"The US Electricity Transmission System Is in Gridlock"
"How a national macrogrid could accelerate the movement to electrify everything".
Source: Sierra, 09/19/2023
Climate Change
To Cover Climate Equity Well, Journalists Must Maintain Mental Health
When climate journalists — especially those confronting various forms of oppression in their own communities — witness environmental destruction and human suffering, the trauma can creep into our psyches. But sometimes our professional stance keeps us from seeing the harm to our mental health. In her new Voices of Environmental Justice column, Yessenia Funes looks at the question head-on, exploring resources and paths to better self-care.
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COP28 Will Be Earth-Shaping News in 2024 and Beyond
When nations converge this fall for the latest round of annual talks on harnessing climate change, they meet at a crucial juncture. Will the increasingly dramatic impacts of global warming, and the prospects of worse, focus their attention enough to bring about progress? In this sweeping analysis, Backgrounder assesses the varied pressures at play at the coming COP28, along with tips for covering it, from up close or afar.
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Top Data Sources Can Help Cover the Larger Wildfire Story
In the aftermath of breaking wildfire news, when environmental journalists are looking to tell the bigger picture story, there are myriad resources that provide data and insight. To help you sort through it all, the latest Reporter’s Toolbox scans eight powerful data portals that provide everything from real-time tracking and satellite data to risk analysis and health impacts.
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6 Governors Tell Biden Offshore Wind Projects Need US Help To Get Built
"Offshore wind projects need more federal funding and planning assistance to ensure they get built, the Democratic governors of six northeastern states told the Biden administration, warning that a cornerstone of the climate change fight could be in jeopardy."
Source: AP, 09/18/2023
"States Are Criminalizing Environmental Protest"
"Since the Dakota Access Pipeline conflict, 17 states have passed laws aimed at restricting protests, according to the International Center for Not-for-Profit Law (ICNL). Much of that legislation is aimed specifically at environmental protests, raising the penalties for gatherings that take place on "critical infrastructure" sites like pipelines."
Source: Sierra, 09/18/2023
"Biden to Target Industrial Pollution in a 2nd Term, If He Gets One"
"If President Biden wins a second term, his climate policies would take aim at steel and cement plants, factories and oil refineries — heavily polluting industries that have never before had to rein in their heat-trapping greenhouse gases."
Source: NYTimes, 09/18/2023
Gov. Newsom Says He’ll Sign Greenhouse Gas Emissions Disclosure Bill
"Gov. Gavin Newsom on Sunday announced that he will sign the Climate Corporate Data Accountability Act, Sen. Scott Wiener’s greenhouse gas emissions disclosure requirement bill."
Source: Sacramento Bee, 09/18/2023
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