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We Tested 41 Baby Formulas for Lead and Arsenic - Consumer Reports CR tested over 40 baby formulas for heavy metals as well as lead, arsenic, BPA, and other potentially harmful contaminants. Here's what you should know.

The alarming test results that pushed to the FDA to announce a new plan for strengthening infant formula oversight, via @lkirchner.bsky.social @consumerreports.org

Half the samples they tested had "potentially harmful levels of at least one contaminant"
www.consumerreports.org/babies-kids/...

StoryReach U.S. Fellowships The Pulitzer Center’s StoryReach U.S. reporting and engagement accelerator seeks newsroom partners who value collaboration and audience engagement as much as powerful enterprise reporting. This is a.....

Apply now for the Pulitzer Center StoryReach Midwest Fellowship!

This part-time Fellowship will focus on reporting and audience engagement projects from local and regional news outlets in 12 American Midwest states.

Learn more about eligibility.
👉 bit.ly/StoryRMW 👈

How To Ensure Equity in Ocean Narratives Image   Join us for a webinar designed for journalists eager to transform their storytelling. In "How to Ensure Equity in Ocean Narratives," Ocean Reporting Network Fellow Jenn Thornhill Verma and rep...

🐋 Ocean journalists, save the date!
On March 18, @pulitzercenter.bsky.social is hosting a webinar about integrating diverse perspectives into ocean reporting.

With @jennthornhillverma.bsky.social @carlsmithaus.bsky.social and @barrychristianson.com
pulitzercenter.org/event/how-en...

The USAID Crisis and Funding the Future of Independent Media Across the investigative journalism community, GIJN has heard uniform voices of solidarity, and numerous creative strategies for surviving this fundraising crisis.

This @gijn.org story does a great job at showing how the loss of USAID funding has impacted non-profit investigative journalism outlets around the world. gijn.org/stories/usai...

@pulitzercenter.bsky.social rainforest reporter Choon Chyuan wrote this methodology that shows how to look at the funders of deforestation. I had the privilege to edit it.

Read it on pulitzercenter.org/uncovering-d... or GIJN!

Uncovering the Deforestation, Mismanagement, and Funders Behind a Malaysian Oil Palm Plantation After a tip-off about unsustainable logging at a state-run oil palm plantation, Low Choon Chyuan conducted a year-long investigation combining on-the-ground environmental reporting with QGIS and satellite imagery.

💫 NEW! After a tip-off about unsustainable logging at a state-run oil palm plantation, @malaysiakini.com's Low Choon Chyuan conducted a year-long investigation combining on-the-ground environmental reporting with QGIS & satellite imagery.

Here's how: https://twp.ai/1RpzBu

How To Investigate Green Finance Join investigative journalists Bruna Bronoski, Alexander Abdelilah, and Sasha Chavkin for an in-depth discussion on investigating "green finance" schemes. Hosted by the Pulitzer Center, this event wil...

Join the @pulitzercenter.bsky.social webinar tomorrow on investigating green finance!

Reporters @brunabronoski.bsky.social and @sashachavkin.bsky.social will give practical tips on how to tackle this side of environmental reporting. pulitzercenter.org/event/how-in...

Learn how corporations that are heavy polluters (gas, mining, food production) are getting billions in green loans (SLLs)

Congratulations @sashachavkin.bsky.social for getting this RIN @pulitzercenter.bsky.social story out!

www.theexamination.org/articles/how...

Chasse à l’or et déforestation en République du Congo : la désillusion verte YouTube video by Mongabay Afrique

A first-hand look into the regulation and lack of enforcement to protect DRC's rainforest, an important carbon sink, against mining.

Congratulations to our @pulitzercenter.bsky.social RIN Fellow Elodie for making this documentary with @mongabay.bsky.social! www.youtube.com/watch?v=dAdE...

The True Cost of Black Friday If you’re one of the millions of Americans aiming to score a new cell phone, cordless drill, or other gadget this Black Friday or Cyber Monday, you might want to consider the real costs of that sale.....

Mining lithium, nickel, and other materials needed for electronic device components has devastating consequences on environments and workers around the world. Meanwhile, less than 1 in 5 cellphones are recycled each year.

By @vincebeiser.bsky.social for @time-magazine.bsky.social. bit.ly/3B4z7GV

Estimated climate finance in 2030, based on funds that have already been pledged, and target set at COP29 for 2035 (red). Dark blue bars show historical climate finance recorded by the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), 2013-2022 (grey). The light blue bars indicate an estimated trajectory to reach the 2030 and 2035 levels. These figures do not account for inflation. Source: OECD, NRDC, NCQG text.

