Publication Items

Does Kamala Harris Have a Green Streak? [1]

While Kamala Harris has provided little detail about what her environment and energy policies would be as president, her record has been enough to win her the quick support of most major environmental groups, finds the latest Issue Backgrounder. A look at her record on the Green New Deal and fracking, her presidential environmental platform and her contrasts with GOP rival Donald Trump.

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Backgrounders [2]
Topics on the Beat:
Activism [3]
Climate Change [4]
Energy & Fuel [5]
Environmental Politics [6]
Government [7]
Infrastructure [8]
Laws & Regulations [9]
Policy [10]
Region:
National (U.S.) [11]
California [12]
International [13]
Visibility:
Public [14]
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Looking for Environmental Justice Through the Smog [15]

A serious air pollutant prevalent in underserved communities, Superfund hazardous waste sites nearby, public drinking water systems out of compliance. All are new or enhanced insights found in an improved version of the federal government’s EJScreen data tool. The latest Reporter’s Toolbox reviews the changes and how they can be used to tell stories of real people’s daily lives.

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Reporters Toolbox [16]
Topics on the Beat:
Air [17]
Chemicals [18]
Environmental Justice [19]
Government [7]
Health [20]
Journalism & Media [21]
Laws & Regulations [9]
People & Population [22]
Pollution [23]
Transportation [24]
Region:
National (U.S.) [11]
Visibility:
Public [14]
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Investigation Explores Dueling Narratives for Addressing Climate Change [25]

Is carbon capture a climate solution or a dangerous distraction? That was the question that Inside Climate News reporter Nicholas Kusnetz asked in his award-winning explanatory series, “Pipe Dreams.” For Inside Story, Kusnetz talks of the challenges of writing about a technology that largely doesn’t yet exist, and the variety of story forms he used to explore the reality of industry promises.

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Inside Story [26]
Topics on the Beat:
Climate Change [4]
Economy & Business [27]
Energy & Fuel [5]
Environmental Justice [19]
Environmental Politics [6]
Government [7]
Infrastructure [8]
Journalism & Media [21]
Laws & Regulations [9]
Natural Resources [28]
People & Population [22]
Policy [10]
Pollution [23]
Technology [29]
Region:
National (U.S.) [11]
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [30]
International [13]
Visibility:
Public [14]
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Eco-Alternatives to the Perfect, Weedless Lawn [31]

A good and very localizable environmental story is right outside your front door … or at least outside your neighbor’s. Lawns and the myriad ways they are managed can provide a window into wildness, or resource use, or chemical pollution. The latest TipSheet offers more than a dozen story ideas and reporting resources, from xeriscaping and butterfly gardens to nurseries and planning boards.

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TipSheet [32]
Topics on the Beat:
Agriculture [33]
Chemicals [18]
Consumer [34]
Environmental Health [35]
Government [7]
Journalism & Media [21]
Laws & Regulations [9]
Planning & Growth [36]
Pollution [23]
Waste [37]
Water & Oceans [38]
Wildlife [39]
Region:
National (U.S.) [11]
International [13]
Visibility:
Public [14]
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What Would Trump 2.0 Mean for the Environment? [40]

If former President Donald Trump recaptures the White House this fall, it would likely bring back a radical deregulatory, climate change-oblivious, fossil fuel-intensive environmental policy. But could the fallout be even greater? The new Issue Backgrounder examines how the Project 2025 agenda of Trump’s allies takes aim, in particular, at the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.

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Backgrounders [2]
Topics on the Beat:
Chemicals [18]
Climate Change [4]
Energy & Fuel [5]
Environmental Justice [19]
Environmental Politics [6]
Government [7]
Laws & Regulations [9]
Natural Resources [28]
Policy [10]
Water & Oceans [38]
Region:
International [13]
Visibility:
Public [14]
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What Would a Second Trump Reign Mean for Press Freedom? [41]

The possibility of a second Trump administration has WatchDog Opinion sweating blood over the potential for a serious undermining of the press, whether by choking off access to public records, opening up libel laws that help protect journalists from libel suits by public figures or going to virtual war with the news media. What might be in store if Trump wins back the presidency?

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WatchDog [42]
Topics on the Beat:
Environmental Politics [6]
Government [7]
Journalism & Media [21]
Laws & Regulations [9]
Policy [10]
Region:
National (U.S.) [11]
Visibility:
Public [14]
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Why the Press Needs To Press for Senate Action on the PRESS Act [43]

A promising federal shield law that would protect journalists from jail for refusing to reveal sources months ago passed the House of Representatives but has since stalled in the Senate. The new WatchDog Opinion column can tell you why … and why this measure, dubbed the PRESS Act, matters so much for reporters, including those that cover climate and the environment.

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WatchDog [42]
Topics on the Beat:
Journalism & Media [21]
Laws & Regulations [9]
Policy [10]
Region:
National (U.S.) [11]
Visibility:
Public [14]
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The EPA’s Power Plant Rule … We’ll See You in Court [44]

A new federal rule to cut power plant pollution and carbon dioxide emissions promises to escalate a yearslong, highly partisan battle at the core of U.S. climate change policy. Our Issue Backgrounder lays out the shifting regulatory approaches from the administrations of George W. Bush to Joe Biden, and notes the legal tug-of-war that has heightened the importance of another big player — the Supreme Court.

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Backgrounders [2]
Topics on the Beat:
Air [17]
Climate Change [4]
Energy & Fuel [5]
Environmental Health [35]
Environmental Politics [6]
Government [7]
Laws & Regulations [9]
Policy [10]
Pollution [23]
Region:
National (U.S.) [11]
Visibility:
Public [14]
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New PFAS Drinking Water Rule Promises Local Stories [45]

New federal regulations governing a group of “forever chemicals” under the Safe Drinking Water Act — a rule years in the making — have important implications for local drinking water supplies and, per the latest TipSheet, local environment reporting. A look at the problem with PFAS, the complicated route to its regulation and more than a dozen story ideas and reporting resources.

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TipSheet [32]
Topics on the Beat:
Chemicals [18]
Consumer [34]
Government [7]
Health [20]
Journalism & Media [21]
Laws & Regulations [9]
Policy [10]
Pollution [23]
Water & Oceans [38]
Region:
National (U.S.) [11]
Visibility:
Public [14]
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Greenhouse Gas Inventory Data Helps Tell the Climate Story [46]

A massive data set that tracks greenhouse gas emissions in the United States is now newly updated, and the latest Reporter’s Toolbox calls it essential for informed reporting on U.S. climate policy. Its three decades-plus of measurements can help journalists track big emitters near them and from a variety of major sources ranging from landfill methane to industrial polluters.

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Reporters Toolbox [16]
Topics on the Beat:
Agriculture [33]
Air [17]
Climate Change [4]
Energy & Fuel [5]
Environmental Health [35]
Government [7]
Journalism & Media [21]
Laws & Regulations [9]
Policy [10]
Pollution [23]
Transportation [24]
Region:
National (U.S.) [11]
Visibility:
Public [14]
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