50 Communities Win Fed Money To Tackle Climate Change

April 27, 2011–Last year's grant winners have efforts under way, so reporting can focus on progress that is being made, or not. Reporting on the new winners, announced in mid-April 2011, can inform the community about what is in the works, who is in charge, and what future benchmarks can be used to see if the money is being well spent.

For Climate Change Reporters, Here's an Essential Reading List

April 15, 2011–

House De-Funds Greenhouse Gas Registry

February 23, 2011–As part of the continuing resolution (HR 1) the House approved largely along party lines an amendment sponsored by Rep. Mike Pompeo (R-KS) to cut an additional $8.5 million from the budget for EPA's Greenhouse Gas Registry.

Wikileaks Cables Confirm Secret US-China Climate Talks

February 9, 2011–The massive trove of diplomatic cables disclosed by Wikileaks disclosed one of the Obama administration's darkest environmental secrets — that the U.S. held secret diplomatic talks on climate change during the run-up to the December 2009 Copenhagen meeting.

House GOP Staff Meet with Energy Lobbyists Behind Closed Doors

January 26, 2011–Politico broke the story of a January 18, 2011, meeting between House and Senate GOP aides and energy industry lobbyists to map out strategy for handcuffing President Obama and EPA on climate regulations.

After Rough Start, Radio Story on Green Architecture Turns into Award Winner

January 15, 2011–Reporter Jason Margolis skillfully illustrates the relationship between built spaces and climate change issues by spotlighting two proactive architects and their environmentally friendly buildings in Toronto, Canada and Mexico City for Public Radio International's program "The World." SEJournal’s Bill Dawson has the Inside Story in the new Winter issue.

Media’s Coverage of “Cap-and-Trade” May Forecast Future Climate Politics

January 15, 2011–

A Smear Campaign Against Jane Mayer After Koch Exposé?

January 12, 2011–The media blog Gawker thinks it has uncovered a campaign to discredit the New Yorker writer after her August 2010 story on billionaires Charles and David H. Koch, who have secretly funded attacks on government regulations and bankrolled efforts to discredit settled climate science.

CIA Forms Semi-Secret Unit on Climate and Security

January 12, 2011–Is it a security risk for the American public to find out the risks presented by climate change? A recent story on the Central Intelligence Agency's Center on Climate Change and National Security by the Medill National Security Reporting Project was noteworthy in that all of its sources were unnamed.

Ex-CIA Spook Stalks Climate Scientist Mann

January 12, 2011–A man claiming to be an ex-CIA agent is telling people they may stand to get rich if only they could come up with some dirt on scientist Michael Mann, author of the famous hockey-stick graph that shows the earth getting warm suddenly in recent years. No luck so far.