"As Local News Dies, a Pay-for-Play Network Rises in Its Place"
"A nationwide operation of 1,300 local sites publishes coverage that is ordered up by Republican groups and corporate P.R. firms."
Source: NYTimes, 10/20/2020
Activism
All forms of advocacy, esp. environmental groups.
Climate Money Meets the Super PACs
Amid the frenzy of Election 2020 comes a quieter development: The emergence of Big Climate money. Green groups and climate-focused fundraisers are now starting to take their place as major players alongside Big Oil as campaign contributors. The latest Reporter’s Toolbox suggests databases and other resources to help track climate (and other election) money.
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Letting Residents Take the Lead in ‘Polluter's Paradise’
A battery of polluting industry spewing toxic pollution and a small town of residents south of Baton Rouge unbowed by their circumstance make for the ingredients of a powerful team investigative project, newly named to the top prize in the Society of Environmental Journalists’ 2020 reporting awards. Inside Story offers a look behind “Polluter’s Paradise” in a Q&A with reporter Tristan Baurick.
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“Diary of a Young Naturalist”
With the heart of a naturalist, the head of a scientist and the weary bones of someone watching the destruction of the natural world, a prize-winning writer shares insights into the environment … and into a mind shaped by autism. That writer, by the way, is just 16 years old. BookShelf’s Melody Kemp reviews “Diary of a Young Naturalist.”
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Plant Trackers Help Mark Coal’s Decline
Keeping tabs on the increasingly frequent closing of U.S. coal-fired electric power plants is an important way to follow developments on the larger climate change beat. The latest Reporter’s Toolbox points to several mapping databases that help make the job far easier — whether watching the industry in the United States or abroad.
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Enviros Launch 'Green Wave 2020' To Boost Competitive Dem Campaigns
"Five major environmental groups will be joining together to pour resources into more than 30 House races and four Senate races to elect “environmental champions” to Congress."
Source: The Hill, 10/02/2020
"Florida’s ‘Gray Greens’ Are Mobilizing To Save The Environment"
"Elders have long played a key role in the conservation movement. Tampa Bay seniors are using their resources and time to combat climate change together."
Source: Tampa Bay Times, 09/29/2020
Pa. Regulator Says Sunoco Must Do More To Share Pipeline Safety Info
"Pennsylvania’s utility regulator is siding with a Cumberland County man in his complaint against Sunoco’s Mariner East pipeline."
Source: StateImpact Pa., 09/29/2020
"Some Young Evangelicals Abandoning Trump Over Climate Change?"
"While conservative Christians remain staunch supporters of the president, the climate consciousness of Generation Z could bring a political shift in the long-term."
Source: InsideClimate News, 09/25/2020
"World's Youth Rallies Against Climate Change"
"United under Swedish activist Greta Thunberg, young people rallied worldwide on Friday to demand urgent action to halt catastrophic climate change, in their first global protest since the coronavirus crisis began."
Source: Reuters, 09/25/2020
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