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Trump Wants States To Clean Up Forests To Stop Wildfires. But He Cuts Funds [1]

"President Donald Trump’s administration is holding up money for wildfire mitigation projects funded through legislation championed by his Democratic predecessor, threatening efforts to prevent catastrophic blazes like the ones that recently ripped through Southern California."

Source: AP [2], 02/18/2025

"EPA Fires Nearly 400 Workers After OPM Order" [3]

"The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has fired nearly 400 employees after a directive from the Office of Personnel Management (OPM)."

Source: The Hill [4], 02/18/2025

"As Trump Vents About Covid, Experts Worry His Moves Could Worsen Next Threat" [5]

"The president, still angry about the pandemic response, may be cutting into the country’s fundamental ability to identify emerging diseases and head them off."

Source: Washington Post [6], 02/18/2025

From Oil Boom to Lithium Rush — Reporting the Realities [7]

A coming lithium rush in Arkansas drew the notice of journalist Katie Myers, who used a grant from the Fund for Environmental Journalism to explore whether extraction activities near once-booming energy communities could avoid the economic and environmental impacts of another boom-and-bust cycle for a largely Black region with histories of land dispossession, plantation slavery and Jim Crow segregation. Lessons learned in the latest FEJ StoryLog.

Climate Risk Data Helps Decisions, Stories About Looming Disaster [8]

Environmental journalists aiming to report local or regional stories on real estate climate risk should explore an impressive bit of data journalism on the subject; Reporter’s Toolbox lauds it not just for the exemplary work, but also because the project, from The Washington Post, allows them to look up a variety of risks in their own locales.

Insurance Meltdown a Foreseeable Climate Disaster [9]

Whether fires in California or flooding in North Carolina, climate disasters are revealing a major fault line in U.S. emergency response — a serious insurance shortfall that may lead to financial catastrophe. The new Issue Backgrounder explores the risks of underinsured disasters, the limits to the national flood insurance programs and FEMA aid, and the predictable scapegoating that has created solution gridlock.

Celebrating Love for SEJ’s Community on Our 35th Anniversary [10]

Feb. 14, 2025 — Here at SEJ, we celebrate both Valentine’s Day and our 35th anniversary on February 14, a tribute to our love for the planet and recognition of the enduring friendships and mutual support within our tight-knit community of environmental journalists. Today, as our field and membership have expanded across the world and into every form of news media, the need for environmental journalism has never been more urgent: SEJ’s role is even more vital, and the support our community offers is more relevant than ever. Read more from SEJ executive director Aparna Mukherjee (pictured, left).

Data Tools for Climate Reporting: A Journalist’s Guide to PalmWatch and mBio [11]

The University of Chicago’s Academic Communicators Network and the Data Science Institute invite journalists to a reporter resource session showcasing two free, interactive data tools for climate reporting. One tracks deforestation and the other genetically modified crops. Noon ET.

Florida Court Rules That Trump Can Pursue Lawsuit Against Pulitzer Board [12]

"A Florida appeals court Wednesday cleared the way for President Donald Trump to pursue a defamation lawsuit against Pulitzer Prize board members in a dispute rooted in the organization awarding a prize to The New York Times and The Washington Post for reporting about alleged Russian interference in the 2016 election."

Source: News Service of Florida [13], 02/14/2025

"World’s Largely Unprotected Peatlands Are Ticking ‘Carbon Bomb’, Warns Study" [14]

"The world’s peatlands are “dangerously underprotected” despite the colossal amount of climate-heating carbon dioxide already being emitted due to their destruction, a study has warned."

Source: Guardian [15], 02/14/2025

Data Tools for Climate Reporting: A Journalist’s Guide to PalmWatch and mBio [11]

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