol Sort of Backs Down — Questions Remain
SEJ complained in an August 7 letter to CHP that the arrest of Willits News photog Steven Eberhard for attempting to document a protest was a violation of constitutionally guaranteed freedom of the press. CHP responded August 28, noting that its policies for news media access to the Willits highway bypass construction site had changed. However, several assertions in the letter are not true, according to Eberhard and a video of the incident. © Photo by Steve Eberhard: CHP arrests demonstrators Sept. 10, 2013, at the Willits, Calif., bypass construction site.
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SEJ Guide to Diversity in Environmental Reporting
The Society of Environmental Journalists published this resource for journalists who want to address diversity concerns and practice more inclusive journalism. Authors Jennifer Oladipo and Talli Nauman created the guide, inspired by discussions by members of SEJ’s Diversity Task Force (now the Diversity, Equity, Inclusion Committee).
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TX Group Says Textbook Publishers Pressured to Change Climate Lessons
"Publishers producing high school biology textbooks that could be used in classrooms across Texas are being pressured to water down lessons on evolution and climate change, a progressive watchdog group said Monday."
Source: NBCDFW 5, 09/11/2013
"Reality-Show Prospecting Meets Reality in Colorado"
"In the reality TV series 'Prospectors,' gem hunters on a peak in central Colorado face the dangers of high-altitude lightning, rock falls, cave-ins and whiteouts while digging for valuable rocks 'just like their predecessors 150 years ago.'"
Source: Denver Post, 09/10/2013
"EPA Sued for Scrapping Livestock Data Collection"
"DES MOINES, Iowa -- Environmental and animal welfare groups sued the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency on Wednesday, alleging the federal agency unlawfully scrapped a rule that would have authorized it to collect information from large-scale livestock confinement farms."
Source: AP, 08/29/2013
"Koch Brothers Nix Idea of Tribune Deal"
"Koch Industries, which drew protests earlier this year over speculation that it might buy the Chicago Tribune or other Tribune Co. publications, said it's no longer interested in bidding for the newspapers."
Source: Bloomberg, 08/26/2013
"Canadian Documents Suggest Shift on Pipeline"
"OTTAWA -- Ever since President Obama said in June that a litmus test for the proposed Keystone XL oil pipeline from Canada was whether it would 'significantly' worsen global warming, Canadian government officials have insisted it would not."
Source: NY Times, 08/26/2013
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