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The Time To Make Local Stories With GHG Inventory Data Is Now [1]

If you’re thinking of reporting on major greenhouse gas emitters in your coverage area by using long-standing U.S. government data, better act fast — a key source of that information may soon disappear, warns the latest TipSheet. Find out who’s working to save the numbers, plus get more than a dozen story ideas and reporting resources.

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TipSheet [2]
Topics on the Beat:
Climate Change [3]
Environmental Politics [4]
Environmental Studies [5]
Government [6]
Journalism & Media [7]
Policy [8]
Science [9]
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National (U.S.) [10]
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Public [11]
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Trump Climate Science Denial Hinges on … Not Saying the Word [12]

A war on the facts behind climate change — and on the actions to address it — is well underway in the second Trump administration. The new WatchDog Opinion column takes the measure of the battlefront, eyeing key examples of the political onslaught, including a concerted effort to eradicate the very term itself. Regulations killed, research discredited, speech censored and more.

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WatchDog [13]
Topics on the Beat:
Climate Change [3]
Energy & Fuel [14]
Environmental Justice [15]
Environmental Politics [4]
Environmental Studies [5]
Government [6]
Journalism & Media [7]
Laws & Regulations [16]
Planning & Growth [17]
Policy [8]
Science [9]
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National (U.S.) [10]
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Public [11]
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Saving Big Cats From Humans [18]

As expanded development on Washington’s Olympic Peninsula encroaches on prime wildlife habitat, big cats find it harder to avoid people, and many wind up dead. In this Inside Story Q&A, Liza Gross of Inside Climate News describes how she and photographer/editor Michael Kodas worked with a local cougar protection team to track a family of big cats to their den and through the area.

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Inside Story [19]
Topics on the Beat:
Biodiversity [20]
Environmental Health [21]
Environmental Studies [5]
Forests [22]
Journalism & Media [7]
People & Population [23]
Science [9]
Wildlife [24]
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National (U.S.) [10]
Northwest (OR WA) [25]
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Public [11]
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RFK Jr. Attacks Some Unwelcome Truth-Telling [26]

When Robert F. Kennedy Jr. threatened to forbid government scientists from publishing in leading medical journals, WatchDog was among those who paid heed to this worrisome move to censor science, and the harm it portends for environmental science, environmental journalism and, ultimately, public health. But as WatchDog warns, it could be just the tip of the iceberg.

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WatchDog [13]
Topics on the Beat:
Environmental Health [21]
Environmental Justice [15]
Environmental Politics [4]
Environmental Studies [5]
Health [27]
Journalism & Media [7]
Policy [8]
Science [9]
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National (U.S.) [10]
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Public [11]
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NASA Portal Can Lead Reporters to Universe of Data [28]

For environmental journalists looking for data riches to help tell their stories — whether about urban heat islands, sea-surface temperatures or air pollution — NASA has the satellites whose sensors capture insights galore. The latest Reporter’s Toolbox offers an introduction to the U.S. space agency’s incredibly extensive data portal, and how to get started amid the wealth of information (caveat: before it’s gone).

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Reporters Toolbox [29]
Topics on the Beat:
Air [30]
Climate Change [3]
Environmental Health [21]
Environmental Studies [5]
Forests [22]
Government [6]
Journalism & Media [7]
Science [9]
Technology [31]
Water & Oceans [32]
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National (U.S.) [10]
International [33]
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Public [11]
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Rethinking Forest Management in the Pyrocene [34]

Recent urban-interface infernos, fueled by climate change, leave no doubt that we have entered the age of runaway fire. Writer and ecologist Lauren Oakes writes that large-scale combustion is permanently reshaping ecosystems and societies as we learn to live with wildfire, not just fight it. Instead of perpetuating problematic approaches to forest management, experts call for confronting the root causes of this crisis and adopting science-informed responses.

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Features [35]
Topics on the Beat:
Climate Change [3]
Disasters [36]
Environmental Politics [4]
Environmental Studies [5]
Forests [22]
Government [6]
Health [27]
Infrastructure [37]
Journalism & Media [7]
Laws & Regulations [16]
Natural Resources [38]
Policy [8]
Region:
National (U.S.) [10]
California [39]
Northwest (OR WA) [25]
International [33]
Canada [40]
Australia & Oceania [41]
Europe [42]
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Public [11]
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Will DOGE Evaporate Crucial Water Data? [43]

Streamflow data gathered by thousands of U.S. Geological Survey gauges helps track the country’s floods and droughts. But it may be lost if the Trump administration follows up on a decision not to renew leases of USGS water science centers that read the gauges and disseminate the measurements. Reporter’s Toolbox on the value of this database and the risk of its loss.

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Reporters Toolbox [29]
Topics on the Beat:
Agriculture [44]
Climate Change [3]
Disasters [36]
Environmental Politics [4]
Environmental Studies [5]
Government [6]
Natural Resources [38]
Policy [8]
Science [9]
Water & Oceans [32]
Region:
National (U.S.) [10]
California [39]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [45]
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [46]
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Public [11]
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From Fear to Fascination — A New Insect Narrative [47]

Media coverage of “bugs” is often sensationalistic and centered on fear and disgust. But conservation photographer and writer Danae Wolfe says journalists should be highlighting the importance, beauty and plight of insects and spiders. Reporting that offers alternative perspectives on these essential creatures can inspire curiosity and admiration, and encourage efforts to protect them. Wolfe on why to write about insects.

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Features [35]
Topics on the Beat:
Activism [48]
Agriculture [44]
Biodiversity [20]
Chemicals [49]
Climate Change [3]
Environmental Health [21]
Environmental Studies [5]
Food [50]
Forests [22]
Journalism & Media [7]
Pollution [51]
Science [9]
Wildlife [24]
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National (U.S.) [10]
International [33]
Visibility:
Public [11]
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Analysis: Trump Administration Attacks Science, As Environment Suffers [52]

It’s not just scientists who are being lost to the new administration’s extensive firings of federal workers. A Backgrounder Analysis argues it’s the science itself. It’s happening at the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, but also across agencies that conduct research to protect health and the environment, whether around toxic chemicals or on the battleground of climate change science. A frank look at the reality and what’s being lost for journalists and the communities they serve.

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Backgrounders [53]
Topics on the Beat:
Chemicals [49]
Climate Change [3]
Economy & Business [54]
Environmental Politics [4]
Environmental Studies [5]
Government [6]
Health [27]
Journalism & Media [7]
Laws & Regulations [16]
Policy [8]
Science [9]
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National (U.S.) [10]
Visibility:
Public [11]
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With Scientific Research Under Attack, Journalists Must Up Their Game [55]

The Trump administration’s offensive against evidence-based research is making clear, accurate reporting on science more important than ever — because people who understand how scientific research works and what it tells us are less likely to be duped by misinformation or pseudoscience. SciLine director Matt DeRienzo on the challenges of the time and new resources to help journalists understand and explain evidence-based research.

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Features [35]
Topics on the Beat:
Climate Change [3]
Consumer [56]
Environmental Studies [5]
Government [6]
Health [27]
Journalism & Media [7]
Laws & Regulations [16]
Pollution [51]
Science [9]
Region:
National (U.S.) [10]
Visibility:
Public [11]
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