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Reducing the Obstacles to Science-Based Local Climate Reporting [1]

Get a behind-the-scenes look at the most surprising findings from a new survey of environmental journalists. It showed a range of challenges in covering local climate change stories. And see what the group behind the survey hopes to do to help reporters and editors address these obstacles.

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Climate Change [3]
Journalism & Media [4]
Science [5]
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National (U.S.) [6]
International [7]
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Public [8]
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Hotter, Drier, Hungrier: How Global Warming Punishes the World’s Poorest [9]

"KAKUMA, Kenya — These barren plains of sand and stone have always known lean times: times when the rivers run dry and the cows wither day by day, until their bones are scattered under the acacia trees. But the lean times have always been followed by normal times, when it rains enough to rebuild herds, repay debts, give milk to the children and eat meat a few times each week."

Climate Change [3]
People & Population [10]
Public [8]
Africa [11]
Source: NY Times [12], 03/16/2018
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"On the Louisiana Coast, A Native Community Sinks Slowly into the Sea" [13]

"The Biloxi-Chitimacha-Choctaw Indians of southern Louisiana have been called America’s first climate refugees. But two years after receiving federal funding to move to higher ground, the tribe is stuck in limbo, waiting for new homes as the water inches closer to their doors."

Climate Change [3]
People & Population [10]
Water & Oceans [14]
Public [8]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [15]
Source: YaleE360 [16], 03/16/2018
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"FEMA Strips Mention of ‘Climate Change’ From Its Strategic Plan" [17]

"The Federal Emergency Management Agency, responsible for dealing with the effects of disasters like hurricanes and floods, has stripped the words “climate change” from the document meant to guide its actions over the next four years."

Climate Change [3]
Disasters [18]
Environmental Politics [19]
Science [5]
Public [8]
National (U.S.) [6]
Source: Bloomberg [20], 03/16/2018
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Enviros Sue Trump EPA Over Refusal to Release Heartland Communications [21]

"Two environmental groups filed suit Thursday to force the Environmental Protection Agency to disclose its correspondence with the Heartland Institute, a conservative think tank that has led a years-long campaign to discredit climate science."

Climate Change [3]
Environmental Politics [19]
Journalism & Media [4]
Laws & Regulations [22]
Science [5]
Public [8]
National (U.S.) [6]
Source: InsideClimate News [23], 03/16/2018
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"Easter Island Is Critically Vulnerable To Rising Ocean Levels" [24]

"HANGA ROA, Easter Island — The human bones lay baking in the sun. It wasn’t the first time Hetereki Huke had stumbled upon an open grave like this one. For years, the swelling waves had broken open platform after platform containing ancient remains."

Climate Change [3]
Natural Resources [25]
People & Population [10]
Water & Oceans [14]
Public [8]
Australia & Oceania [26]
Source: NY Times [27], 03/15/2018
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Despite Trump's Skepticism, US Officials Still Fighting Global Warming [28]

"U.S. President Donald Trump has bashed international efforts to combat climate change and questioned the scientific consensus that global warming is dangerous and driven by human consumption of fossil fuels. But there is a disconnect between what Trump says at home and what his government does abroad."

Climate Change [3]
Government [29]
Laws & Regulations [22]
Public [8]
National (U.S.) [6]
Source: Reuters [30], 03/15/2018
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FEMA Flood Maps Underestimate Real Risks: Study. Florida’s A Hot Spot. [31]

"Flood risk, a perpetual concern in porous, low-slung South Florida, is far worse here and across the continental U.S. than now projected under Federal Emergency Management Agency flood maps used by homeowners to decide where to buy insurance, according to a new assessment."

Climate Change [3]
Disasters [18]
Water & Oceans [14]
Public [8]
National (U.S.) [6]
Source: Miami Herald [32], 03/15/2018
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"U.S. Government Sued After Failing To Submit Climate Change Report" [33]

"An environmental advocacy group sued the U.S. government on Tuesday for failing to release records that could show why it has not filed a report required under a global climate compact."

Climate Change [3]
Laws & Regulations [22]
Public [8]
National (U.S.) [6]
Source: Reuters [34], 03/15/2018
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Climate Change Threatens Survival of Thousands of Species in Our Lifetime [35]

"An alarming study finds at 4.5 degrees warming, the world’s most biologically diverse ecosystems could witness extinction of half their plant and animal species."

Climate Change [3]
Wildlife [36]
Public [8]
International [7]
Source: InsideClimate News [37], 03/14/2018
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