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GIJN Webinar: Investigating Fossil Fuels [1]

In this Global Investigative Journalism Network webinar, moderated by SEJ member Amy Westervelt, journalists will learn key strategies for probing the fossil fuel industry, guided by insights from GIJN’s forthcoming Guide to Investigating Fossil Fuels. 3 p.m. Central European Time (9 a.m. Eastern Time).

Press Freedom Issues Come to Fore As Trump 2.0 Launches [2]

Salvaging disappearing web pages from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, fostering (and protecting) government whistleblower sources and sussing out the First Amendment’s prospects under the new attorney general at the Justice Department — the latest WatchDog Opinion scans the Trump administration’s information terrain. Plus, check out the latest actions from the Society of Environmental Journalists’ freedom of information efforts [3].

"Big Oil and Gas Goes Long With Super Bowl Greenwashing" [4]

"As New Orleans readies to host Super Bowl LIX this Sunday, a volunteer ambassador program has been working to help welcome the hundreds of thousands of football fans streaming into the Big Easy. Who is sponsoring that program? Chevron, one of the world’s biggest oil and gas producers and a top climate polluter."

Source: Sierra [5], 02/06/2025

"Cows Have Been Infected With a Second Form of Bird Flu" [6]

"Dairy cows in Nevada have been infected with a new form of bird flu that is distinct from the version that has been spreading through herds over the last year, the U.S. Department of Agriculture announced on Wednesday."

Source: NYTimes [7], 02/06/2025

Burgum Directive Weakens Public Land Protections to Push Fossil Fuels [16]

"National monuments, migratory birds, endangered and threatened species: Some of the nation’s most vulnerable natural resources are in jeopardy after Doug Burgum issued—on his first full day as secretary of the Department of the Interior—a seven-page directive weakening their protections to further fossil fuel development."

Source: Inside Climate News [17], 02/06/2025

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