"Saving the Great North Woods"
"Across Minnesota, a determined counterattack is emerging against a looming threat to the northern forest — climate change."
Source: Minneapolis Star Tribune, 10/21/2013
Climate Change
"Australia Braces for Potential 'Mega-Wildfire'"
"MOUNT VICTORIA -- Firefighters were battling an enormous blaze in southeastern Australia Monday, with officials warning it could merge with another to create a 'mega-fire' if weather conditions worsen."
Source: AFP, 10/21/2013
"Pacific Man Seeks Climate Change Asylum in New Zealand"
"NEW ZEALAND -- "A Pacific Island man trying to flee rising seas and environmental risks caused by global warming in his home country of Kiribati asked a New Zealand court on Wednesday to let him pursue his claim as a climate change refugee."
Source: Reuters, 10/17/2013
"Climate Scientists Fight U.S. Government Shutdown"
"The federal shutdown is sidelining more than government workers. It's also putting years worth of climate change research in jeopardy, scientists say."
Source: USA TODAY, 10/17/2013
"CU Study Ties Drought To Spruce Beetles"
"Drought in the high northern Colorado mountains, tied to long-term changes in ocean-surface temperatures in the Northern Atlantic Ocean, has been linked to a massive spruce beetle outbreak, according to researchers at the University of Colorado."
Source: Boulder Daily Camera, 10/16/2013
"The Supreme Court Case That Could Upend Obama's Climate Agenda"
"By agreeing to hear a narrowly focused challenge to one portion of the Obama administration's global-warming regulatory agenda, the Supreme Court on Tuesday cast uncertainty on the scope and timing of President Obama's ambitious efforts to fight climate change—an issue on which, like his signature health care law, he hopes to build his legacy."
Source: National Journal, 10/16/2013
The Dirt on Ag & Adaptation
Special Report: Part One
By CHRIS CLAYTON
If you’re looking to connect average Americans to climate change and to how they will have to adapt to it, why not report on the future of food and agriculture? After all, most Americans may not visit the polar ice caps, but everyone needs to eat.
Topics on the Beat:
Visibility:
Climate Adaptation Story Reaches Tipping Point
This special report on climate change adaptation will help environmental journalists better understand and cover this growing topic. Top-notch beat reporters share how to best get at the nuts and bolts of adaptation in coastal communities and agricultural ones, a leading communications thinker shares insights into the “message” of adaptation, and we provide snapshots of a few of the many noteworthy adaptation projects, as well as the special challenges faced in one developing nation.
SEJ Publication Types:
Topics on the Beat:
Visibility:
"Flaws in EDF's Methane Study Draw Criticism from Scientists"
Major news outlets lionized a study of methane drilling leaks -- hailed by industry as showing minimal climate impacts -- that scientists now say was riddled with flaws.
Source: DeSmogBlog, 10/15/2013
"Push Urged for More Cool Roofs in Baltimore"
"Leigh Peterson has one of the coolest roofs in Baltimore. Her rowhouse near Patterson Park sports a blinding white cap, topped by a row of shiny solar panels."
Source: Baltimore Sun, 10/15/2013
Pages
