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Fracking Billionaires, Ben Shapiro, and PragerU Built Climate Denial Empire [1]

"It was the height of summer and Pastor Farris Wilks was warning that if we didn’t all stop sinning, God was going to scorch the Earth and melt the polar ice caps."

Activism [2]
Climate Change [3]
Environmental Politics [4]
Journalism & Media [5]
Religion, Faith and Spirituality [6]
Science [7]
Public [8]
National (U.S.) [9]
Source: Vice News [10], 08/26/2022
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"Robot Boat Maps Pacific Underwater Volcano" [11]

"A robot boat, controlled from the UK, has returned from an initial survey of the underwater Tongan volcano that erupted explosively back in January."

Environmental Studies [12]
Science [7]
Technology [13]
Water & Oceans [14]
Public [8]
International [15]
Source: BBC News [16], 08/24/2022
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Experts Debunk Viral Post Claiming 1,100 Scientists Deny Climate Emergency [17]

"To the average consumer of news, the petition’s message might seem reasonable—a healthy dose of skepticism in a debate that affects everyone. .... But despite its measured tone and its list of supporters with impressive-sounding titles like professor or doctor, the declaration isn’t what it appears to be, several career climatologists and disinformation experts told Inside Climate News. "

Climate Change [3]
Environmental Politics [4]
Journalism & Media [5]
Science [7]
Public [8]
National (U.S.) [9]
International [15]
Source: Inside Climate News [18], 08/24/2022
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"Five 1,000-Year Rain Events Have Struck The U.S. In Five Weeks. Why?" [19]

"Precipitation extremes are now more feast or famine because of climate change".

Climate Change [3]
Disasters [20]
Science [7]
Water & Oceans [14]
Public [8]
National (U.S.) [9]
Source: Washington Post [21], 08/24/2022
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Study Shows Warming Oceans Could Bring Spike in Seabed Methane Emissions [22]

"The slowdown of a key ocean current could release methane that is frozen in layers of organic seabed sediments along some of the world’s coastlines, a new study shows."

Climate Change [3]
Science [7]
Water & Oceans [14]
Public [8]
International [15]
Source: Inside Climate News [23], 08/23/2022
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Climate ‘Censorship’ Raised in Disinformation Fracas [24]

A recent climate change disinformation kerfuffle involving House Republicans and White House climate czar Gina McCarthy (pictured, left) is an excellent reminder of how journalists can get caught up in the decades-long campaign to deny climate change, argues the latest WatchDog Opinion column. A warning about the effort to weaponize the idea of transparency when it comes to climate change.

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Climate Change [3]
Environmental Politics [4]
Government [26]
Journalism & Media [5]
Policy [27]
Science [7]
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August 30, 2022 to August 31, 2022

2022 Lake Erie Science and Outdoor Writers Conference [28]

Ohio Sea Grant is hosting this hands-on learning experience at F.T. Stone Laboratory, The Ohio State University's Island Campus on Lake Erie. The event, housing and meals are free of charge to participants.

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Great Lakes (IL IN MI MN OH WI) [30]

"EPA Finds New Risks With Dicamba Weedkiller" [31]

"The widely used weedkiller dicamba poses a previously unknown risk to honeybees, EPA said in a draft assessment of the pesticide’s potential dangers to wildlife."

Agriculture [32]
Biodiversity [33]
Chemicals [34]
Environmental Health [35]
Science [7]
Wildlife [36]
Public [8]
National (U.S.) [9]
Source: E&E News [37], 08/19/2022
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"Kicking Oil Companies Out Of School" [38]

"Faculty and staff at Cambridge are planning a vote that would require the university to stop accepting fossil fuel money for research. It’s part of an expanding movement."

Climate Change [3]
Energy & Fuel [39]
Environmental Politics [4]
Environmental Studies [12]
Science [7]
Public [8]
International [15]
Source: NYTimes [40], 08/17/2022
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"White House Climate Official Sanctioned By Prestigious Science Body" [41]

"The National Academy of Sciences said Jane Lubchenco violated its code of conduct before joining the Biden administration."

Science [7]
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National (U.S.) [9]
Source: Washington Post [42], 08/17/2022
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