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"Pesticides: Trump EPA Dodged Science Policy For Weedkiller" [1]

"Trump EPA officials purposely veered from the agency's principles of scientific integrity to approve continued use of the weedkiller dicamba on genetically modified crops, the agency has admitted."

Source: E&E News [2], 05/25/2021

Okefenokee Swamp a Battlefield in Epic Trump Waters Rule Fight" [3]

"A floating mat of muck on the surface of Georgia’s Okefenokee Swamp, home to rare carnivorous pitcher plants, blooming lilies and countless alligators and insects, looks like any other patch of mud from a distance."

Source: Bloomberg Environment [4], 05/25/2021

"Top Court Revives Guam’s Superfund Cost Claim Against U.S." [5]

"Guam may pursue a Superfund cost recovery claim against the federal government for a $160 million landfill cleanup as its action was timely, the U.S. Supreme Court said Monday in a significant victory for the territory."

Source: Bloomberg Environment [6], 05/25/2021

When No News Is Bad News — EPA Uncensors Climate Indicators [7]

A government website that tracked climate change is back after being frozen by the Trump administration. But the return of the EPA’s climate indicator page, argues the new WatchDog opinion column, is just one step in undoing a longer-term and more systematic assault on science that has hobbled truth-seeking journalists. WatchDog on what must come next.

"Fighting Attacks on Inconvenient Science — and Scientists" [8]

"The atrazine wars offer a cautionary tale for scientists whose work triggers blowback by regulated industries, and lessons for protecting scientific integrity."

Source: Inside Climate News [9], 05/25/2021

U.S. Environmental Journalist Arrested When Trying To Leave Myanmar [10]

"Danny Fenster, an American journalist working in Myanmar, was detained today by local authorities and prevented from leaving the country."

Source: Mongabay [11], 05/25/2021

Forest Inventory May Provide Trail Guide to Ongoing Policy Crisis [12]

U.S. forests face damage from drought, climate-driven disease and wildfire. To help track the state of our trees, Reporter’s Toolbox explores a massive set of Forest Service databases that details everything from deforestation and dead fuel status to deforestation and species mix. There’s even info on urban forests and grasslands. A closer look at the Forest Inventory and Analysis program.

As Hurricane Season Looms, Biden Doubles Funding To Prepare For Extremes [13]

"Administration will also launch NASA initiative aimed at collecting better climate data"

"President Biden announced Monday that he was doubling the amount of money the U.S. government will spend helping communities get set for extreme weather events, proclaiming the need for full readiness as he visited government workers and told them to prepare for another season of natural disasters.

Source: Washington Post [14], 05/25/2021

The Year Nature Became Mainstream Medicine [15]

An unusual student journalist, moonlighting in between his Ph.D. training as a clinical psychologist, turned an interest in the ways nature can heal into an award-winning story for a prominent magazine, and in the process helped prompt skyrocketing interest among mainstream physicians in “prescribing nature.” Aaron Reuben shares his experience in the new EJ Academy.

DEADLINE: Kozik Environmental Justice Reporting Grants [16]

The National Press Foundation and the National Press Club Journalism Institute will award grants of up to $15,000 to US journalists for stories in any medium that center on environmental justice and environmental racism in the United States. Deadline: May 27, 2025.

DEADLINE: Kozik Environmental Justice Reporting Grants [16]

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