Late last week, the New York Times made news – when it broke that the paper has shuttered its environment desk.
InsideClimate News was the first to report on The Times's decision last winter to close its small environment desk and assign its reporters and editors to other departments.
On Twitter, Dan Froomkin, a journalist, wrote: "NYT dismantles its nine-person environment desk — but says that won't affect climate coverage.
From our environment desk, Adam Vaughan reports that Cuadrilla is promising to be a good neighbour as it blasts the bedrock with high-pressure fluids to release gas.
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"The dismantling of the environment desk was, in some ways, a good argument to take to our funders, to say we need more money, but it didn't make us feel good," Mr. Sassoon said.
18.Details of the winners can be obtained by sending a stamped addressed envelope to the following address: Name a Species Competition, Environment desk, Guardian News & Media Limited, Kings Place, 90 York Way, London N1 9GU.
Compelling, well-reported environmental stories are only becoming more important, and the Times has, without a doubt, been a leader of that coverage – especially since it launched the environment desk in 2009.
[It's not a substitute for the blog, but I've created a "Green Blog Voices" Twitter list with relevant news staff but also the blog's many fine freelance contributors.] From a logistical standpoint, the shutdown of Green was probably inevitable once the environment desk was closed in January.
The paper's 9-person environment desk is folding.
