"Trump Team Readies More Attacks On Mainstream Climate Science"
"The plans include a public debate on global warming. Scientists say that falsely implies the major tenets of climate research are unsettled."
Source: E&E News, 08/20/2025
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"Trump Admin Redacts Entire Empire Wind Study"
"Interior Secretary Doug Burgum said he halted construction of a wind project off the coast of New York earlier this year because scientists revealed that the Biden administration “rushed approval” of the development based on “flawed science. But Burgum himself won’t reveal what those scientists said — or present the flaws."
Source: E&E News, 08/19/2025
"Closing Arguments Under Way In Jimmy Lai’s Landmark National Security Trial"
"A Hong Kong court is hearing closing arguments in the landmark trial of Jimmy Lai, one of the fiercest critics of the Chinese state". "The 77-year-old is the founder of pro-democracy publications including the now-defunct Apple Daily newspaper".
Source: BBC News, 08/18/2025
Saving Big Cats From Humans
As expanded development on Washington’s Olympic Peninsula encroaches on prime wildlife habitat, big cats find it harder to avoid people, and many wind up dead. In this Inside Story Q&A, Liza Gross of Inside Climate News describes how she and photographer/editor Michael Kodas worked with a local cougar protection team to track a family of big cats to their den and through the area.
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EPA Open Data Plan Is Worth Putting Into Action
Public databases — a boon to good environmental reporting — have long been a priority for the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, as evidenced in its just-published “open data plan.” But as an analysis in the latest Reporter’s Toolbox notes, that pioneering approach may succumb to Trump 2.0 policies. What’s at stake and what’s already being lost.
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Air Quality Concerns Linger After Coke Plant Explosion In Pennsylvania
"The Pennsylvania county where an explosion at a U.S. Steel plant south of Pittsburgh killed two people and injured more than 10 others announced Thursday that it is stepping up air quality monitoring in the area of the sprawling facility that has a troubled environmental record."
Source: AP, 08/15/2025
‘People Will Die’ — Stories Behind Trump Budget Bill
The Trump administration’s “One Big Beautiful Bill” is anything but, especially in its unraveling of efforts to weave environmental and climate justice into American society, argues the new Voices of Environmental Justice. In her latest column, writer Yessenia Funes calls on journalists to report its ramifications not just for the planet but for the most vulnerable people living on it. Here are key stories to start with.
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SEJ Condemns Targeted Killings of Journalists in Gaza
August 13, 2025 — The Society of Environmental Journalists joined the Committee to Protect Journalists and other press organizations in condemning Israel’s killing of six journalists in a targeted air strike in Gaza on Sunday. Read SEJ's full statement.
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Misinformation Pushed Oregon Lawmakers to Kill State’s Wildfire Risk Map
"This is how misinformation gets accepted as fact."
Source: ProPublica, 08/12/2025
Unlikely Coalition Fighting To Keep Energy Star Labels On Your Appliances
"The Trump administration wants to eliminate the energy-efficiency program, but bakers, builders, hot tub lobbyists, and chemical companies are trying to save it."
Source: Grist, 08/11/2025
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