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We at EndClimateSilence.org want reporters to mention climate change in the stories they're already reporting about their effects.

But how can these reporters be confident in linking their stories to climate?

This thread offers some tools....

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Your first resource is the 4th National Climate Assessment, specifically the "Report Chapters" on particular US "Regions."

nca2018.globalchange.gov

Wondering if the latest science has established a link between climate change and an extreme event? Start there.

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The next step is to check out the "Extreme Weather Toolkits" on this @ClimateCentral page.

medialibrary.climatecentral.org/resources

These can help you formulate your language for talking about the links between extreme weather and climate.

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Still not sure?

Why don't you DM @MichaelEMann, Distinguished Professor of Atmospheric Science at Penn State, and an honored member of our Advisory Board.

Dr. Mann has the latest research at his fingertips and extensive media experience.

Talk to the expert directly!

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Find another indispensable resource at the @ClimateSignals "Events and Headlines" page: giving you language that synthesizes the research about extreme weather events currently making headlines, the user interface here is intuitive and super-useful.

climatesignals.org/headlines

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We will continue to add more resources as they are developed.

For now, thank you in advance for your efforts to #EndClimateSilence and report the truth!

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EndClimateSilence.org
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We at EndClimateSilence.org are calling for reporters and anchors to mention climate change in the stories they are reporting about its effects.

We also ask reporters and producers not to suppress their efforts!

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Here's the background: in conversation with a reporter on a national beat at a major newspaper, we learned that this writer once tried to mention climate change in a story but was told by their editor that doing so would be "political."

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The reporter was ordered to take their mention of climate change out.

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EndClimateSilence.org
@EndClimtSilence
This is one of the most shocking cases of #climatesilence we've ever seen.

@adeelnyt writes an entire article in the @nytimes about the context of the #NebraskaFloods and fails to mention climate change even once.

nytimes.com/2019/03/18/us/…

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Newsflash! The midwestern floods from the bomb cyclone ARE linked to climate change.

@gaarder in her @OWHnews article made those links clear, quoting both James Hansen and @MichaelEMann. She is a model to reporters everywhere.

omaha.com/weather/record…

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Hassan wasn't the only @nytimes reporter who failed to mention climate change.

@mihirzaveri wrote an entire piece veritably humming with #climatesilence.

nytimes.com/2019/03/16/us/…

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Dr. Genevieve Guenther
@DoctorVive
As Director of @EndClimateSilence, I thank you for amplifying our tweet thread.

Glad to see we're making you nervous.

But I must also say that you, blatantly lying, misrepresent both our position and the science in your attempted rebuttal.

Let's begin, shall we?

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First of all, we've never called for anyone to "blame global warming" for any extreme weather event. That's a lie.

We call for reporters to mention climate change in their stories about extreme weather.

Climate change is part of the context for those stories.

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Here are 4 examples from what you call "US Climate Assessment" [sic], in the section about the N Great Planes themselves.

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Lisa Hymas
@lisahymas
How broadcast TV networks covered climate change in 2018. TLDR version: really shittily, like hardly at all. New analysis from the @mmfa climate team. mm4a.org/4Xa #EndClimateSilence #CoverClimate
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Dr. Genevieve Guenther
@DoctorVive
After chatting about climate w putatively progressive parents at 3 different kids' birthday parties this weekend 😐, I will report anecdotally that even folks who think they accept the science sometimes don't want to take action on climate change.

Why not?

2 reasons:

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Dr. Genevieve Guenther
@DoctorVive
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Dr. Genevieve Guenther
@DoctorVive
I really wanted to like @NathanielRich's @NYTmag piece about 70's & 80's climate politics. It does put AGW front-and-center for once. But I'm crushed to say that Rich suppresses important facts, covering up how organized climate denial created our current predicament.

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