Many journalists have been caught in a dilemma of whether or not to give climate change deniers airtime as a means to fulfil their duty of balance. The narratives pushed by climate change deniers and skeptics are extremely dangerous. They confuse people and...
Reporting on the environment and climate has acquired an unprecedented importance in recent years, as climate change has heightened environmental concerns across the world. More media outlets in the United States and elsewhere in the world have begun to hire reporters...
We are used to measuring everything in percentages – successes and failures in business, the quality of education and health care, even happiness. We measure in percentages the damage we ourselves cause to nature. The climate is changing, and with it the...
A first-time visitor to Grand Marais might be surprised to see solar panels installed on house roofs, simply because this icy small town is a long way from the Sun Belt. But first impressions are often misleading. Spending three nights in Grand Marais showed me that...
Organic food is on the rise in the United States, but why do I still find it difficult to find organic products in neighborhood grocery stores? Home in Finland, I buy the groceries at a small corner shop in my neighborhood in downtown Helsinki. Most of the basic...
Agriculture and environment reporters from Iowa share the challenges of covering the politically sensitive topic of climate change, and how it impacts the state’ communities and people’s daily...