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Articles tagged climate change (41)

In normal times, text-only websites are a niche interest. But a natural disaster is not normal times.
Americans are more familiar with — and more concerned about — “climate change” and “global warming” than they are about “climate crisis,” “climate emergency,” or “climate justice,” according to a new survey.
“As our social media feeds fill up with AI-driven bots, sheer repetition of lies may erode the most essential resource for action on climate change — public support.”
“A lot of times, people are not drawn in when climate is the top line. So I like to start with [a question like] ‘O.K., what’s affecting your daily life?’”
In 2023, stories produced by the organization’s climate teams outperformed the average story on the website in 11 months out of 12, often dramatically.
“It’s information. But it’s not news.”
“When a crisis comes knocking, people turn to journalism to make better decisions. This is what is happening with the climate emergency.” Moreno Cruz Osório
“Good journalism is about doing compelling stories, and we seem to have forgotten that when it comes to climate journalism.”
Even if scientists haven’t confirmed that a particular hurricane, wildfire, or heat wave was made worse by climate change, they know a lot about the big-picture effects of warming on extreme weather events.