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Climate Money Meets the Super PACs [1]

Amid the frenzy of Election 2020 comes a quieter development: The emergence of Big Climate money. Green groups and climate-focused fundraisers are now starting to take their place as major players alongside Big Oil as campaign contributors. The latest Reporter’s Toolbox suggests databases and other resources to help track climate (and other election) money.

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Reporters Toolbox [2]
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Activism [3]
Climate Change [4]
Economy & Business [5]
Energy & Fuel [6]
Environmental Politics [7]
Government [8]
Journalism & Media [9]
Policy [10]
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National (U.S.) [11]
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Public [12]

Letting Residents Take the Lead in ‘Polluter's Paradise’ [13]

A battery of polluting industry spewing toxic pollution and a small town of residents south of Baton Rouge unbowed by their circumstance make for the ingredients of a powerful team investigative project, newly named to the top prize in the Society of Environmental Journalists’ 2020 reporting awards. Inside Story offers a look behind “Polluter’s Paradise” in a Q&A with reporter Tristan Baurick.

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Inside Story [14]
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Activism [3]
Air [15]
Chemicals [16]
Environmental Politics [7]
Health [17]
Journalism & Media [9]
People & Population [18]
Pollution [19]
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National (U.S.) [11]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [20]
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Public [12]

IJA Tribal Nations Media Guide [21]

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The Native American Journalists Association's Guide offers a context checklist to consider when reporting on Indigenous communities: government, economy, geography, treaties, people and culture.

Useful Links [22]
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Public [12]
Diversity [23]
Journalism & Media [9]
People & Population [18]

Another Casualty Of Coronavirus Pandemic: Trust In Government Science [24]

"This has been the 2020 pattern: Politics has thoroughly contaminated the scientific process. The result has been an epidemic of distrust, which further undermines the nation’s already chaotic and ineffective response to the coronavirus."

Climate Change [4]
Disasters [25]
Environmental Health [26]
Environmental Politics [7]
Environmental Studies [27]
Journalism & Media [9]
Science [28]
Public [12]
National (U.S.) [11]
Source: Washington Post [29], 10/13/2020

Could Dems Borrow GOP Playbook To Roll Back Trump Rules? [30]

If oddsmakers are right and the Dems sweep the White House and both houses of Congress next month, one significant outcome could be the rollback of prominent Trump administration deregulatory moves. The latest TipSheet explains how an arcane law might make such reversals possible, and then spotlights half-a-dozen potentially vulnerable Trump regulatory actions.

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TipSheet [31]
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Air [15]
Chemicals [16]
Climate Change [4]
Economy & Business [5]
Energy & Fuel [6]
Environmental Politics [7]
Government [8]
Journalism & Media [9]
Laws & Regulations [32]
Policy [10]
Pollution [19]
Science [28]
Wildlife [33]
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National (U.S.) [11]
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Public [12]

"Social Media: Climate Falsehoods Reached Millions On Facebook" [34]

"Climate denial groups have used Facebook to spread disinformation to millions of people in the lead-up to the 2020 elections, according to a new report."

Climate Change [4]
Environmental Politics [7]
Journalism & Media [9]
Science [28]
Public [12]
National (U.S.) [11]
Source: E&E News [35], 10/09/2020

Harris, Pence Spar Over Climate Science, Fracking, and Green New Deal [36]

"Vice President Mike Pence and Sen. Kamala Harris (D-Calif.) sparred over their commitment to the science of climate change, with the vice president repeatedly falsely asserting a Biden administration plans to ban fracking and adopt the Green New Deal."

Climate Change [4]
Energy & Fuel [6]
Environmental Politics [7]
Journalism & Media [9]
Public [12]
National (U.S.) [11]
Source: The Hill [37], 10/08/2020
October 15, 2020

Covering Climate Change: Connecting the Dots [38]

The Craig Newmark Graduate School of Journalism at CUNY, in partnership with Climate Nexus, has organized a panel discussion, 1:00-2:00 p.m. ET, with three journalists who are connecting the dots between our drastically changing climate and environmental justice, changing U.S. policy, the impacts of COVID-19 and more. Free registration required.

Other Events [39]
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Climate Change [4]
Journalism & Media [9]

"Exxon’s Plan for Surging Carbon Emissions Revealed in Leaked Documents" [40]

"Exxon Mobil Corp. had plans to increase annual carbon-dioxide emissions by as much as the output of the entire nation of Greece, an analysis of internal documents reviewed by Bloomberg shows, setting one of the largest corporate emitters against international efforts to slow the pace of warming."

Climate Change [4]
Energy & Fuel [6]
Journalism & Media [9]
Public [12]
National (U.S.) [11]
Source: Bloomberg [41], 10/06/2020

"White House: Trump Team Delaying Work On Major Climate Report" [42]

"The Trump administration is slow-walking a mandatory climate report by not seeking out scientists to work on it, says one of the authors of the last National Climate Assessment."

Climate Change [4]
Environmental Health [26]
Environmental Politics [7]
Journalism & Media [9]
Laws & Regulations [32]
Science [28]
Water & Oceans [43]
Public [12]
National (U.S.) [11]
Source: E&E News [44], 10/06/2020

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