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Getting Glasgow — Covering the Climate Conference From Afar [1]

A critically important global gathering to advance the Paris climate accords gets underway in Scotland next month. And the latest TipSheet offers an extensive walk-through on the UN meeting — basic terminology and negotiating aims, global politics, green climate funds and more — to help environmental journalists report on it with relevance, whether from there or home.

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TipSheet [2]
Topics on the Beat: 
Climate Change [3]
Environmental Politics [4]
Government [5]
Journalism & Media [6]
Policy [7]
Region: 
National (U.S.) [8]
International [9]
Asia [10]
Australia & Oceania [11]
Europe [12]
Middle East [13]
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Public [14]
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"Love The National Parks? Get Ready For Them To Heat Up" [15]

"Glaciers vanishing in Glacier National Park. Sand dunes blowing away at White Sands in New Mexico. Wildfire smoke obscuring the Tetons, flames licking at the sequoias near their namesake park, Joshua trees dying out in their namesake park. These are just some of the ways that global heating is reshaping America’s public lands."

Climate Change [3]
Natural Resources [16]
Public [14]
National (U.S.) [8]
Source: LA Times [17], 09/24/2021
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Rising Natural Gas Prices Help Cleanest (and Dirtiest) Electricity Sources [18]

"Natural gas prices have surged, reverberating across the energy economy."

Climate Change [3]
Energy & Fuel [19]
Public [14]
National (U.S.) [8]
Source: Inside Climate News [20], 09/24/2021
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"Biden Picks Trump Critic To Lead EPA Science Office" [21]

"A longtime expert adviser to EPA on air issues and an outspoken critic of the Trump administration is President Biden’s choice for leading the agency’s science office."

Environmental Health [22]
Environmental Politics [4]
Science [23]
Public [14]
National (U.S.) [8]
Source: E&E News [24], 09/24/2021
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FERC Blames Texas Energy Policies For Severity Of February Blackouts [25]

"The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission released some findings on Thursday from an investigation into February’s deadly winter storm and blackouts. Regulators faulted Texas energy policy for much of the disaster."

Energy & Fuel [19]
Environmental Politics [4]
Laws & Regulations [26]
Public [14]
National (U.S.) [8]
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [27]
Source: Houston Public Media [28], 09/24/2021
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EPA Issues Rule To Sharply Reduce Use Of HFCs, Driver Of Climate Change [29]

"The Biden administration on Thursday finalized its first major regulation to directly limit greenhouse gases, part of an effort to show America’s progress on global warming before a crucial climate summit in Glasgow in November."

Air [30]
Climate Change [3]
Laws & Regulations [26]
Pollution [31]
Public [14]
National (U.S.) [8]
Source: NYTimes [32], 09/24/2021
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"Nitrogen: The Environmental Crisis You Haven’t Heard Of Yet" [33]

"The creation of synthetic fertilizers in the early 20th century was a turning point in human history, enabling an increase in crop yields and causing a population boom. But the overuse of nitrogen and phosphorus from those fertilizers is causing an environmental crisis, as algae blooms and oceanic “dead zones” grow in scale and frequency."

Agriculture [34]
Air [30]
Chemicals [35]
Fish & Fisheries [36]
Laws & Regulations [26]
Natural Resources [16]
Pollution [31]
Water & Oceans [37]
Public [14]
National (U.S.) [8]
Source: Mongabay [38], 09/23/2021
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Entergy Resisted Upgrading New Orleans' Power Grid. Residents Suffered [39]

"The day after Wilma Banks lost power, the stale summer air inside her New Orleans apartment became suffocating."

Climate Change [3]
Disasters [40]
Energy & Fuel [19]
Environmental Health [22]
Public [14]
National (U.S.) [8]
Source: NPR [41], 09/23/2021
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"California’s Reliance on Dams Puts Fish in Hot Water" [42]

"As California’s prized salmon runs teeter toward extinction in another crushing drought, a new study highlights the need to rethink dams — a key part of the state’s water management." "Water releases from dams aren’t that good at mimicking natural conditions, a new study finds."

Climate Change [3]
Fish & Fisheries [36]
Water & Oceans [37]
Public [14]
National (U.S.) [8]
California [43]
Source: The Revelator [44], 09/23/2021
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"John Kerry’s Sales Pitch to Save the Planet" [45]

"As the first presidential envoy for climate, he wants to persuade world leaders to “do what the science tells us.” With global climate talks less than two months away, he faces a tough path."

Climate Change [3]
Environmental Politics [4]
Journalism & Media [6]
Public [14]
National (U.S.) [8]
International [9]
Source: NYTimes [46], 09/23/2021
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