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Reducing the Obstacles to Science-Based Local Climate Reporting [1]

Get a behind-the-scenes look at the most surprising findings from a new survey of environmental journalists. It showed a range of challenges in covering local climate change stories. And see what the group behind the survey hopes to do to help reporters and editors address these obstacles.

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Journalism & Media [4]
Science [5]
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"FEMA Strips Mention of ‘Climate Change’ From Its Strategic Plan" [9]

"The Federal Emergency Management Agency, responsible for dealing with the effects of disasters like hurricanes and floods, has stripped the words “climate change” from the document meant to guide its actions over the next four years."

Climate Change [3]
Disasters [10]
Environmental Politics [11]
Science [5]
Public [8]
National (U.S.) [6]
Source: Bloomberg [12], 03/16/2018
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"Air Pollutant Reviews Stalled; EPA Advisers Haven’t Met in Months" [13]

"Three required scientific reviews for federally regulated air pollutants are on hold due to EPA delays and Administrator Scott Pruitt’s November shake-up of the external air quality science board that advises the agency."

Air [14]
Environmental Health [15]
Environmental Politics [11]
Pollution [16]
Science [5]
Public [8]
National (U.S.) [6]
Source: BNA [17], 03/16/2018
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Enviros Sue Trump EPA Over Refusal to Release Heartland Communications [18]

"Two environmental groups filed suit Thursday to force the Environmental Protection Agency to disclose its correspondence with the Heartland Institute, a conservative think tank that has led a years-long campaign to discredit climate science."

Climate Change [3]
Environmental Politics [11]
Journalism & Media [4]
Laws & Regulations [19]
Science [5]
Public [8]
National (U.S.) [6]
Source: InsideClimate News [20], 03/16/2018
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"Administration Asks Court To Dismiss Lawsuit From EPA Scientists" [21]

"Attorneys for the Trump administration are asking a court to dismiss a lawsuit challenging Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Scott Pruitt’s new policy on science advisers."

Climate Change [3]
Environmental Health [15]
Environmental Politics [11]
Laws & Regulations [19]
Science [5]
Public [8]
National (U.S.) [6]
Source: The Hill [22], 03/14/2018
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22 National Science Academies Urge Governments to Address Climate Change [23]

"The scientists, from the UK, Canada, Australia and other Commonwealth countries, warn that stronger measures are needed to keep global warming under 2 degrees."

Climate Change [3]
Laws & Regulations [19]
Science [5]
Public [8]
International [7]
Source: InsideClimate News [24], 03/13/2018
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Federal Agencies Finishing Climate Report Trump Isn’t Going To Like [25]

"The country’s top independent scientific advisory body has largely approved a major climate report being prepared by scientists within the Trump administration — suggesting that another key government document could soon emerge that contradicts President Trump’s skepticism about climate change and humans’ role in driving it."

Climate Change [3]
Science [5]
Public [8]
National (U.S.) [6]
Source: Washington Post [26], 03/13/2018
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Pruitt Wanted Red Team Climate Science Debate. Kelly Stopped Him. [27]

"John F. Kelly, the White House chief of staff, has killed an effort by the head of the Environmental Protection Agency to stage public debates challenging climate change science, according to three people familiar with the deliberations, thwarting a plan that had intrigued President Trump even as it set off alarm bells among his top advisers."

Climate Change [3]
Environmental Politics [11]
Journalism & Media [4]
Science [5]
Public [8]
National (U.S.) [6]
Source: NY Times [28], 03/12/2018
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"Interior: Climate Skeptic Oversaw Sprawling Review Of Agency Policy" [29]

"A longtime federal employee who sees 'good news' in rising greenhouse gases was tasked early in the Trump administration with retooling the Interior Department's public positions on climate change, according to documents released under the Freedom of Information Act."

Climate Change [3]
Environmental Politics [11]
Journalism & Media [4]
Science [5]
Public [8]
National (U.S.) [6]
Source: ClimateWire [30], 03/09/2018
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"Federal Court Will Hold First-Ever Hearing On Climate Change Science" [31]

"A federal judge in San Francisco has ordered parties in a landmark global warming lawsuit to hold what could be the first-ever U.S. court hearing on the science of climate change."

Climate Change [3]
Laws & Regulations [19]
Science [5]
Public [8]
National (U.S.) [6]
Source: McClatchy [32], 03/09/2018
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