"Trump’s Violent Language Toward EVs"
"The former president has deployed increasingly aggressive talk about electric vehicles and their effect on the American economy."
Source: NYTimes, 03/19/2024
Journalism & Media
"Federal Court Halts SEC Climate Reporting Rule"
"Federal judges have temporarily halted a landmark new climate reporting rule, sidelining efforts by Wall Street’s top regulator to uncover the risks U.S. corporations and their investors face from rising global temperatures."
Source: E&E News, 03/18/2024
Wildfire Preparedness Is a Story Worth Telling — Before ‘Fire Season’
Wildfires in the Texas Panhandle are a good reminder that wildfire season now stretches across much of the year, so environmental journalists would do well to look for ways to localize their reporting on wildfire preparedness. The latest TipSheet offers 10 story ideas and half a dozen reporting resources to tell the story of your community’s wildfire risk.
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#SEJSpotlight: David Hammer, Investigative Reporter, WWL-TV
Meet SEJ member David Hammer! David is an investigative reporter at WWL-TV, the CBS affiliate in New Orleans. He has been a professional journalist for more than 25 years in print, wire service and broadcast. His mission is to help improve his community by holding area leaders accountable and exposing fraud and abuse.
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SEJ's Fund for Environmental Journalism Awards $47,605 to Support Stories on the U.S. Clean Energy Transition
The Fund for Environmental Journalism has awarded $47,605 for 11 projects selected through the 2023-24 round of competition for stories on the U.S. Clean Energy Transition. 100% of the story projects focus on under-represented communities or share diverse perspectives on environmental issues.
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Climate-Science Deniers Are Plotting Against the Clean Energy Transition
"Last July, a small group of rabble-rousers boarded a trio of powerboats, banners and bullhorns in hand. They were headed for the massive floating construction site of an offshore wind farm 35 miles from the eastern tip of Long Island, New York."
Source: Sierra, 03/13/2024
"Spate of Mock News Sites With Russian Ties Pop Up in U.S."
"Into the depleted field of journalism in America, a handful of websites have appeared in recent weeks with names suggesting a focus on news close to home: D.C. Weekly, the New York News Daily, the Chicago Chronicle and a newer sister publication, the Miami Chronicle. In fact, they are not local news organizations at all. They are Russian creations, researchers and government officials say, meant to mimic actual news organizations to push Kremlin propaganda by interspersing it among an at-times odd mix of stories about crime, politics and culture."
Source: NYTimes, 03/12/2024
Will AI Make It Easier To Limit Press Freedom?
Artificial intelligence is at the confluence of forces — concentrated media ownership, the dominance of social media platforms — that are harming press freedoms and the work of journalists. But the WatchDog Opinion column warns AI may quickly further problems of disinformation and censorship. Here’s why, along with some hopeful responses from the journalism profession.
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