"The Japanese steelmaker has pledged to extend the life of U.S. Steel’s dirty blast furnaces if Trump greenlights a deal, potentially locking in decades of pollution."
"Wildfires burning in Canada's oil-producing province of Alberta have affected more than 344,000 barrels per day of oil sands production, or about 7% of the country's overall crude oil output, according to Reuters calculations."
"Two teams of high-powered lawyers clashed this week in Charleston, S.C., over a global-warming question with major implications: Do climate lawsuits against oil companies threaten national security, as President Trump has claimed?"
"US renewables stand to lose big in a trade war, but the sting extends to oil and other energy industries, say researchers from Wood Mackenzie."
"With predictions for a busy hurricane season beginning Sunday, experts in storms and disasters are worried about something potentially as chaotic as the swirling winds: Massive cuts to the federal system that forecasts, tracks and responds to hurricanes."
"EPA is expected to soon argue that the U.S. power sector doesn’t contribute “significantly” to climate change — a bid that could give the agency cover to not regulate planet-warming emissions from a wide range of sources."
"The Trump administration announced Monday it is moving ahead with plans to reopen millions of acres of undisturbed public land to oil and gas drilling, amid a visit by top officials to Alaska this week." "The plan would open up 11 million acres to drilling and remove conditions, including protections for sensitive ecological areas, on oil and gas leases in the National Petroleum Reserve-Alaska."
This full-day workshop in Chicago is presented by the Institute for Independent Journalists, Palabra and National Association of Hispanic Journalists to help freelancers develop a sustainable independent journalism practice.
The Student Press Law Center annually presents awards to recognize exceptional efforts of high school and college journalists in fighting for student press freedom and in telling important stories of their communities. Deadline: Jun 30, 2025.
Internews’ Earth Journalism Network is offering reporting grants to journalists in Africa to support the production of in-depth stories on threats faced by great apes, particularly the impact of disease and other health considerations, as well as conservation strategies to protect these species and their habitats. Deadline: Jun 4, 2025.
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[1] https://www.sej.org/headlines/trump-touts-us-steel-nippon-steel-deal-could-result-more-coal
[2] https://www.canarymedia.com/articles/green-steel/nippon-us-deal-trump-coal
[3] https://www.sej.org/headlines/albertas-wildfires-disrupt-some-7-canadas-oil-production
[4] https://www.reuters.com/business/energy/albertas-wildfires-disrupt-some-7-canadas-oil-production-2025-06-02/
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[8] https://insideclimatenews.org/news/29052025/inside-clean-energy-tariffs-economy/
[9] https://www.sej.org/headlines/worry-swirls-over-cuts-key-federal-agencies-hurricane-season-begins
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[13] https://www.sej.org/headlines/interior-reverse-biden-ban-drilling-alaska
[14] https://www.eenews.net/articles/interior-to-reverse-biden-ban-on-drilling-in-alaska/
[15] https://www.sej.org/calendar/freelance-business-workshop-chicago
[16] https://www.sej.org/calendar/deadline-splc-student-press-freedom-awards
[17] https://www.sej.org/calendar/deadline-ejn-story-grants-report-great-apes-and-one-health-africa
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