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DEADLINE: 2025 ISF-RNS Islam Reporting Fellowship

This one-year fellowship, offered by the Islamic Scholarship Fund in partnership with Religion News Service, includes a 12-week, full-time, paid, remote internship, coaching and editorial support, financial support to attend a national journalism conference and more. Apply by Jul 9, 2025.

Rethinking Forest Management in the Pyrocene

Recent urban-interface infernos, fueled by climate change, leave no doubt that we have entered the age of runaway fire. Writer and ecologist Lauren Oakes writes that large-scale combustion is permanently reshaping ecosystems and societies as we learn to live with wildfire, not just fight it. Instead of perpetuating problematic approaches to forest management, experts call for confronting the root causes of this crisis and adopting science-informed responses.

Lead Pipe Data Map Offers Sharp New Tool

Lead-contaminated drinking water has long been a widespread worry, but one big challenge has been locating the many lead service lines around the United States. The latest Reporter’s Toolbox points you to a mappable database to help address that problem, with current, detailed data filtered through the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. Learn more about this resource and how to best use it.

Online Course: Digital Security for Journalists in Times of Crisis

In this free Knight Center for Journalism in the Americas and the Global Investigative Journalism Network course, you'll learn to assess risks, use encryption, enable multi-factor authentication, navigate censorship and handle online harassment.

"Can You Choose an A.I. Model That Harms the Planet Less?"

"When it comes to artificial intelligence, more intensive computing uses more energy, producing more greenhouse gases."

Source: NYTimes, 06/23/2025

"Putting Western Lands Up For Sale Highly Unpopular"

"U.S. Sen. Mike Lee of Utah single-handedly appears to have produced what just might be the most unified, and broadly dispersed, opposition to anti-conservation legislation ever considered by Congress."

Source: National Parks Traveler, 06/23/2025

Calif. Push to Decommission Gas Lines in Low-Income Neighborhoods Advances

"In Richmond, California, Zenaida Gomez is ready to say goodbye to the gas stove in the apartment she has rented for over a decade. She has a hunch that the pollution it emits is exacerbating her 10-year-old son’s asthma attacks, and she has heard from public health experts and doctors who’ve said it probably is."

Source: Inside Climate News, 06/23/2025

"There Might Not Be a Map for That: Budget Cuts Threaten Geological Surveys"

"Nearly two dozen state geological surveys depend heavily on federal funds. A proposed budget cut could slow or stop key geologic mapping work."

Source: NYTimes, 06/23/2025

"Supreme Court Allows Challenge On EPA Pollution Waiver"

"The Supreme Court cleared the way for fuel producers to pursue their lawsuit over California’s vehicle emission rules in a lower court."

Source: E&E News, 06/23/2025

"Land Deal Ends Controversial Mining Fight Near Georgia’s Okefenokee Swamp"

"A contentious, years-long fight over a proposed mine next to one of the South’s last truly wild places ended abruptly Friday, when a nonprofit group announced it would spend nearly $60 million to acquire thousands of acres of land near the Okefenokee National Wildlife Refuge in rural Georgia."

Source: Washington Post, 06/23/2025

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