Environmental justice coverage must become routine, not reactive. Visibility is the first obligation -- but not the last. When coverage flattens crises, omits frontline voices, or disappears harm, it abets the dismantling of protections, accountability, and memory itself.

The Trump administration is actively dismantling decades of environmental justice policy. Broadcast journalism must respond with clarity and consistency -- connecting these rollbacks to the lives, rights, and health of the communities most at risk.

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This isn’t just media bias — it’s a strategy. By laundering Zeldin’s claims into conventional wisdom, Fox helps the Trump admin dismantle climate policies without accountability. www.nytimes.com/2025/03/12/c...

Fox shields Zeldin from scrutiny while he pushes misleading attacks on climate funding and justifies gutting environmental protections. His claims are echoed across shows, reframing climate policy as corruption. www.politico.com/news/2025/03...

Our full analysis breaks down network performance, highlights noteworthy segments, and examines trends in broadcast climate journalism for 2024. See the complete data and insights in our comprehensive report. www.mediamatters.org/broadcast-ne...

Climate journalism is most effective when integrated across newsrooms rather than isolated to disaster coverage. Networks that invest in correspondents who understand these complex issues provide viewers with essential knowledge on one of our era's defining challenges.

Standout reporting included CBS's Ben Tracy investigating ExxonMobil's plastic recycling claims, ABC's Ginger Zee covering heat adaptation strategies, and NBC's Anne Thompson examining climate change's role in spreading Dengue fever in the United States. www.youtube.com/watch?v=rqOq...

As the Trump administration dismantles federal climate policy, broadcast networks must provide substantive reporting that examines how these changes affect communities, energy markets, and environmental outcomes while highlighting viable solutions.
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CBS Saturday Morning (June 8) explored heat vulnerability across different neighborhoods, showing how climate journalism can explain complex issues through human experiences. This approach helps viewers understand climate impacts in tangible ways. www.youtube.com/watch?v=kWhx...

We identified exemplary reporting such as an ABC segment that examined initiatives to provide electricity access to Navajo communities, illustrating how climate coverage can address both implementation challenges and community-centered solutions. www.youtube.com/watch?v=HH9q...

Networks mentioned extreme weather in 31% of climate segments but mentioned fossil fuels in only 9%. As President Trump expands oil drilling and dismantles climate policies, broadcast news must connect these specific decisions to the impacts viewers are experiencing.

With extreme weather intensifying, cable and broadcast news must move beyond disaster coverage to explain climate links, ensure balanced coverage of all impacted communities, investigate fossil fuel accountability, and explore adaptation strategies.

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