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"#ClimateScam: Denialism Claims Flooding Twitter Have Scientists Worried" [1]

"Twitter has proved a cherished forum for climate scientists to share research, as well as for activists seeking to rally action to halt oil pipelines or decry politicians’ failure to cut pollution. But many are now fleeing Twitter due to a surge in climate misinformation, spam and even threats that have upended their relationship with the platform."

Climate Change [2]
Environmental Politics [3]
Journalism & Media [4]
Science [5]
Public [6]
National (U.S.) [7]
Source: Guardian [8], 12/15/2022
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"G7 Agrees $15.5B Energy Deal With Vietnam To Cut Emissions" [9]

"A group of nine rich industrialized nations approved a deal to provide Vietnam with $15.5 billion to help the Southeast Asian nation move faster from coal power to renewable energy, cutting its climate-damaging pollution."

Climate Change [2]
Economy & Business [10]
Energy & Fuel [11]
Environmental Politics [3]
Public [6]
International [12]
Source: AP [13], 12/15/2022
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"Nevada Flower Listed As Endangered At Lithium Mine Site" [14]

"A Nevada wildflower was declared endangered at the only place it’s known to exist — on a high-desert ridge where a lithium mine is planned to help meet growing demand for electric car batteries, U.S. wildlife officials announced Wednesday."

Biodiversity [15]
Chemicals [16]
Climate Change [2]
Energy & Fuel [11]
Environmental Politics [3]
Laws & Regulations [17]
Natural Resources [18]
Public [6]
National (U.S.) [7]
Source: AP [19], 12/15/2022
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"Developing Nations Halt COP15 Talks After Biodiversity Fund Demand" [20]

"Delegates from dozens of developing nations walked out of crunch financing talks overnight at the U.N. COP15 biodiversity summit in Montreal, citing a lack of compromise from wealthy countries as negotiations intensify to agree a new global nature pact."

Biodiversity [15]
Environmental Politics [3]
Laws & Regulations [17]
Natural Resources [18]
Public [6]
International [12]
Source: Thomson Reuters Fdn. [21], 12/15/2022
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"Coal Plant Tied To W.Va Governor Faces $1M Fine" [22]

"A shuttered Alabama coal products company with ties to Republican West Virginia Gov. Jim Justice would pay a $925,000 fine as part of a settlement to resolve a Clean Air Act lawsuit brought last year by local regulators."

Climate Change [2]
Disasters [23]
Economy & Business [10]
Energy & Fuel [11]
Environmental Health [24]
Environmental Justice [25]
Environmental Politics [3]
Laws & Regulations [17]
Public [6]
National (U.S.) [7]
Mid-Atlantic (DC DE MD PA VA WV) [26]
Source: E&E News [27], 12/14/2022
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Disinformation Presents New Challenges to Environmental Journalists [28]

An explosion of deliberately misleading information has hit the environmental journalism beat, argues the new Backgrounder. A look at how today’s untruth industry has evolved from that of the past, particularly in the area of climate change, and how reporters have now turned it into its own specialty coverage area. Plus, seven tips on what you can do to handle disinformation on your beat.

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Backgrounders [29]
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Climate Change [2]
Economy & Business [10]
Environmental Politics [3]
Environmental Studies [30]
Journalism & Media [4]
Policy [31]
Science [5]
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When Sizing Up Threats to Biodiversity, Databases Can Help [32]

Biodiversity is on the minds of many this week as international biodiversity treaty talks take place in Montreal. For environmental journalists covering the topic, there are a number of databases readily available that track endangered species in the United States and globally. The latest Reporter’s Toolbox has a helpful list. Plus, visit our new biodiversity “Topics on the Beat” [33] page and keep on top of the latest biodiversity headlines [34] with EJToday.

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Reporters Toolbox [35]
Topics on the Beat: 
Biodiversity [15]
Environmental Health [24]
Environmental Politics [3]
Environmental Studies [30]
Journalism & Media [4]
Science [5]
Wildlife [36]
Region: 
National (U.S.) [7]
International [12]
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Public [6]
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Political Will Favors Indian Coal Billionaire And His Dirty Fossil Fuel [37]

"For years, nothing could stop the massive coal-fired power plant from rising over paddies and palm groves here in eastern India. Not objections from local farmers, environmental impact review boards, even state officials. Not pledges by India’s leaders to shift toward renewable energy. Not the fact that the project, ultimately, will benefit few Indians."

Climate Change [2]
Economy & Business [10]
Energy & Fuel [11]
Environmental Politics [3]
Laws & Regulations [17]
Pollution [38]
Public [6]
Asia [39]
Source: Washington Post [40], 12/12/2022
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"Virginia Air Pollution Board Votes To Leave Regional Carbon-Credit Program" [41]

"Virginia’s air quality board on Wednesday voted to leave an interstate emissions-reduction partnership, bringing the state closer to fulfilling Gov. Glenn Youngkin’s (R) vow to withdraw from the program earlier this year even as critics say the process needs legislative approval."

Air [42]
Climate Change [2]
Economy & Business [10]
Energy & Fuel [11]
Environmental Politics [3]
Laws & Regulations [17]
Pollution [38]
Public [6]
National (U.S.) [7]
Mid-Atlantic (DC DE MD PA VA WV) [26]
Source: The Hill [43], 12/12/2022
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"Okefenokee Titanium Mine Fight Escalates With Interior Move" [44]

"Interior Secretary Deb Haaland’s implicit threat of legal action against a proposed titanium dioxide mine on the flanks of Georgia’s Okefenokee Swamp raises unresolved questions about the scope of the agency’s authority to protect public lands outside their boundaries, legal experts say."

Environmental Politics [3]
Environmental Studies [30]
Laws & Regulations [17]
Natural Resources [18]
Pollution [38]
Water & Oceans [45]
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Source: Bloomberg Environment [47], 12/09/2022
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