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Opinion: "Social Media Is Polluted With Climate Denialism" [7]

"This fall, Exxon Mobil started targeting New Yorkers with Facebook advertisements that warned about a proposed law that would require electric-only appliances in some buildings. “If your household was required to go full electric, it could cost you more than $25,600 to replace major appliances,” one ad reads."

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Source: NYTimes [11], 11/16/2021

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Science Integrity Is About More Than Getting EPA Interviews [12]

Freedom of access to government scientists is just one narrow facet in a worsening crisis in scientific integrity at the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. The new WatchDog Opinion argues that whether it’s about self-interested industry lobbying over climate change or the regulation of chemicals, there’s an assault on science itself — and the news media has a role to play.

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Mapping Toxic U.S. Hotspots Down to the Neighborhood Level [19]

A new project on toxic risks has yielded a tool making it far easier to use data from the Toxics Release Inventory to report on hotspots. Reporter’s Toolbox offers a guide to ProPublica’s impressive “Sacrifice Zones” special report, which maps cancer-causing industrial air pollution. Plus, join an in-depth virtual tutorial [20] on the ProPublica tool co-sponsored by the Society of Environmental Journalists.

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Hayhoe Makes Case for Healing Over Climate Change [27]

A new volume by renowned climate communicator Katharine Hayhoe argues for a new way of talking about climate change that seeks common ground, greater respect and an effort to show how nearly everyone is affected. BookShelf editor Tom Henry reviews Hayhoe’s “Saving Us: A Climate Scientist’s Case for Hope and Healing in a Divided World” and its hopeful message.

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November 22, 2021

Virtual Event: How Journalists Can Report on Toxic Hot Spots [20]

Join ProPublica reporters for an in-depth tutorial on how to investigate toxic air pollution in your neighborhood by using ProPublica's first-of-its-kind air toxics map and data, followed by a half hour Q&A. 3:00-4:00 p.m. ET. Co-sponsored by SEJ.

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Technology [32]

#SEJSpotlight: Gloria Dickie, Freelance Journalist [33]

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UN Projects ‘Go Away’ Onto Its Own Building in Fight With Activists [34]

"Tuesday night saw a war of the projections in Glasgow. Activists sent a message to the United Nations, and the UN struck back, though the organization may have accidentally told onlookers in Glasgow to “go away.”"

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International [30]

Source: Earther [36], 11/11/2021

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Oil And Gas Industry Pushes Misinformation About Its Impact On La. Coast [37]

"Louisiana politicians at the state and federal level are echoing a false oil and gas industry claim to support more offshore drilling in the Gulf of Mexico, saying that Louisiana will lose more land to the sea without offshore production royalties to pay for coastal restoration."

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