International

"U.S. Rejoins Fight Against Climate Change At High Level Summit" [1]

"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 [2]

Environmental Politics [3]

Public [4]

National (U.S.) [5]

International [6]

Source: Reuters [7], 01/25/2021

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"Biden to Convene World Leaders to Talk Climate on Earth Day" [8]

"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 [2]

Environmental Politics [3]

Public [4]

International [6]

Source: Bloomberg [9], 01/25/2021

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"Electric Vehicles Close To ‘Tipping Point’ Of Mass Adoption" [10]

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

Climate Change [2]

Energy & Fuel [11]

Transportation [12]

Public [4]

International [6]

Source: Guardian [13], 01/25/2021

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Super-Heated Year Ahead on Energy & Environment News [14]

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 [15].”

SEJ Publication Types:

Features [16]

Topics on the Beat:

Agriculture [17]

Air [18]

Biodiversity [19]

Chemicals [20]

Climate Change [2]

Consumer [21]

Disasters [22]

Economy & Business [23]

Energy & Fuel [11]

Environmental Politics [3]

Government [24]

Health [25]

Journalism & Media [26]

Laws & Regulations [27]

Planning & Growth [28]

Policy [29]

Pollution [30]

Science [31]

Transportation [12]

Waste [32]

Water & Oceans [33]

Wildlife [34]

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National (U.S.) [5]

International [6]

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Public [4]

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“Environment, Social Justice, and the Media in the Age of the Anthropocene” [35]

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.

SEJ Publication Types:

BookShelf [36]

Topics on the Beat:

Chemicals [20]

Environmental Politics [3]

Health [25]

Journalism & Media [26]

Military [37]

People & Population [38]

Pollution [30]

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International [6]

Europe [39]

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Public [4]

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"Why Are People Living Near Dutch Goat Farms Getting Sick?" [40]

"A decade after an outbreak of Q fever killed 95 people in the Netherlands, scientists fear the emergence of a new disease",

Agriculture [17]

Environmental Health [41]

Health [25]

Public [4]

International [6]

Source: Guardian [42], 01/22/2021

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Southern Ocean Warming Faster Than Thought, Threatening Antarctic Ice [43]

"A layer of warming water is rising from the subsurface, threatening to speed up Antarctic ice melt".

Climate Change [2]

Water & Oceans [33]

Public [4]

International [6]

Source: Washington Post [44], 01/22/2021

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Kerry Commits US To Climate Crisis Fight But Warns World Is Way Off Pace [45]

"The world is lagging behind the pace of change needed to avert catastrophic impacts from the climate crisis, John Kerry has warned in his first remarks as the US’s new climate envoy."

Climate Change [2]

Public [4]

International [6]

Source: Guardian [46], 01/22/2021

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China's 2020 Coal Output Highest Since 2015, Undermining Climate Pledges [47]

"China's coal output rose last year to its highest since 2015, despite Beijing's climate change pledge to reduce consumption of the dirty fossil fuel and months of disruption at major coal mining hubs."

Climate Change [2]

Energy & Fuel [11]

Public [4]

International [6]

Source: Reuters [48], 01/20/2021

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"Thai Caves Attract Millions of Bats — and Now Scientists Too" [49]

"A cave complex at a temple in Thailand has long drawn tourists, pilgrims and guano collectors. Now, scientists have arrived, looking for any potential links to the coronavirus."

Biodiversity [19]

Environmental Health [41]

Wildlife [34]

Public [4]

International [6]

Source: NYTimes [50], 01/19/2021

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