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Chinese Mining Firm Downplays Toxic Spill as Residents Reel From Impacts

"A Chinese mining company is denying that its toxic waste spill, one of this year’s worst environmental disasters, had a “significant impact” on the environment or local communities."

Source: Inside Climate News, 09/23/2025

Climate Change May Spread an Asian Bat and the Deadly Disease it Carries

"A vaccine in development may slow the spread of Nipah virus, which kills up to 75 percent of the people it sickens, but reducing the environmental disruptions that bring people, livestock and bats together could be more effective." 

Source: Inside Climate News, 08/25/2025

"China's Carbon Emissions Fell In The First Half Of 2025, Study Shows"

"China's carbon dioxide emissions dropped 1% in the first half of 2025 from the same period last year, helped by growing use of renewable energy to generate power, according to a study by the Helsinki-based Centre for Research on Energy and Clean Air."

Source: Reuters, 08/25/2025
September 12, 2025

DEADLINE: Pulitzer Center's Ocean Reporting Fellowships

The Pulitzer Center invites applications to join the third cohort of the Ocean Reporting Network (ORN), a fellowship program that gives professional journalists the opportunity to spend up to a year working on an in-depth or investigative ocean story. Apply by Sep 12, 2025.

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"China Rushes To Build Out Solar, And Emissions Edge Downward"

"China has been installing solar panels at a blistering pace, far faster than anywhere else in the world, and the investment is starting to pay off. A study released Thursday found that the country’s carbon emissions edged down 1% in the first six months of the year compared to a year earlier, extending a trend that began in March 2024."

Source: AP, 08/21/2025

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