The Institute for Journalism & Natural Resources (IJNR), in conjunction with the Society of Environmental Journalists, will conduct a virtual training program, 11:30 a.m. - 1 p.m. EST, for professional journalists that explores the complicated past and future of the Chesapeake Bay. Registration deadline: Dec 11.
Join Freedom of the Press Foundation, the Association of Healthcare Journalists and the Society of Environmental Journalists for this webinar at 2 p.m. EST, on what happens when whistleblowers, researchers, students and federal employees are intimidated into staying quiet.
"How far back in evolutionary history does kissing go? Through phylogenetic analysis, an international team of scientists found that kissing was likely present in the ancestor of all apes – which lived 21 million years ago."
"Six staffers who the Trump administration fired after they signed a “Declaration of Dissent” letter have filed claims with the Merit Systems Protection Board, according to Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility (PEER), which is helping to represent the ex-employees."
"The U.S. Department of Energy has approved an $8.6 million grant that will allow the nation’s first utility-led geothermal heating and cooling network to double in size."
"In landmark rulings last month, the Public Utilities Commission of Ohio ordered FirstEnergy’s three regulated companies to pay roughly $250 million for violations linked to the state’s largest-ever utility corruption scandal. More than $186 million of that will be refunded or credited to consumers."
"A new bill proposed in the New York city council would ban the use of toxic Pfas “forever chemicals” in protective gear worn by the city’s 11,000 firefighters." "Approval of legislation to ban Pfas would be major win for advocates pushing for safer gear alternatives across US"
"Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer last week joined governors from six other states signing onto a petition demanding the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency add microplastics to its program collecting data on contaminants not currently covered by the Safe Drinking Water Act."
"The Trump administration is scrambling to ensure there’s enough electricity to power new data centers and stem rising utility bills — even as it dismantles some critical programs designed to help solve the problem."
"Visiting a freshly logged forest in western Oregon earlier this fall, retired federal wildlife surveyor Erich Reeder stepped over mangled tree roots and dead limbs scattered across a denuded slope that was once an evergreen forest. He squatted over a foot-tall Douglas fir stump to count its rings: 120 years old."
Links
[1] https://www.sej.org/calendar/ijnrsej-virtual-workshop-future-chesapeake-bay
[2] https://www.sej.org/calendar/sej-webinar-silenced-sources-when-fear-retaliation-muzzles-facts
[3] https://www.sej.org/headlines/what-s-kiss-21-million-years-evolution
[4] https://www.npr.org/2025/11/28/nx-s1-5620985/human-kiss-neanderthal-evolution-family-tree
[5] https://www.sej.org/headlines/epa-staffers-challenge-their-terminations-over-dissent-letter
[6] https://thehill.com/policy/energy-environment/5632300-epa-dissent-letter-terminations/
[7] https://www.sej.org/headlines/rare-win-renewable-energy-trump-doe-funds-geothermal-network-expansion
[8] https://insideclimatenews.org/news/03122025/rare-win-for-renewable-energy-trump-administration-funds-geothermal-network-expansion/
[9] https://www.sej.org/headlines/after-ohio-s-landmark-decisions-hb-6-utility-scandal-what-s-next
[10] https://www.canarymedia.com/articles/utilities/ohio-puco-fine-firstenergy-hb6-scandal
[11] https://www.sej.org/headlines/ny-city-bill-aims-ban-toxic-forever-chemicals-firefighting-gear
[12] https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/dec/02/nyc-firefighters-pfas-forever-chemicals-bill
[13] https://www.sej.org/headlines/whitmer-7th-governor-urging-epa-monitor-microplastics-drinking-water
[14] https://michiganadvance.com/2025/12/02/whitmer-joins-democratic-governors-calling-on-the-epa-to-monitor-microplastics-in-drinking-water/
[15] https://www.sej.org/headlines/trump-dismantles-programs-designed-cut-electricity-demand
[16] https://www.eenews.net/articles/trump-dismantles-programs-designed-to-cut-electricity-demand/
[17] https://www.sej.org/headlines/trump-logging-plan-threatens-centuries-old-trees-fuels-lawsuits
[18] https://news.bloomberglaw.com/environment-and-energy/trump-logging-plan-threatens-centuries-old-trees-fuels-lawsuits
[19] https://www.sej.org/search_results?page=1
[20] https://www.sej.org/search_results?page=2
[21] https://www.sej.org/search_results?page=3
[22] https://www.sej.org/search_results?page=4
[23] https://www.sej.org/search_results?page=5
[24] https://www.sej.org/search_results?page=6
[25] https://www.sej.org/search_results?page=7
[26] https://www.sej.org/search_results?page=8
[27] https://www.sej.org/search_results?page=4874