Two flourishing nonprofit programs teach young writers the basics of journalism and environmental reporting — mentoring and paying students, who publish enterprise and public records stories, personal essays and narrative features. Read more about Florida Student News Watch with CD Davidson-Hiers [1] and Indiana’s climate solutions-focused Youth Environmental Press Team with Jim Poyser [2], in the new EJ Academy.
"In his first year back in office, Donald Trump has fundamentally reshaped the Environmental Protection Agency, initiating nearly 70 actions to undo rules protecting ecosystems and the climate."
"This special selection includes books on storytelling, science, and climate change."
"States gave Drax millions in tax breaks in the hopes of boosting jobs."
"The Center for Biological Diversity filed a lawsuit Tuesday over public records related to the Trump administration's efforts to weaken the Endangered Species Act."
"South Carolina is battling the country’s largest measles outbreak since the disease was eliminated from the United States more than a quarter-century ago, with more than 840 cases overwhelmingly in unvaccinated children and adults."
"A sweeping proposal by the Trump administration to expand offshore oil and gas drilling could result in more than 4,000 oil spills in U.S. waters, according to a new analysis by the Center for Biological Diversity."
"As freezing temperatures swept over West Texas last week, leaky pipeline systems in the Permian Basin of West Texas began to suck in air, spoiling their products, risking an explosion and leading operators to release or burn off vast volumes of gas."
"A federal judge ruled the U.S. Department of Energy violated federal law by hand picking scientists to produce a report downplaying global warming. The group met at least 18 times in secret and failed to comply with the Federal Advisory Committee Act’s requirements for transparency and public meetings."
"Members of the American Meteorological Society were briefed Wednesday about ongoing developments on the future of the National Center for Atmospheric Research, which the White House has said it will break up."
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[1] https://www.sej.org/publications/ej-academy/helping-students-learn-hard-work-journalism
[2] https://www.sej.org/publications/helping-students-learn-hard-work-journalism#poyser
[3] https://www.sej.org/headlines/trump-s-epa-rollbacks-could-harm-air-and-water-and-worsen-global-heating
[4] https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/jan/30/trump-epa-rollbacks-air-water-climate
[5] https://www.sej.org/headlines/six-books-help-you-explore-role-storytelling-climate-fight
[6] https://yaleclimateconnections.org/2026/01/six-books-to-help-you-explore-the-role-of-storytelling-in-the-climate-fight/
[7] https://www.sej.org/headlines/biomass-industry-promised-southern-towns-prosperity-they-are-still-dying
[8] https://veritenews.org/2026/01/23/drax-air-pollution-louisiana-mississippi/
[9] https://www.sej.org/headlines/enviros-file-suit-over-public-records-endangered-species-act-rollbacks
[10] https://www.nationalparkstraveler.org/2026/01/lawsuit-filed-over-public-records-related-endangered-species-act-rollbacks
[11] https://www.sej.org/headlines/what-south-carolina-s-soaring-measles-outbreak-means-rest-us
[12] https://wapo.st/4k87mz8
[13] https://www.sej.org/headlines/trump-offshore-drilling-plan-could-trigger-thousands-oil-spills-study
[14] https://insideclimatenews.org/news/01022026/new-analysis-warns-trump-offshore-drilling-plan-could-trigger-thousands-of-oil-spills/
[15] https://www.sej.org/headlines/texas-petrochemical-plants-emitted-16-million-pounds-pollutants-freeze
[16] https://insideclimatenews.org/news/31012026/oil-gas-and-petrochemical-facilities-emitted-1-6-million-pounds-of-regulated-pollutants-during-last-weeks-icy-weather/
[17] https://www.sej.org/headlines/trump-does-climate-skepticism-effort-violated-federal-law-judge-rules
[18] https://www.latimes.com/environment/story/2026-01-30/trump-administrations-climate-skepticism-effort-violated-federal-law-judge-rules
[19] https://www.sej.org/headlines/future-ncar-remains-highly-uncertain
[20] https://yaleclimateconnections.org/2026/01/the-future-of-ncar-remains-highly-uncertain/
[21] https://www.sej.org/search_results
[22] https://www.sej.org/search_results?page=100
[23] https://www.sej.org/search_results?page=97
[24] https://www.sej.org/search_results?page=98
[25] https://www.sej.org/search_results?page=99
[26] https://www.sej.org/search_results?page=102
[27] https://www.sej.org/search_results?page=103
[28] https://www.sej.org/search_results?page=104
[29] https://www.sej.org/search_results?page=105
[30] https://www.sej.org/search_results?page=5012