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"Judge Rules Department Of Energy’s Climate Working Group Was Illegal" [1]

"On Friday, a judge ruled that the Trump administration violated the law in forming its Climate Working Group, which released a report that was intended to undercut the rationale behind greenhouse gas regulations. The judge overseeing the case determined that the government tried to treat the Climate Working Group as a formal advisory body, while not having it obey many of the statutory requirements that govern such bodies."

Source: Ars Techbica [2], 02/03/2026

Superfund Under Trump 2.0 — Quick … and Dirty? [3]

Every U.S. state has at least one Superfund site, the worst kind of toxic waste dump. And millions live near them. The latest TipSheet has a look at the state of the decades-old Superfund cleanup program under the Trump administration, and how environmental journalists can turn that into local stories, with a dozen story ideas and reporting resources.

ANWR Well Is Deep and Dark — But Is It Dry? [4]

Journalists love a secret. And WatchDog Opinion delves into a whopper on the environment beat — the hidden data surrounding a singular test well drilled in one of the most contested ecosystems in the United States. Now that the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge has been reopened for oil leasing by the Trump administration, do the findings even matter? More on the saga.

Helping Students Learn the Hard Work of Journalism [5]

Two flourishing nonprofit programs teach young writers the basics of journalism and environmental reporting — mentoring and paying students, who publish enterprise and public records stories, personal essays and narrative features. Read more about Florida Student News Watch with CD Davidson-Hiers [5] and Indiana’s climate solutions-focused Youth Environmental Press Team with Jim Poyser [6], in the new EJ Academy.

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[1] https://www.sej.org/headlines/judge-rules-department-energy-s-climate-working-group-was-illegal [2] https://arstechnica.com/science/2026/02/us-forced-to-disclose-its-climate-working-groups-communications/ [3] https://www.sej.org/publications/tipsheet/superfund-under-trump-20-quick-and-dirty [4] https://www.sej.org/publications/watchdog/anwr-well-deep-and-dark-it-dry [5] https://www.sej.org/publications/ej-academy/helping-students-learn-hard-work-journalism [6] https://www.sej.org/publications/helping-students-learn-hard-work-journalism#poyser [7] https://www.sej.org/headlines/trump-s-epa-rollbacks-could-harm-air-and-water-and-worsen-global-heating [8] https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/jan/30/trump-epa-rollbacks-air-water-climate [9] https://www.sej.org/headlines/six-books-help-you-explore-role-storytelling-climate-fight [10] https://yaleclimateconnections.org/2026/01/six-books-to-help-you-explore-the-role-of-storytelling-in-the-climate-fight/ [11] https://www.sej.org/headlines/biomass-industry-promised-southern-towns-prosperity-they-are-still-dying [12] https://veritenews.org/2026/01/23/drax-air-pollution-louisiana-mississippi/ [13] https://www.sej.org/headlines/enviros-file-suit-over-public-records-endangered-species-act-rollbacks [14] https://www.nationalparkstraveler.org/2026/01/lawsuit-filed-over-public-records-related-endangered-species-act-rollbacks [15] https://www.sej.org/headlines/what-south-carolina-s-soaring-measles-outbreak-means-rest-us [16] https://wapo.st/4k87mz8 [17] https://www.sej.org/headlines/trump-offshore-drilling-plan-could-trigger-thousands-oil-spills-study [18] https://insideclimatenews.org/news/01022026/new-analysis-warns-trump-offshore-drilling-plan-could-trigger-thousands-of-oil-spills/ [19] https://www.sej.org/search_results [20] https://www.sej.org/search_results?page=91 [21] https://www.sej.org/search_results?page=88 [22] https://www.sej.org/search_results?page=89 [23] https://www.sej.org/search_results?page=90 [24] https://www.sej.org/search_results?page=93 [25] https://www.sej.org/search_results?page=94 [26] https://www.sej.org/search_results?page=95 [27] https://www.sej.org/search_results?page=96 [28] https://www.sej.org/search_results?page=5003