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Top Biden Climate Advisor, Others Preview 2021 Energy and Enviro News [1]

President Biden’s national climate advisor Gina McCarthy joined an outspoken U.S. senator and a roundtable of elite journalists last week to preview dramatic changes possibly ahead in U.S. and international climate policy, environmental justice, clean energy and more. Get the upshot from the Society of Environmental Journalists’ 2021 Guide to Energy & Environment event. Plus, watch video of the full program [2].

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Climate Change [4]
Energy & Fuel [5]
Environmental Politics [6]
Government [7]
Health [8]
Journalism & Media [9]
Laws & Regulations [10]
People & Population [11]
Policy [12]
Science [13]
Water & Oceans [14]
Region: 
National (U.S.) [15]
California [16]
Great Plains (IA KS ND NE MO SD) [17]
Mountain West (CO ID MT NV UT WY) [18]
Northwest (OR WA) [19]
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [20]
International [21]
Europe [22]
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Public [23]
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"Empty Seas: Oceanic Shark Populations Dropped 71% Since 1970" [24]

"When marine biologist Stuart Sandin talks about sharks, it sounds like he’s describing Jedis of the ocean. “They are terrific predators, fast swimmers and they have amazing senses — they can detect any disturbance in the ocean from great distance,” such as smells or tiny changes in water currents."

Fish & Fisheries [25]
Water & Oceans [14]
Public [23]
International [21]
Source: AP [26], 01/28/2021
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Kerry Promises US Climate Change Diplomacy Won’t Weaken China Policy [27]

"John Kerry, President Joe Biden’s special envoy for climate change issues, just addressed one of the biggest concerns early critics have of the new administration: Whether the White House will make unsavory concessions to China in exchange for progress on climate issues."

Climate Change [4]
Environmental Politics [6]
Public [23]
National (U.S.) [15]
International [21]
Source: Vox [28], 01/28/2021
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"U.S. To 'Make Good' On Climate Finance Pledges, Kerry Tells Leaders" [29]

"The United States will “make good” on financial commitments to developing countries struggling with climate change, top U.S. climate envoy John Kerry told a summit of world leaders on Monday."

Climate Change [4]
Economy & Business [30]
Environmental Justice [31]
Environmental Politics [6]
Public [23]
National (U.S.) [15]
International [21]
Source: Reuters [32], 01/26/2021
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"Earth Is Now Losing 1.2 Trillion Tons Of Ice Each Year" [33]

"Global ice loss has increased rapidly over the past two decades, and scientists are still underestimating just how much sea levels could rise, according to alarming new research published this month."

Climate Change [4]
Disasters [34]
Water & Oceans [14]
Public [23]
International [21]
Source: Washington Post [35], 01/26/2021
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"U.S. Rejoins Fight Against Climate Change At High Level Summit" [36]

"The United States will mark its return to the global fight against climate change on Monday by joining high level talks on ways to better protect people and economies from the effects of global warming already taking place."

Climate Change [4]
Environmental Politics [6]
Public [23]
National (U.S.) [15]
International [21]
Source: Reuters [37], 01/25/2021
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"Biden to Convene World Leaders to Talk Climate on Earth Day" [38]

"The Biden administration is planning to host world leaders in a climate summit on Earth Day according to three people familiar with the matter, a sign of the new president’s commitment to not just rejoin the Paris carbon-cutting accord but also strengthen it.

The U.S.-hosted meeting on April 22 could be virtual, one of the people said, similar to a United Nation’s climate summit in December. That event featured six hours of remarks from world leaders, but they only offered incremental steps to combating climate change.

Climate Change [4]
Environmental Politics [6]
Public [23]
International [21]
Source: Bloomberg [39], 01/25/2021
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"Electric Vehicles Close To ‘Tipping Point’ Of Mass Adoption" [40]

"Electric vehicles are close to the “tipping point” of rapid mass adoption thanks to the plummeting cost of batteries, experts say."

Climate Change [4]
Energy & Fuel [5]
Transportation [41]
Public [23]
International [21]
Source: Guardian [42], 01/25/2021
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Super-Heated Year Ahead on Energy & Environment News [43]

The Biden administration has moved rapidly to reset energy and environment policies dramatically shifted by the Trump White House. But how quickly can such a reversal occur, what are the priorities and what are the critical pathways for change? To help sort out the latest news and track larger trends, SEJournal offers this overview and analysis, part of our extensive “2021 Journalists’ Guide to Energy & Environment [44].”

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Features [45]
Topics on the Beat: 
Agriculture [46]
Air [47]
Biodiversity [48]
Chemicals [49]
Climate Change [4]
Consumer [50]
Disasters [34]
Economy & Business [30]
Energy & Fuel [5]
Environmental Politics [6]
Government [7]
Health [8]
Journalism & Media [9]
Laws & Regulations [10]
Planning & Growth [51]
Policy [12]
Pollution [52]
Science [13]
Transportation [41]
Waste [53]
Water & Oceans [14]
Wildlife [54]
Region: 
National (U.S.) [15]
International [21]
Visibility: 
Public [23]
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“Environment, Social Justice, and the Media in the Age of the Anthropocene” [55]

A case study in how journalists can center environmental news around social justice is at the heart of a new volume of scholarly essays reviewed in the latest BookShelf. While its tale of rural residents poisoned by contaminants is decades old, its lesson of what happens when power players bank on media acquiescence holds for stories of today.

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Chemicals [49]
Environmental Politics [6]
Health [8]
Journalism & Media [9]
Military [57]
People & Population [11]
Pollution [52]
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International [21]
Europe [22]
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