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Major Livestock and Dairy Firms Make Climate Promises They Aren’t Keeping [1]

"A new study finds that the vast majority of climate-related claims made by the meat and dairy industry don’t hold up to scholarly scrutiny."

Agriculture [2]
Climate Change [3]
Environmental Health [4]
Environmental Politics [5]
Food [6]
Laws & Regulations [7]
Pollution [8]
Public [9]
National (U.S.) [10]
International [11]
Source: Inside Climate News [12], 04/24/2026
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May 15, 2026

DEADLINE: Photo Contest — Regenerative Agriculture: Fostering Resilient Landscapes and Livelihoods [13]

Regenerative Agriculture: Fostering Resilient Landscapes and Livelihoods is open to photographers worldwide, of all levels, from April 15 to May 15, 2026. The Sustainable Agriculture Network is looking for images that show how regenerative agriculture sustains resilient ecosystems, living landscapes and the people who depend on them.

Awards and Grants [14]
Visibility: 
Public [9]
Topics on the Beat: 
Agriculture [2]
Region: 
National (U.S.) [10]
International [11]

"EPA Adds More Pesticide Industry Reps to Science Board" [15]

"Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Lee Zeldin appointed four chemical industry representatives to the agency’s Science Advisory Board last week, including employees of pesticide companies and of a leading manufacturer of the forever chemicals that now contaminate U.S. farm soils, waterways, and food."

Agriculture [2]
Chemicals [16]
Consumer [17]
Environmental Health [4]
Environmental Justice [18]
Environmental Politics [5]
Laws & Regulations [7]
People & Population [19]
Pollution [8]
Science [20]
Technology [21]
Public [9]
National (U.S.) [10]
Source: Civil Eats [22], 04/23/2026
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EPA Ignored Plea To Tighten Limits On Glyphphosate Weed Killer, Lawsuit Claims [23]

"The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is putting public health at risk by continuing to let farmers spray glyphosate, a weed killer linked to cancer, directly on top of oats before harvest, a practice that commonly results in residues of the pesticide remaining on popular foods made with oats, according to a new lawsuit."

Agriculture [2]
Chemicals [16]
Environmental Health [4]
Laws & Regulations [7]
People & Population [19]
Pollution [8]
Science [20]
Public [9]
National (U.S.) [10]
Source: 8 [24], 04/23/2026
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"New Mexico’s Time-Honored Irrigation Canals Face Existential Threat" [25]

"As the Rio Grande dries out months early, water managers look to blessings, prayers and groundwater to save the acequias that have spread water, history and culture to farmers and families since the 16th century."

Agriculture [2]
Biodiversity [26]
Climate Change [3]
Disasters [27]
Food [6]
Infrastructure [28]
People & Population [19]
Religion, Faith and Spirituality [29]
Technology [21]
Water & Oceans [30]
Public [9]
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [31]
Source: Inside Climate News [32], 04/22/2026
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"Moderna Launches mRNA Bird Flu Vaccine Trial After HHS Cancels Funding" [33]

"The Department of Health and Human Services had canceled hundreds of millions of dollars in funding previously committed to help develop mRNA vaccines."

"Moderna is launching a large-scale clinical trial of a shot to combat bird flu in humans after Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s department had canceled hundreds of millions of dollars in funding previously committed to aid in vaccine development.

Agriculture [2]
Biodiversity [26]
Consumer [17]
Disasters [27]
Environmental Health [4]
Environmental Politics [5]
Government [34]
Laws & Regulations [7]
People & Population [19]
Science [20]
Technology [21]
Public [9]
National (U.S.) [10]
Source: Washington Post [35], 04/22/2026
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"Interview: Christopher Borgert on an Infamous Glyphosate Paper" [36]

"The pharmacologist gathered more than 60 researchers to push back on the retraction of a Monsanto-linked research paper."

Agriculture [2]
Chemicals [16]
Environmental Health [4]
Environmental Justice [18]
Environmental Politics [5]
Laws & Regulations [7]
People & Population [19]
Pollution [8]
Science [20]
Public [9]
National (U.S.) [10]
Source: Undark [37], 04/22/2026
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Facing Drought, Low Snowpack, Rio Grande States Expect a ‘Challenging’ Year [38]

'“Severe.“ “Critical.” “Dire.” “Challenging.” “Record-low.” Officials at the Rio Grande Compact Commission annual meeting Friday worked through the thesaurus to describe the conditions on the river that flows out of southwestern Colorado.'

Agriculture [2]
Climate Change [3]
Consumer [17]
Disasters [27]
Fish & Fisheries [39]
People & Population [19]
Water & Oceans [30]
Wildlife [40]
Public [9]
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [31]
Source: Inside Climate News [41], 04/22/2026
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#SEJ2026 Live — Coverage of Conference Tours [42]

SEJournal is providing full coverage of all eight of the day-long tours from the annual Society of Environmental Journalists’ conference, April 15-18, in Chicago. In Part 2, contributors Meg Duff [43], Nathaniel Eisen [44], Nhung Nguyen [45] and Marlowe Starling [46] provide detailed reports from tours focused on the transitioning steel industry, microgrids, climate-friendly crop practices and evolving Midwestern agricultural systems.

Also check out the first round of tour coverage and read all the great work [42] from our team of early-career freelance journalists, part of SEJournal’s live #SEJ2026 Live conference reporting.

SEJ Publication Types: 
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Activism [48]
Agriculture [2]
Air [49]
Biodiversity [26]
Chemicals [16]
Climate Change [3]
Consumer [17]
Economy & Business [50]
Energy & Fuel [51]
Environmental Health [4]
Environmental Justice [18]
Environmental Politics [5]
Environmental Studies [52]
Food [6]
Forests [53]
Government [34]
Health [54]
Infrastructure [28]
Journalism & Media [55]
Laws & Regulations [7]
Natural Resources [56]
People & Population [19]
Planning & Growth [57]
Policy [58]
Pollution [8]
Science [20]
Technology [21]
Transportation [59]
Waste [60]
Water & Oceans [30]
Wildlife [40]
Region: 
National (U.S.) [10]
Great Lakes (IL IN MI MN OH WI) [61]
Visibility: 
Public [9]
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War and Pizza — #SEJ2026 in Chicago [62]

Nearly as rejuvenating as attending the Society of Environmental Journalists’ annual gathering is perusing the après-conference spoof by contributing quipster David Helvarg. While it seemed he was mostly there unabashedly preselling his forthcoming book, he somehow found time to send up SEJ’s earnest sessions, lambast its blown-up tours and rib its beat dinners. Read his Chicago roast.

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Air [49]
Chemicals [16]
Climate Change [3]
Economy & Business [50]
Energy & Fuel [51]
Environmental Health [4]
Environmental Justice [18]
Environmental Politics [5]
Fish & Fisheries [39]
Government [34]
Health [54]
Journalism & Media [55]
Natural Resources [56]
Policy [58]
Pollution [8]
Science [20]
Waste [60]
Water & Oceans [30]
Region: 
National (U.S.) [10]
Great Lakes (IL IN MI MN OH WI) [61]
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Public [9]
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