"EPA is now among the agencies facing court orders to reinstate “probationary” employees who were terminated as part of President Donald Trump’s endeavor to shrink the federal government."
"A dynamic storm that prompted foreboding predictions of dangerous weekend weather spawned tornadoes, dust storms and wildfires that killed at least 39 people and destroyed hundreds of homes and businesses."
Industry experts and government regulators have long known that radionuclides reside in oil and natural gas. Yet radioactive emissions and waste continue to threaten the lives of workers and community members across the country. Investigative journalist Justin Nobel on the opportunities and urgent need for reporters to drill into a story steeped in questions of accountability, health and justice.
In this briefing, Project Drawdown Senior Scientist Paul West, Ph.D., will highlight how the Drawdown Nexus program can guide businesses, funders, policymakers and others toward the most impactful technologies and practices that address climate change and biodiversity loss while improving human well-being. 2 p.m. ET.
The East-West Center's Jefferson Fellowships comprise a three-week reporting and study tour with the goal of leveraging news media to enhance public understanding of cultures, issues, and trends in the Indo-Pacific region. 2025 theme is The Future of Food Security: Lessons from Southeast Asia. Deadline: Apr 13.
Reporters can book a 15-minute Zoom interview with Dr. James Lowenthal of Smith College on Tues, Mar 18 between noon-2 p.m. ET to discuss the negative effects of light pollution on human health and wildlife; what types of states laws have been created to protect the night sky; why solutions may be relatively simple; and more.
"From explorations of motherhood to climate fiction, women are setting the tone in climate literature and action." "The Yale Climate Connections bookshelf for March, also known as Women’s History Month, began to take shape when I saw the announcement for “Mother Creature Kin: What We Learn from Nature’s Mothers in a Time of Unraveling” by Chelsea Steinauer-Scudder."
"The Inter-American Court of Human Rights ordered the Ecuadorian government to protect Indigenous groups from oil operations and to leave oil in the ground underneath their lands."
"The destruction of Ukraine’s Kakhovka dam in June 2023 exposed lake bed sediment containing more than 90,000 tons of dangerous heavy metals, setting off what researchers say is a toxic “time bomb.”"
"President Donald Trump's administration intends to overturn pollution rules aimed at reducing soot and greenhouse gas emissions from U.S. coal-fired power plants in a move intended to help keep some of the nation's dirtiest plants operational."
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[1] https://www.sej.org/headlines/judge-orders-epa-rehire-fired-employees
[2] https://www.eenews.net/articles/judge-orders-epa-to-rehire-fired-employees/
[3] https://www.sej.org/headlines/tornadoes-winds-and-wildfires-killed-least-39-people-across-us
[4] https://apnews.com/article/us-storm-weather-tornadoes-wildfires-deaths-bd91a18c8a34237784d4bc8c17e03306
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[6] https://www.sej.org/calendar/drawdown-nexus-how-we-can-create-triple-win-climate-nature-and-people
[7] https://www.sej.org/calendar/deadline-east-west-centers-jefferson-fellowships
[8] https://www.sej.org/calendar/sciline-experts-camera-light-pollution-dr-james-lowenthal
[9] https://www.sej.org/headlines/12-books-demonstrate-women-s-leadership-climate
[10] https://yaleclimateconnections.org/2025/03/12-books-that-demonstrate-womens-leadership-on-climate/
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[12] https://insideclimatenews.org/news/13032025/landmark-ruling-uncontacted-indigenous-peoples-rights-ecuador-oil-industry/
[13] https://www.sej.org/headlines/destruction-ukraine-dam-triggered-toxic-time-bomb-researchers-say
[14] https://wapo.st/4bRQpEQ
[15] https://www.sej.org/headlines/trump-administration-plans-give-dirty-us-coal-plants-reprieve-soot
[16] https://www.reuters.com/sustainability/climate-energy/trump-administration-plans-give-dirty-us-coal-plants-reprieve-soot-2025-03-12/
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