"Oil Firm TotalEnergies Made Misleading Green Statements, Court Rules"
"A French oil company engaged in “misleading commercial practices” about the scope of its environmental commitments, a court has ruled."
Source: Guardian, 10/24/2025
Journalism & Media
"A Pro-Dominion Grassroots Group Has Financial Ties — to Dominion"
"Supporters of the Virginia Energy Reliability Alliance were out in force at an air permit hearing last month for the utility’s controversial natural gas “peaker” plant in Chesterfield County. Dominion Energy, Virginia’s largest utility, says it’s been “transparent” with regard to its support for the group."
Source: Inside Climate News, 10/24/2025
"In First Six Months, Cost of Weather Catastrophes on Pace to Break a Record"
"The Trump administration stopped updating a database tracking the costs of the country’s worst disasters. A group of scientists has revived it."
Source: NYTimes, 10/24/2025
Purdue Student Journos Deliver 'Solidarity' Newspaper To IU Bloomington
"On Friday afternoon, students and staff from Purdue's student paper, The Exponent, traveled two hours from West Lafayette to Bloomington to do what the Indiana Daily Student couldn’t: deliver a paper to newsstands."
Source: Bloomington Herald-Times, 10/22/2025
Drinking Water Database Opens Spigot on Local Stories
Drinking water may be ubiquitous in the United States, but that doesn’t mean it’s always safe. To report the answer in your community, the latest Reporter’s Toolbox suggests exploring the Safe Drinking Water Information System, a federal government database mandated by the Safe Drinking Water Act. Here’s how to use it to identify whether your local systems meet its standards.
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Targets on Their Backs … and Ours? Reporting on Immigrant Farmworkers
For years, state-sponsored programs have helped California farmworkers get much-needed access to clean water. But many immigrants now shun these services, afraid of exposure to U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents. As Circle of Blue intern Anahita Banerjee dug into this story, she discovered that their fear extended to speaking with journalists — and that ICE activities threatened her own safety.
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