Peter Dykstra Column: "Climate Change Denial And Me" [1]
"Since the 1990’s, I’ve had a front row seat for TV news's abject failure in covering climate change."
"Since the 1990’s, I’ve had a front row seat for TV news's abject failure in covering climate change."
Reporters needn’t always go far and wide to find environment angles. A case in point is your local farmers market, which can yield a variety of food-related stories, ranging from food justice and urban agriculture to pesticides and organics. That and a few tasty samples on the side. TipSheet takes a stroll through the aisles for the backstory, plus reporting resources and story ideas.
As Brazil’s wetlands burned and as the country illegally shipped wood from the Amazon and scaled back environmental enforcement amid the pandemic, award-winning journalist Jake Spring of Reuters was there, telling tough, sometimes dangerous stories. Spring shares insights into his “just the facts” reporting, including the surprises and the lessons, and offers some practical advice in this Inside Story Q&A.
"The touted tech is still scarce and pricey, and even oilsands allies counsel caution."
"The Department of Transportation on Thursday proposed a new requirement that states and metropolitan areas measure the amount of carbon dioxide being released through driving on interstate highways and other major roads."
"The Trump EPA flouted transparency requirements and proper protocol when it changed a rule pertaining to “forever chemicals,” according to findings out today from the agency’s watchdog."
Environmental groups are suing the Dutch subsidiary of Air France KLM over an advertising campaign they allege breaches European consumer law by misleading the public over how sustainable its flights are.
"Writers like Kim Stanley Robinson, Barry Lopez, Sy Montgomery and others celebrate the fragile beauty of this modern world — and address how to help save it."
"Summer is normally beach-read season, the time of year when publishers pump out potboilers and steamy romances to fill the sun-drenched days.
But what if your local beach is polluted, flooded, plagued with invasive species or just too darn hot?
"Widespread greenwashing by businesses is compromising efforts to prepare for climate impacts such as floods and heatwaves, the chair of the Environment Agency will say in a speech on Monday."
Meet SEJ member Amy Martin! Amy is the founder and executive producer of Threshold, a Peabody Award-winning podcast about human relationships with the natural world. Each season takes a deep dive into one pressing environmental story, exploring it through the intersections of science, politics, culture and environmental justice.
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[2] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/climate-change
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[4] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/environmental-politics
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[10] https://www.sej.org/publications/tipsheet/farmers-markets-offer-local-environmental-stories
[11] https://www.sej.org/category/sej-publication/tipsheet
[12] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/activism
[13] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/agriculture
[14] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/consumer
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[26] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/laws
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[29] https://www.sej.org/headlines/dot-proposal-would-require-states-track-carbon-emissions-driving
[30] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/air
[31] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/transportation
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[33] https://www.sej.org/headlines/watchdog-slams-trump-epa-tampering-pfas-rule
[34] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/chemicals/toxics
[35] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/environmental-health
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[38] https://www.reuters.com/business/aerospace-defense/dutch-airline-klm-sued-over-greenwashing-ads-2022-07-06/
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