"US Blizzard Expected To Impact Millions In Rockies, Midwest"
"A massive winter storm blew toward the center of the U.S. on Monday, threatening millions of people with heavy snow, freezing rain and flooding."
Source: AP, 12/13/2022
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Disinformation Presents New Challenges to Environmental Journalists
An explosion of deliberately misleading information has hit the environmental journalism beat, argues the new Backgrounder. A look at how today’s untruth industry has evolved from that of the past, particularly in the area of climate change, and how reporters have now turned it into its own specialty coverage area. Plus, seven tips on what you can do to handle disinformation on your beat.
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Weather Nerd ‘Looks Up’ and Finds Science, Meaning in Stormy Skies
Gen Z weather hotshot Matthew Cappucci recounts his rapid, if uneven, rise into major media meteorology in his new book, “Looking Up.” Along the way, he talks about weather — and the science behind it — in a way that reporters who cover storms can make good use of. Jenny Weeks reviews the volume for BookShelf.
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When Sizing Up Threats to Biodiversity, Databases Can Help
Biodiversity is on the minds of many this week as international biodiversity treaty talks take place in Montreal. For environmental journalists covering the topic, there are a number of databases readily available that track endangered species in the United States and globally. The latest Reporter’s Toolbox has a helpful list. Plus, visit our new biodiversity “Topics on the Beat” page and keep on top of the latest biodiversity headlines with EJToday.
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"Virginia Air Pollution Board Votes To Leave Regional Carbon-Credit Program"
"Virginia’s air quality board on Wednesday voted to leave an interstate emissions-reduction partnership, bringing the state closer to fulfilling Gov. Glenn Youngkin’s (R) vow to withdraw from the program earlier this year even as critics say the process needs legislative approval."
Source: The Hill, 12/12/2022
"Op-ed: What The Pesticide Industry Doesn’t Want You To Know"
"Like Big Oil, pesticide companies spend hundreds of millions every year on deceitful PR strategies to keep their hazardous products on the market, even as evidence mounts that many pesticides still used today are tied to certain cancers, damage to children’s developing brains, biodiversity collapse, and more."
Source: EHN, 12/12/2022
"Waves of Abandonment"
"The Permian Basin is ground zero for a billion-dollar surge of zombie oil wells." "As oil and gas companies weathered volatile oil prices last year, many halted production. More than 100,000 oil and gas wells in Texas and New Mexico are idle."
Source: Grist, 12/12/2022
Topic on the Beat: Biodiversity
Here's a list of top biodiversity stories from SEJournal.
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"America Underwater"
"This year, extreme precipitation deluged communities across the United States — a hallmark risk of a warming climate. Government flood-insurance maps often left residents unprepared for the threat."
Source: Washington Post, 12/12/2022
"U.S. To Announce Fusion Energy ‘Breakthrough’"
"Scientists hit a key milestone in the quest to create abundant zero-carbon power through nuclear fusion. But they still have a long way to go."
Source: Washington Post, 12/12/2022
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