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June 16, 2017

Poynter's SciFacts Workshop: Fact-Checking Claims About Science [1]

Poynter will host a free one-day workshop to discuss the key challenges of reporting the facts about science at its campus in St. Petersburg, Florida. The workshop is specifically designed for reporters who have recently started covering the science beat or topics that include science, as well as anyone who writes about science. Seating is limited; apply asap.

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Inspector General Probing Whether EPA Staffer Colluded With Monsanto [7]

"The inspector general for the Environmental Protection Agency is initiating a probe into possible collusion between a former high-ranking EPA official and Monsanto, the maker of the herbicide glyphosate, according to a letter the IG sent to a lawmaker last Friday that HuffPost has obtained."

Chemicals [8]
Environmental Health [9]
Environmental Politics [10]
Laws & Regulations [11]
Science [5]
Public [3]
National (U.S.) [12]
Source: HuffPost [13], 06/07/2017
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"Pruitt Refuses To Say Whether Trump Believes In Climate Change" [14]

"Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Scott Pruitt on Friday refused to say whether President Trump believes in climate change."

Climate Change [15]
Environmental Politics [10]
Science [5]
Public [3]
National (U.S.) [12]
Source: The Hill [16], 06/05/2017
  • Read more about "Pruitt Refuses To Say Whether Trump Believes In Climate Change" [14]

"How G.O.P. Leaders Came to View Climate Change as Fake Science" [17]

"The campaign ad appeared during the presidential contest of 2008. Rapid-fire images of belching smokestacks and melting ice sheets were followed by a soothing narrator who praised a candidate who had stood up to President George W. Bush and 'sounded the alarm on global warming.' It was not made for a Democrat, but for Senator John McCain, who had just secured the Republican nomination."

Climate Change [15]
Environmental Politics [10]
Science [5]
Public [3]
National (U.S.) [12]
Source: NY Times [18], 06/05/2017
  • Read more about "How G.O.P. Leaders Came to View Climate Change as Fake Science" [17]

"Inconvenient Data Buried As 'Confidential Business Information.'" [19]

"After the European Parliament obtains the release of Monsanto's data, a very different picture emerges about the safety of its product."

Chemicals [8]
Environmental Politics [10]
Journalism & Media [4]
Laws & Regulations [11]
Science [5]
Public [3]
International [20]
Source: EHN [21], 06/05/2017
  • Read more about "Inconvenient Data Buried As 'Confidential Business Information.'" [19]

Trump’s Reasons For Leaving Paris Climate Agreement Just Don’t Add Up [22]

"President Trump railed against the Paris climate agreement in the White House Rose Garden on  Thursday, but it was hard to reconcile his description of the climate accord with the real one."

Climate Change [15]
Science [5]
Public [3]
National (U.S.) [12]
Source: Washington Post [23], 06/02/2017
  • Read more about Trump’s Reasons For Leaving Paris Climate Agreement Just Don’t Add Up [22]

"U.S. Resists Plan To Link Climate Change, Ocean Health: UN Co-Chair" [24]

"The United States is resisting plans to highlight how climate change is disrupting life in the oceans at a U.N. conference of almost 200 nations next week, Sweden's deputy prime minister, who will co-chair the talks, said on Tuesday."

Climate Change [15]
Environmental Politics [10]
Science [5]
Public [3]
National (U.S.) [12]
Source: Reuters [25], 05/31/2017
  • Read more about "U.S. Resists Plan To Link Climate Change, Ocean Health: UN Co-Chair" [24]

"Meet Jane, a Climate Scientist Who Fled Trump’s Government" [26]

"Worries about science censorship drove her from her post at the Energy Department."

Climate Change [15]
Environmental Politics [10]
Science [5]
Public [3]
National (U.S.) [12]
Source: High Country News [27], 05/30/2017
  • Read more about "Meet Jane, a Climate Scientist Who Fled Trump’s Government" [26]

As Arctic Sea Ice Shows Record Decline, Scientists Prepare To Go Blind [28]

"Due to congressional budget cuts, the 38-year continuous U.S. Arctic satellite monitoring program is about to end, leaving researchers blind to ongoing Arctic sea ice losses."

Climate Change [15]
Environmental Politics [10]
Science [5]
Public [3]
National (U.S.) [12]
Antarctica & Arctic [29]
Source: Mongabay [30], 05/26/2017
  • Read more about As Arctic Sea Ice Shows Record Decline, Scientists Prepare To Go Blind [28]

Scientists Publish An Entire Study Refuting Scott Pruitt On Climate [31]

"In a sign of growing tensions between scientists and the Trump administration, researchers published a scientific paper Wednesday that was conceived and written as an explicit refutation to an assertion by Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Scott Pruitt about climate change."

Climate Change [15]
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Science [5]
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National (U.S.) [12]
Source: Washington Post [32], 05/25/2017
  • Read more about Scientists Publish An Entire Study Refuting Scott Pruitt On Climate [31]

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