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How Attribution Science Can Help Reporters on the Heat Beat [1]

With 2026 shaping up to be an exceptional El Niño year, expect lots of record-breaking heat waves and other extreme weather. But climate change will also contribute. Explaining the role of both is essential to complete coverage. Journalist Ethan Brown shares tips and resources for using climate attribution science as a powerful reporting tool. Plus, five questions to ask while covering the next extreme climate event.

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Topics on the Beat: 
Climate Change [3]
Disasters [4]
Environmental Politics [5]
Environmental Studies [6]
Journalism & Media [7]
Policy [8]
Science [9]
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National (U.S.) [10]
International [11]
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Public [12]
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"Think It’s Hot Now? The Next Five Years Will Smash Records, UN Says" [13]

"In the next five years, the Earth is overwhelmingly likely to surge again and again past the international climate threshold set as safe and shatter its hottest-year record along the way, according to new United Nations climate projections."

Climate Change [3]
Energy & Fuel [14]
Pollution [15]
Public [12]
International [11]
Source: AP [16], 06/01/2026
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"Voters In 9 States Will Pick The People Overseeing Their Power Bills" [17]

"Public utility commissions have a ton of influence over utility rate hikes and power plant construction, but only a handful of states let voters decide who’s on them."

Climate Change [3]
Economy & Business [18]
Energy & Fuel [14]
Environmental Politics [5]
Laws & Regulations [19]
People & Population [20]
Public [12]
National (U.S.) [10]
Source: Canary Media [21], 06/01/2026
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"Data Center Boom Raises Environmental Justice Concerns In Maryland" [22]

"As Staci Hartwell sees it, her community has much more to lose than to gain from the development of a massive data center."

Activism [23]
Climate Change [3]
Energy & Fuel [14]
Environmental Justice [24]
Environmental Politics [5]
Infrastructure [25]
Laws & Regulations [19]
Pollution [15]
Technology [26]
Public [12]
Mid-Atlantic (DC DE MD PA VA WV) [27]
Source: Bay Journal [28], 06/01/2026
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"Wildfires In 2025 Caused Global Havoc. Study Calls For Decisive Action" [29]

"It was the best of times, it was the worst of times.

First, the good news: A new analysis of global wildfire activity in 2025 shows that the year had the second-lowest area burned since 2002. 

But at the same time, the study also revealed that the world experienced some of the most destructive and deadly fire events in recent history, including the catastrophic Los Angeles fires of January 2025 that killed dozens and burned over 12,000 homes.

Air [30]
Climate Change [3]
Disasters [4]
Forests [31]
Government [32]
People & Population [20]
Pollution [15]
Public [12]
National (U.S.) [10]
Canada [33]
Mexico [34]
Source: USA TODAY [35], 06/01/2026
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EPA Rollbacks Could Raise AC, Refrigeration Costs, Not Promised Savings [36]

"President Donald Trump said new regulatory rollbacks on chemical refrigerants will reduce the prices consumers pay for groceries and will not impact the environment. However, U.S. chemical, refrigeration and air-conditioning manufacturers said the changes will raise prices and his administration’s own projections show that greenhouse gas pollution will increase."

Chemicals [37]
Climate Change [3]
Consumer [38]
Environmental Politics [5]
Laws & Regulations [19]
Pollution [15]
Technology [26]
Public [12]
National (U.S.) [10]
Source: Inside Climate News [39], 06/01/2026
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SEC Repealing Rule That Requires Firms To Report Emissions And Climate Risk [40]

"In the latest action to undo Biden-era regulations on climate change, the Securities and Exchange Commission on Friday proposed repealing a rule that requires some public companies to report their greenhouse gas emissions and the risks they face from global warming."

Climate Change [3]
Economy & Business [18]
Energy & Fuel [14]
Environmental Politics [5]
Laws & Regulations [19]
Pollution [15]
Public [12]
National (U.S.) [10]
International [11]
Source: AP [41], 06/01/2026
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"Heat Warnings Are Issued Across Canada’s Prairies" [42]

"Canada’s first big heat wave of the year was expected to bring prolonged warm weather to southern Alberta, Saskatchewan and Manitoba."

Climate Change [3]
Environmental Health [43]
People & Population [20]
Public [12]
Canada [33]
Source: New York Times [44], 05/29/2026
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House Spending Plan Slaps Hefty Inspection Fees On Offshore Wind Projects [45]

"The Republican appropriations bill for the Interior Department proposes per-turbine fees for wind projects, potentially boosting those costs much higher than fees paid by oil and gas companies."

Climate Change [3]
Energy & Fuel [14]
Infrastructure [25]
Laws & Regulations [19]
Technology [26]
Water & Oceans [46]
Public [12]
National (U.S.) [10]
Source: E&E News [47], 05/29/2026
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"EPA’s Power Plant Repeal Could Leave Some Rules In Place" [48]

"EPA’s efforts to undo Biden-era climate rules for power plants could get a major overhaul before they clear White House review, according to some insiders watching the process."

Air [30]
Climate Change [3]
Economy & Business [18]
Energy & Fuel [14]
Environmental Health [43]
Environmental Justice [24]
Environmental Politics [5]
Laws & Regulations [19]
People & Population [20]
Pollution [15]
Public [12]
National (U.S.) [10]
Source: E&E News [49], 05/29/2026
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