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‘This is part of our world now’: can TV shows adequately reflect the climate crisis?
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‘This is part of our world now’: can TV shows adequately reflect the climate crisis?

Only around 2.8% of TV shows and films between 2016 and 2020 mentioned climate issues. But a new run of writers is looking to increase that.

Politics
How broadcast TV networks covered climate change in 2018
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How broadcast TV networks covered climate change in 2018

For this study, Media Matters examined 2018 news coverage of climate change on broadcast TV networks, counting and analyzing segments devoted to climate change.

Politics
Here are two big things that were wrong with climate change coverage in 2018
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Here are two big things that were wrong with climate change coverage in 2018

Major outlets reported too little on climate change driving extreme weather and too much on Trump, two analyses find.

Sunday show coverage of climate change in 2018 was a disaster
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Sunday show coverage of climate change in 2018 was a disaster

Less than 6 percent of episodes on the major Sunday shows discussed global warming, and some of them included climate deniers
National broadcast TV news mentioned climate change in less than 4 percent of California wildfire coverage
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National broadcast TV news mentioned climate change in less than 4 percent of California wildfire coverage

While ABC, CBS, and NBC again dropped the ball, local TV news programs in California brought up climate change numerous times during wildfire reporting
Impacts
Massive study of ocean microbes to help predict climate change impact
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Massive study of ocean microbes to help predict climate change impact

Marine microbes are being monitored to help predict the impact of rising sea temperatures.
Opinion

Media failed on climate and extreme weather coverage last year. Will they do better in 2018?

Al Roker gives us reason to be a bit optimistic
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Trump administration accelerates Alabama coal expansion mostly for foreign steel markets

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UK residents take government’s climate strategy to European human rights court

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Nuclear revival plan faces obstacles at Tennessee Valley Authority

CLIMATE
Ornate Parliament Hill building and clock tower in Canada's capital city.

Mark Carney’s rise places Trump between two quiet climate champions

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