
Nick Allen Wow, CIR is reporting on some great stories.

Center for Investigative Reporting CIR's Mark Schapiro talks to Amy Goodman on Democracy Now! about his journey to the heart of the carbon market in Brazil—where a tree has an offset value of $1.
"GM's Money Trees": Displacement of Rural Brazilians Highlights Consequences of "Cap and Trade" Syst
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With the Copenhagen climate summit just a month away, a new investigative series looks at how rural Brazilians are being displaced so their forest can be turned into carbon offsets for some of the world's biggest polluters, including General Motors and Chevron. ...

Center for Investigative Reporting World leaders prepare for climate change talks in Copenhagen; fossil fuel industry prepares multinational backlash. Reporters from eight countries investigate. Findings published by The Center for Public Integrity.
World leaders prepare for climate change talks in Copenhagen; fossil fuel industry prepares multinat
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As the Kyoto Protocol runs out, world leaders plan to reconvene in Copenhagen, Denmark this December to discuss provisions for a new multinational treaty to reduce carbon emissions and prevent climate change. ...

Center for Investigative Reporting CIR and FRONTLINE/World launch "Carbon Watch," an investigation of the trillion-dollar global carbon market. The project will take an in-depth look at the often hidden interests behind proposed solutions to the climate change crisis and the new constellation of global players.
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We start the series with print and video stories from Brazil's Atlantic coast, where Mark Schapiro reports on a carbon investment project developed by U.S. multinational companies and green interests that is causing controversy before a single credit of carbon has been traded.

Center for Investigative Reporting Investigative reporter Jerry Mitchell breaking ground in Civil Rights-era cold cases. Mitchell talks to Editor & Publisher about his work. On The Muckraker blog: http://bit.ly/3IVDPF

Center for Investigative Reporting At least 142 journalists have been killed in conflict zones in the past three years. FRONTLINE/World hosts a discussion on safety protocols and launches a new web portal: "Covering Conflict Zones." http://bit.ly/2XJ8rT
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At least 142 journalists have been killed in the field in the last three years, according to data collected by the Committee to Protect Journalists. Most of those killed were reporting in conflict zones—notably Iraq, Somalia, and Pakistan.

Center for Investigative Reporting Obama administration preparing for immigration reform ... or shuffling the deck? On the Muckraker blog: http://bit.ly/2Q64hE

Center for Investigative Reporting The U.S. isn't the only country denying asylum to Mexican police officers fleeing violence—Canada refused to protect a Juarez officer who says danger awaits him at home. On the Muckraker blog: http://bit.ly/1UY1xk

Center for Investigative Reporting Detective Longmire cleared of misconduct in the Chauncey Bailey case: http://bit.ly/3qUZJI. See CIR timeline of his ties to the Bey family: http://bit.ly/1HaUqN.
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The Oakland police sergeant who led the investigation into the 2007 slaying of a newspaper editor has been cleared of internal charges that he compromised the probe to keep the leader of Your Black Muslim Bakery from being implicated, The Chronicle has learned.

Center for Investigative Reporting Former Washington Post editor and CIR board member Len Downie suggests universities and the feds take the lead in rebuilding journalism. On The Muckraker blog.
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CIR board member Len Downie, the former editor of the Washington Post, is making waves with a new report on the numerous challenges facing journalism in the United States: "The Reconstruction of American ...

Center for Investigative Reporting Mexican human rights activist detained by U.S. immigration officials—for his own protection? CIR's Andrew Becker reports: http://bit.ly/3Aam7h

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