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Climate News Coverage [1]

SEJ offers an extensive Climate Change Resource Guide to reporters and editors, especially those newer to the climate change beat, in order to support their coverage of this all-important topic. On this page you'll find climate news sources sorted by category.

Topics on the Beat: 
Climate Change [2]
Journalism & Media [3]
Visibility: 
Public [4]

"Electric Vehicles: 4 Ways 2021 Could Be The Year Of The EV" [5]

"Whether you look to the manufacturing floor or the Oval Office, 2021 is shaping up as pivotal year for the electric vehicle."

Air [6]
Climate Change [2]
Consumer [7]
Energy & Fuel [8]
Pollution [9]
Transportation [10]
Public [4]
International [11]
Source: E&E News [12], 01/06/2021

"Grasslands May Soon Produce More Greenhouse Gases Than They Sequester" [13]

"The world’s grasslands are an essential carbon sink, and may even be more efficient at capturing atmospheric carbon than trees. But thanks to animal agriculture and fertilizer use, they’re now producing as much greenhouse gas pollution as they sequester, according to a new study published in Nature Communications on Tuesday."

Agriculture [14]
Climate Change [2]
Natural Resources [15]
Public [4]
National (U.S.) [16]
International [11]
Source: Earther [17], 01/06/2021

Massachusetts To Require 100 Percent Of Car Sales To Be Electric By 2035 [18]

"Massachusetts plans on ending the sale of new gas-powered vehicles by 2035, following California’s lead in an effort to reduce greenhouse gas emissions."

Climate Change [2]
Energy & Fuel [8]
Laws & Regulations [19]
Transportation [10]
Public [4]
Northeast (CT MA ME NH NJ NY RI VT) [20]
Source: The Hill [21], 01/06/2021

"Biden Set To Supercharge Clean Energy Push With $40B Stash" [22]

"The Department of Energy is poised to play an essential role as the Biden administration looks to leverage clean energy investments."

Climate Change [2]
Energy & Fuel [8]
Public [4]
National (U.S.) [16]
Source: Politico [23], 01/05/2021

Global Warming Could Stop Relatively Quickly After Emissions Go to Zero [24]

"That’s one of several recent conclusions about climate change that came more sharply into focus in 2020."

Climate Change [2]
Energy & Fuel [8]
Public [4]
International [11]
Source: Inside Climate News [25], 01/05/2021

Environmental Issues Likely To Find Their Way to Courts in 2021 [26]

Environmental journalists may want to brush up on their legalese for 2021, as the likelihood of legal challenges over environmental policies — and Trump-era rollbacks — increases. Our Issue Backgrounder, the newest entry in our growing special report, “2021 Journalists’ Guide to Energy & Environment [27],” looks at potential legal conflicts over climate change, pipelines, drilling, auto emissions, clean water and more.

SEJ Publication Types: 
Backgrounders [28]
Topics on the Beat: 
Air [6]
Climate Change [2]
Environmental Politics [29]
Government [30]
Journalism & Media [3]
Laws & Regulations [19]
Policy [31]
Pollution [9]
Water & Oceans [32]
Region: 
National (U.S.) [16]
Visibility: 
Public [4]

Renewables To Flourish Further in 2021 [33]

Energy markets may mean more than government action in the ongoing effort to cut global warming emissions. But industry spin makes it tough to sort out the facts. The latest TipSheet, part of our expanding “2021 Journalists’ Guide to Energy & Environment [27]” special report, has context on tech advances, shifting demand and the impact of subsidies. That, plus six top developments to watch.

SEJ Publication Types: 
TipSheet [34]
Topics on the Beat: 
Activism [35]
Climate Change [2]
Consumer [7]
Economy & Business [36]
Energy & Fuel [8]
Environmental Politics [29]
Government [30]
Journalism & Media [3]
Laws & Regulations [19]
Natural Resources [15]
Policy [31]
Pollution [9]
Technology [37]
Transportation [10]
Region: 
National (U.S.) [16]
Visibility: 
Public [4]

Sea Level Rise Reduces Some Norfolk Stormwater System Capacity By 50% [38]

"In Hampton Roads, rising tides have started to turn some of the region’s stormwater systems — which are meant to usher rainwater into ponds, lakes and rivers via underground pipes — against this coastal community."

Climate Change [2]
Water & Oceans [32]
Public [4]
Mid-Atlantic (DC DE MD PA VA WV) [39]
Source: Norfolk Virginian-Pilot [40], 01/04/2021

Dems Push Regulator To Scrap Rule Forcing Banks To Serve Oil, Gun Firms [41]

"The chairwoman of the House Financial Services Committee and nearly two dozen House Democrats urged a federal bank regulator Wednesday to scrap a potential rule forcing banks to serve oil, gas and firearm companies."

Climate Change [2]
Economy & Business [36]
Energy & Fuel [8]
Environmental Politics [29]
Laws & Regulations [19]
Public [4]
National (U.S.) [16]
Source: The Hill [42], 01/04/2021

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