USDA Internal Watchdog To Probe Allegedly Buried Climate Change Reports
"The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) inspector general is launching a probe into whether the agency withheld reports on climate change."
Source: The Hill, 10/23/2019
Climate Change
"As Waters Rise, So Do Concerns For Sports Teams Along Coast"
"One franchise’s challenge: Amid rising sea levels, build a stadium to last 100 years."
Source: Washington Post, 10/22/2019
"The Warming Climate Is Making Baby Sea Turtles Almost All Girls"
"BOA VISTA, Cape Verde — She emerged from the ocean just before midnight, clambering up the shore as her ancestors have for 200 million years."
Source: Washington Post, 10/22/2019
"Ozone Hole Shrinks To Smallest Size On Record"
"Thanks to unusually warm temperatures high above Antarctica this month, the ozone hole shrank to its smallest size on record, scientists reported Monday."
Source: USA TODAY, 10/22/2019
Weather Channel To Host Its Own Climate Forum for 2020 Democrats, GOPers
"First it was CNN. Then MSNBC. Now even the Weather Channel wants to ask presidential candidates about climate change."
Source: Washington Post, 10/22/2019
"Canada Election: Trudeau's Liberals Win But Lose Majority"
"Justin Trudeau's Liberal Party has retained power in a narrow Canadian election win but he will now be prime minister of a minority government."
Source: BBC News, 10/22/2019
Report Details How Exxon Sowed Seeds Of Doubt On Climate Change
"Two days before ExxonMobil goes to court Wednesday, facing New York state accusations the oil company misled investors about climate change, a team of researchers released a report Monday outlining the company and the broader fossil fuel industry’s decades-long campaign of deception, and its success at confusing the American public."
Source: LA Times, 10/22/2019
Farms and Ranches, Possible Cause, Cure of Climate Change
The links between agriculture and climate are as old as the Indus Valley Civilization and as current as this year’s Mississippi Basin floods. And stories about how each influences the other will likely unfold at an ever faster rate, according to this week’s TipSheet. The backstory, with an outline of the interactions between ag and global warming, plus story ideas and reporting resources.
SEJ Publication Types:
Topics on the Beat:
Visibility:
Trump Officials Say Aid To Puerto Rico Was Knowingly Stalled After Maria
"Two officials with the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) acknowledged during a hearing this week that the agency knowingly stalled sending hurricane relief funding to Puerto Rico after missing a legally required deadline to do so."
Source: The Hill, 10/21/2019
Pages
