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How Fossil Fuel Industry Got Media To Think Climate Change Was Debatable [1]

A decades-long multi-million dollar covert PR campaign by fossil fuel industries has manipulated many media outlets to give equal time to figures who deny established climate science.

Climate Change [2]
Economy & Business [3]
Energy & Fuel [4]
Environmental Politics [5]
Journalism & Media [6]
Science [7]
Public [8]
National (U.S.) [9]
Source: Washington Post [10], 01/11/2019
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Trump Says To Halt Aid To Calif. Wildfire Victims; Law Says He Can't [11]

"U.S. President Donald Trump cannot withhold disaster relief once an emergency has been declared, federal statutes show, despite the Republican’s tweet on Wednesday that he had ordered the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) to cease helping victims of last year’s California wildfires."

Disasters [12]
Economy & Business [3]
Environmental Politics [5]
Laws & Regulations [13]
People & Population [14]
Public [8]
National (U.S.) [9]
Source: Reuters [15], 01/10/2019
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“Saudi America: The Truth About Fracking and How It’s Changing the World” [16]

The economics of fracking may be as big a worry as its environmental impacts, finds a new book on the energy extraction industry. Our latest BookShelf reviews the volume from a seasoned business reporter, who questions conventional views about a renewed U.S. energy “dominance,” probes the financial instability of the industry’s boom and raises the politically destabilizing spectre of a future decline for the fossil fuel market.

SEJ Publication Types: 
BookShelf [17]
Topics on the Beat: 
Economy & Business [3]
Energy & Fuel [4]
Environmental Politics [5]
Natural Resources [18]
Policy [19]
Technology [20]
Region: 
National (U.S.) [9]
International [21]
Africa [22]
Middle East [23]
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Public [8]
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"Trump Administration Sits on Billions in Storm Protection Money" [24]

"The Trump administration is sitting on billions of dollars intended to help vulnerable cities and states prepare for extreme weather, prompting growing criticism from state officials worried about the next storm season."

Disasters [12]
Economy & Business [3]
Public [8]
National (U.S.) [9]
Source: Bloomberg [25], 01/04/2019
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The 2019 Journalists’ Guide to Energy & Environment [26]

SEJournal looks ahead to key issues in the coming year with this "2019 Journalists’ Guide to Energy & Environment" special report. Stay tuned as we continue to add elements to the report up through and beyond its formal launch Jan. 25 at an annual roundtable [27], organized by the Society of Environmental Journalists with the Wilson Center in Washington, D.C.

SEJ Publication Types: 
SEJ News [28]
Topics on the Beat: 
Activism [29]
Air [30]
Chemicals [31]
Climate Change [2]
Consumer [32]
Disasters [12]
Economy & Business [3]
Energy & Fuel [4]
Environmental Health [33]
Environmental Politics [5]
Environmental Studies [34]
Fish & Fisheries [35]
Forests [36]
Government [37]
Health [38]
Journalism & Media [6]
Laws & Regulations [13]
Natural Resources [18]
People & Population [14]
Policy [19]
Pollution [39]
Science [7]
Technology [20]
Transportation [40]
Water & Oceans [41]
Wildlife [42]
Region: 
National (U.S.) [9]
International [21]
Visibility: 
Public [8]
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"Elizabeth Warren Backs "Idea" of a Green New Deal" [43]

"Senator Elizabeth Warren broadly supports the "idea" of a "Green New Deal," one of her Senate aides told Axios."

Activism [29]
Climate Change [2]
Economy & Business [3]
Energy & Fuel [4]
Environmental Politics [5]
Public [8]
National (U.S.) [9]
Source: Axios [44], 01/02/2019
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Taxpayers on the Hook for Insuring Farmers Against Growing Climate Risks [45]

"The American Farm Bureau lobbies to protect the status quo, and its own interests".

Agriculture [46]
Climate Change [2]
Economy & Business [3]
Environmental Politics [5]
Laws & Regulations [13]
Public [8]
National (U.S.) [9]
Source: InsideClimate News [47], 01/02/2019
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"Five Oil Majors Face 2019 Climate Target Pressure By Investors" [48]

"U.S. and Norwegian oil majors Chevron and Equinor have become the latest target of activist investors moving to force five of the biggest oil companies to commit to fixed emissions targets and align with the Paris climate agreement."

Climate Change [2]
Economy & Business [3]
Energy & Fuel [4]
Environmental Politics [5]
Public [8]
International [21]
Source: Reuters [49], 12/21/2018
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EPA Promises To Ban Deadly Paint Strippers -- But Does Nothing [50]

"About a dozen retailers have pledged to stop selling paint removal products that can kill their customers, but formal restrictions promised by a federal agency have yet to materialize."

Chemicals [31]
Consumer [32]
Economy & Business [3]
Environmental Health [33]
Environmental Politics [5]
Laws & Regulations [13]
Public [8]
National (U.S.) [9]
Source: Mother Jones [51], 12/19/2018
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The Renewables Revolution — A Renewable Source of News for Year Ahead [52]

The upward trends for renewable energy sources like wind and solar are a sure source of news for 2019, even if challenging political, economic and technical obstacles remain. This week’s TipSheet explains why, plus suggests stories to look for, notes the points of possible contention and offers a range of reporting resources to turn to.

SEJ Publication Types: 
TipSheet [53]
Topics on the Beat: 
Activism [29]
Climate Change [2]
Consumer [32]
Economy & Business [3]
Energy & Fuel [4]
Environmental Politics [5]
Government [37]
Journalism & Media [6]
Laws & Regulations [13]
Natural Resources [18]
Policy [19]
Region: 
National (U.S.) [9]
California [54]
Great Lakes (IL IN MI MN OH WI) [55]
Great Plains (IA KS ND NE MO SD) [56]
Mid-Atlantic (DC DE MD PA VA WV) [57]
Northeast (CT MA ME NH NJ NY RI VT) [58]
Northwest (OR WA) [59]
Visibility: 
Public [8]
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