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Reporter Unravels Complex Dynamic Between Climate Change and Nature [1]

Nature-based climate solutions have become a much-talked-of topic, one that journalist Gabriel Popkin turned into a loose beat through which to explore the complicated realities beyond some easy narratives. The resulting stories were published widely to high praise, and in the latest Inside Story Q&A, Popkin spoke about his efforts and offered up five critical factors for producing original, impactful journalism.

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Agriculture [3]
Climate Change [4]
Economy & Business [5]
Energy & Fuel [6]
Environmental Health [7]
Environmental Justice [8]
Environmental Studies [9]
Forests [10]
Journalism & Media [11]
Natural Resources [12]
Planning & Growth [13]
Policy [14]
Science [15]
Technology [16]
Region: 
National (U.S.) [17]
Great Plains (IA KS ND NE MO SD) [18]
International [19]
Europe [20]
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At COP28 Oil Firms Pledge To Combat Methane. Enviros Call It A “Smokescreen” [22]

"Fifty oil companies representing nearly half of global production have pledged to reach near-zero methane emissions and end routine flaring in their operations by 2030, the president of this year’s United Nations climate talks said Saturday, a move that environmental groups called a “smokescreen.”"

Activism [23]
Climate Change [4]
Economy & Business [5]
Energy & Fuel [6]
Environmental Justice [8]
Infrastructure [24]
Journalism & Media [11]
Public [21]
International [19]
Source: AP [25], 12/04/2023

"West Virginians Could Get Stuck Cleaning Up the Coal Industry’s Messes" [26]

"West Virginia’s fund to clean up abandoned coal mines is in such dire shape that it threatens to stick taxpayers with hundreds of millions — perhaps even billions — of dollars in cleanup costs. And yet, little is being done to turn things around."

Economy & Business [5]
Energy & Fuel [6]
Environmental Justice [8]
Environmental Politics [27]
Laws & Regulations [28]
Natural Resources [12]
Pollution [29]
Waste [30]
Water & Oceans [31]
Public [21]
Mid-Atlantic (DC DE MD PA VA WV) [32]
Source: Mountain State Spotlight [33], 12/04/2023

"In Reversal, Mexico Calls For Moratorium On International Deep-Sea Mining" [34]

"On Nov. 21, Mexico became the latest nation to call for a moratorium on deep-sea mining in international waters."

Chemicals [35]
Climate Change [4]
Economy & Business [5]
Environmental Politics [27]
Laws & Regulations [28]
Natural Resources [12]
Pollution [29]
Water & Oceans [31]
Public [21]
International [19]
Mexico [36]
Source: Mongabay [37], 11/30/2023

"Former Coal Towns Get Money for Clean-Energy Factories" [38]

"An Energy Department program designed to create jobs and manufacturing in communities reliant on fossil fuels is backing projects in West Virginia, Colorado and elsewhere."

Climate Change [4]
Economy & Business [5]
Energy & Fuel [6]
Environmental Justice [8]
Public [21]
National (U.S.) [17]
Source: NYTimes [39], 11/28/2023

"Revealed: Saudi Arabia’s Grand Plan To ‘Hook’ Poor Countries On Oil" [40]

"Saudi Arabia is driving a huge global investment plan to create demand for its oil and gas in developing countries, an undercover investigation has revealed. Critics said the plan was designed to get countries “hooked on its harmful products”.

Climate Change [4]
Economy & Business [5]
Energy & Fuel [6]
Environmental Politics [27]
Transportation [41]
Public [21]
International [19]
Middle East [42]
Source: Guardian [43], 11/28/2023

"Colorado River Deal Opens Cash Spigot For Big Farms" [44]

"A POLITICO investigation has found that many of the deals to save water under the three-year $1.2 billion pact struck by Arizona, California and Nevada in May are driving up the value of existing agreements to save or transfer water by nearly 50 percent."

Agriculture [3]
Climate Change [4]
Consumer [45]
Economy & Business [5]
Environmental Politics [27]
Laws & Regulations [28]
Water & Oceans [31]
Public [21]
National (U.S.) [17]
Source: Politico [46], 11/28/2023

US Oil And Gas Production Set To Break Record In 2023 Despite UN Treaty [47]

"The United States is poised to extract more oil and gas than ever before in 2023, a year that is certain to be the hottest ever recorded, providing a daunting backdrop to crucial United Nations climate talks that hold the hope of an agreement to end the era of fossil fuels."

Climate Change [4]
Economy & Business [5]
Energy & Fuel [6]
Environmental Politics [27]
Pollution [29]
Public [21]
National (U.S.) [17]
Source: Guardian [48], 11/28/2023

Between the Lines — Author Explores Experience of Living Through Climate Change [49]

To make climate change less abstract and more direct, writer Madeline Ostrander traveled the country to speak to those living with its impacts in the places they call home. In a BookShelf “Between the Lines” Q&A, Ostrander discusses her resulting book, “At Home on an Unruly Planet: Finding Refuge on a Changed Earth,” and addresses the lenses she used, the characters she portrayed and the surprises she encountered.

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Activism [23]
Climate Change [4]
Disasters [51]
Economy & Business [5]
Environmental Justice [8]
Environmental Politics [27]
Forests [10]
Health [52]
Journalism & Media [11]
People & Population [53]
Policy [14]
Religion, Faith and Spirituality [54]
Science [15]
Wildlife [55]
Region: 
National (U.S.) [17]
Alaska and Hawaii [56]
California [57]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [58]
International [19]
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"As Groundwater Dwindles, Powerful Players Block Change" [60]

"In a country where the value of land often depends on access to water, powerful interests in agriculture, heavy industry and real estate draw vast amounts of water out of the ground. For generations, that water has been treated as an unlimited resource in much of the United States, freely available to anyone who owns a piece of land and can drill a well. Entire local economies have been built around the assumption that the water will never run out."

Agriculture [3]
Economy & Business [5]
Infrastructure [24]
Laws & Regulations [28]
Water & Oceans [31]
Public [21]
National (U.S.) [17]
Great Plains (IA KS ND NE MO SD) [18]
Source: NYTimes [61], 11/27/2023

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