"Boiling Point: Trump Is Lying About California And Clean Energy Again"
"This time he’s claiming the state had lots of blackouts this summer. It did not."
Source: LA Times, 11/08/2023
Journalism & Media
"Lawsuit: Southern Co. Lied To DOE Over Kemper CCS Plant"
"A former employee of the utility said she was ordered to prepare documents with false information on the now-canceled Kemper carbon capture project."
Source: E&E News, 11/08/2023
Covering Food Systems — The Next Climate Action Battleground
Freelance food systems reporter Thin Lei Win believes that if the world doesn’t change the way it produces, processes, transports, consumes and discards food, climate change will worsen and hunger levels will spike. But she also worries that powerful interests want to keep the status quo and cites parallels with the tobacco and fossil fuel industries. More in Freelance Files, including places for freelancers to pitch climate-food stories.
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Reporting on Environmental Solutions and Equity — at a Watershed Scale
Reporting on interconnected ecosystems lends itself to better environmental stories, and so tracing how water moves across landscapes, communities, industries and regulatory schemes can help the public connect the dots. That’s how Annie Ropeik, who helps run the Mississippi River Basin Ag & Water Desk, sees the watershed beat. She shares expert views and offers insights for environment journalists to use in their reporting.
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"How Microsoft Is Making A Mess Of The News After Replacing Staff With AI"
"False claims that President Joe Biden fell asleep during a moment of silence for victims of the Maui wildfire. A conspiracy theory that the latest surge in Covid-19 cases is being orchestrated by the Democratic Party ahead of the election. An obituary for a late NBA player that described him as “useless.” These false and bizarre stories aren’t showing up on some far-flung corner of the internet — they’re being published by Microsoft."
Source: CNN, 11/06/2023
Seabed Mining May Dredge Up Real Minerals, Fishy Worries in 2024
The mining of the ocean floor has stirred up significant debate, much of which clouds the realities of whether and to what degree it would cause ecological harm to one of the world’s greatest resources. This week’s TipSheet looks more closely at the controversy, which may well come to a head in the coming year. The latest entry in SEJournal’s 2024 Journalists’ Guide to Environment and Energy.
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"Access Denied: Trying To Get Into Canada’s ‘Premier’ Pro-Coal Gathering"
"I was feeling hopeful when I made my way to the Coal Association of Canada’s conference registration desk at the Sheraton Wall Centre in downtown Vancouver last week. The association had denied my media request to attend the conference but didn’t share their decision-making process or reasoning. I thought an in-person conversation would help clarify any concerns and hoped it was an oversight."
Source: The Narwhal, 11/03/2023
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