Most recent book: SEEDS OF RESISTANCE: The Fight to Save Our Food Supply; Lecturer, UC Berkeley Graduate School of Journalism.
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Almost everything emanates from a plant. But where does knowledge about them come from? Brazil tries answering with the world's first law in a mega-biodiverse country that requires paying for traditional knowledge. My latest story, in @civileats:
bit.ly/3LebIUT
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Revelation: Almost everything emanates from a plant. But where does knowledge about plants come from? Brazil tries answering with the world's first law in a mega-biodiverse country to require paying for traditional knowledge...My latest story:
bit.ly/3LebIUT
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Time to hold up climate responses to real scrutiny. My latest in Capital and Main: 'Time to Kill 'Net Zero' capitalandmain.com/time-to-k…
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More than 1,000 investigative journalists from every continent headed to Sweden next week for the latest #gijn conference. And so I offer my own first person account of the early days of such collaborations, from the era of air mail.
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💫 NEW! As we get closer to #GIJC23, today's Story of the Day, by award-winning investigative reporter @schapiro throws a spotlight on what was potentially the world’s first #investigativejournalism network.
Read all about InterNation: ⬇️
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Time to name the heatwaves!!
‘Brought to you by big oil’: US billboards call out companies for record heatwaves theguardian.com/us-news/2023…
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Big news out of Montana:
Judge rules in favor of Montana youths in landmark climate decision washingtonpost.com/climate-e…
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21 Jul 2023
Shaky planes, weather delays and cancellations make our new reality under unfriendly warming skies.
Higher atmospheric temperatures fueled by CO2 and other greenhouse gas emissions are dramatically altering wind patterns, writes @schapiro.
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How pistachios and cherries and other California crops are bolstered by insurance that's lost track of climate realities... in @capitalandmain
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29 Jun 2023
Scientists grapple with bizarre impacts of a changing #climate: “I’m honestly at a loss to even characterize the current large-scale planetary wave pattern...Frankly, it looks like a Van Gogh.”nbcnews.com/science/environm… via @nbcnews @evanbush @MichaelEMann
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US Intelligence: Climate change a threat to national security. Insurance companies agree. Some U.S. states stand in their way. My latest STEAL THIS (Climate) STORY for Capital & Main:
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Thank you @ucbsoj! My debut as a columnist.
Here's my latest in @capitalandmain: capitalandmain.com/its-payba…
(And turns out I'm up against Kareem Abdul Jabbar, @kaj33, and @chrislynnhedges for the honor. Some fine competition).
12 Jun 2023
Lecturer Mark Schapiro @capitalandmain named finalist for best columnist in @LAPressClub's SoCal Journalism Awards for 'Steal This (Climate) Story', examining what the press is doing well, where gaps are ideas for timely stories on the accelerating crisis. #proud @UCBerkeley
ALT Photo of award-winning investigative reporter Mark Schapiro wearing black glasses with a striped scarf over a gray suit jacket in the North Gate Hall courtyard with trees in the background.
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Time for Fossil Fuel Company Reparations? My latest column @capitalandmain
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28 May 2023
Climate change is happening faster than governments can meet their emissions goals to the point of inevitability.
Adaptation is now our only option.
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Greenhouse gases don't just derange the atmosphere. They go straight into your lungs. My latest for @capitalandmain
bit.ly/3LXMI43
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Greenhouse gases don't just go up into the atmosphere, they go straight into your lungs. My latest for @capitalandmain bit.ly/3LXMI43
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9 Apr 2023
Banks around the world have made climate pledges to reduce their financing of fossil fuel production.
However, the financing of fossil fuel production has grown from $723 billion in 2016 to $742 billion in 2021.
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Climate Change Sci-Fi? It's here now. My latest column, @capitalandmain bit.ly/3UojWxb
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Powerful story -- lifting the lid on a surprising aspect of that crazed invasion 20 years ago, by @AASchapiro (my nephew!)
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Finally, an explanation for the chemical insanity in East Palestine, from a former EPA regional expert @Judithenck nyti.ms/3kVuW8f
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Climate change gives birth to 2 new words for companies: "Net Zero." What the hell does that mean? My latest column in @capitalandmain capitalandmain.com/the-disho…
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