"World political leaders are descending on New York for the UN general assembly and some of them are putting the climate crisis on the agenda as they spoke on Monday at the start of the city’s annual Climate Week."
"A federal judge on Monday cleared the way for a land exchange that would allow SpaceX, the rocket and satellite maker run by Elon Musk, to expand its launching and production site into a federal wildlife refuge in Texas."
"Sen. Grassley calls for an export embargo as farmers feel the hit of record-high costs"
"CNN, MS NOW and Politico filed a legal challenge on Monday against President Trump’s order barring them from the White House grounds, the latest battle in a fight over journalistic independence instigated by the president.
"Major TV networks withdrew from the White House television pool after President Donald Trump barred CNN, MS NOW and Politico from White House access, citing solidarity with the excluded outlets and ending the shared broadcast feed for most of Trump's events."
A summer newsroom fellowship led student scientist Bing Lin to travel a mountainous length of a storied North American footpath and turn the experience into an award-winning series for a leading environmental journalism outlet. In the new EJ Academy, he recounts what he learned — amid numerous challenges — about reporting, writing and photography, and his reasons for being on the trail.
Occupational exposure to toxic chemicals can serve as an early warning system for broader public risks, just one reason the extensive data gathered by the Occupational Safety and Health Administration is a valuable tool for environmental journalists — even if much of the resulting reporting focuses on agency failings. Reporter’s Toolbox on OSHA datasets.
"Maintenance projects have been put off around the country and resources diverted to the president’s favored projects in Washington."
"In the latest regulatory rollback on toxic chemicals, the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has withdrawn Biden-era guidance on how to prevent PFAS pollution in drinking water."