NEW – Analysis: Why the $300bn climate-finance goal is even less ambitious than it seems | @joshgabbatiss.bsky.social w/comment from @joethwaites.bsky.social Li Shuo @cgdev.org

Read here: https://buff.ly/4fUmwVX

Executive summary – Net Zero Roadmap: A Global Pathway to Keep the 1.5 °C Goal in Reach – Analysis - IEA Net Zero Roadmap: A Global Pathway to Keep the 1.5 °C Goal in Reach - Analysis and key findings. A report by the International Energy Agency.

1. IEA (International Energy Agency) link: www.iea.org/reports/net-...
2. Current spending link: www.climatepolicyinitiative.org/publication/...
3. Fossil fuel subsidies link: www.imf.org/en/Blogs/Art...

Great COP29 summary from @wedonthavetime.bsky.social newsletter:
1. IEA estimates we need $4.5 trillion per year for the energy transition
2. We're currently investing $1 trillion per year
3. Governments spend $7 trillion per year on fossil fuel subsidies

Together with Earth Genome, the @pulitzercenter.bsky.social Rainforest Investigations Network developed a way to detect airstrips (and mining) using satellite imagery 🛰️

It lead to a public platform and it is great to see the methodology being used by the amazing reporters at Mongabay!

My AI girlfriend: a cure for loneliness Eugenia Kuyda thinks she can solve an “epidemic” of loneliness. Her app, Replika, is “the AI companion who cares”, a chatbot that can text you, flirt with you, and promises to love you unconditionally...

Unregulated, for-profit AI chatbots might not be a good source for mental health 🤔

1. They might keep people from making real social connections (supported by @pulitzercenter.bsky.social) @tortoisemedia.bsky.social
lnk.to/MyAIGirlfrie...
2. Encourage disordered eating
futurism.com/character-ai...

Exclusive: Trump prepares wide-ranging energy plan to boost gas exports, oil drilling, sources say The package would approve export permits for new LNG projects and increase oil drilling off the U.S. coast and on federal lands.

Surprising no one, Trump's transition team is compiling an energy package that would

🚢 Approve new LNG export plants
🛢️ Boost oil drilling off the US coast & on federal land
🚗 Repeal tax credits for EV
⚡️ Remove clean power plant standards

www.reuters.com/business/ene...

Opening the AI 'Black Box': How We Investigated Grab’s Fare System Users of Grab, the Philippines' most popular ride-hailing app, are at the mercy of an opaque algorithm that calculates service prices. When they book a ride, the amount to be paid for the distance...

Check out this AI #datajournalism methodology written by my colleagues @facostarainis.bsky.social and Karol Ilagan.

🤖 It shows how to analyze algorithm predictions and compare to real world results. @pulitzercenter.bsky.social @pcij.bsky.social
pulitzercenter.org/opening-ai-b...

🌊 We have published our research into the state of #oceanjournalism!
In short, audiences seek:
1. Stories deeply reported and scientifically accurate
2. Diverse perspectives from under-represented voices
3. Explainer visuals
Read the Pulitzer Center report here: pulitzercenter.org/sites/defaul...

Candidate-se para uma bolsa da Rainforest Investigations Network A rede é uma iniciativa que busca mobilizar a reportagem investigativa e a colaboração internacional para abordar histórias na interseção entre mudança climática, corrupção e governança nas três...

✨Oportunidade para jornalistas✨
Receba financiamento por um ano inteiro para investigar questões relacionadas à floresta tropical.

Inscreva-se agora para esta bolsa do Pulitzer Center Fellowship: pulitzercenter.org/pt-br/grants...

Apply To Join the Rainforest Investigations Network The network seeks to harness investigative reporting and cross-border collaboration to tackle stories at the intersection of climate change, corruption, and governance in the world’s three main...

✨Journalism Opportunity✨
Get funded for a whole year to investigate rainforest issues.
Apply now for this Pulitzer Center Fellowship: pulitzercenter.org/grants-fello...

Catch me on Thursday at the Ethical Assembly in Lisbon talking about how we investigatve supply chains at the Pulitzer Center.

We will cover products tied to environmental damage in rainforests and oceans. ethicalassembly.com/agenda-day2-...

Exposing the Money Behind Environmental Destruction II: Investigating Investors This is the second installment in the Pulitzer Center series about uncovering the financial incentives behind environmental damage. We show how our research team follows the money as part of their...

🙏 IJNET kindly published a shorter version of my methodology on uncovering investors and investments tied to environmental destruction:
ijnet.org/en/story/rev...

The full original piece here: pulitzercenter.org/exposing-mon...

How To Use OSINT To Uncover the Investors Behind Environmental Crime Environmental crimes are often driven by complex financial networks, concealed behind layers of corporate entities and murky investors. However, with the right tools and techniques, it’s possible to s...

Today at 4PM GMT, I will be explaining how to uncover the investors behind environmental destruction.

I will go over some of the basics from my latest Pulitzer Center methodology piece "Investigating Investors." (pulitzercenter.org/exposing-mon...)

Register here: bit.ly/3XFnVJk