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"Growing Weed Takes More Energy Than Mining Bitcoin. Can It Go Green?" [1]

"Growing weed inside uses about 1 percent of U.S. energy and pollutes more than cryptocurrency mining. There’s a better way to fuel America’s high."

Agriculture [2]
Climate Change [3]
Infrastructure [4]
Public [5]
National (U.S.) [6]
Source: Washington Post [7], 03/25/2025
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Georgia Jury Orders Bayer To Pay Nearly $2.1 Billion In Roundup Suit [8]

"A jury in Georgia has ordered Monsanto parent Bayer to pay nearly $2.1 billion in damages to a man who says the company’s Roundup weed killer caused his cancer, according to attorneys representing the plaintiff."

Agriculture [2]
Chemicals [9]
Consumer [10]
Environmental Health [11]
Environmental Justice [12]
Environmental Politics [13]
Laws & Regulations [14]
People & Population [15]
Public [5]
National (U.S.) [6]
Source: AP [16], 03/25/2025
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"Glacier Meltdown Risks Food And Water Supply Of 2 Billion People, Says UN" [17]

"Retreating glaciers threaten the food and water supply of 2 billion people around the world, the UN has warned, as current “unprecedented” rates of melting will have unpredictable consequences."

Agriculture [2]
Climate Change [3]
Disasters [18]
Environmental Health [11]
Water & Oceans [19]
Public [5]
International [20]
Source: Guardian [21], 03/24/2025
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Black Farmers Face Setbacks Over Trump Budget Cuts: ‘We Are In Survival Mode’ [22]

"A consortium of Black farmers in the north-east take financial hits as harsh USDA cuts threaten their operations"

Agriculture [2]
Environmental Justice [12]
Environmental Politics [13]
Laws & Regulations [14]
People & Population [15]
Public [5]
National (U.S.) [6]
Northeast (CT MA ME NH NJ NY RI VT) [23]
Source: Guardian [24], 03/21/2025
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March 1, 2026

DEADLINE: JHU/CLF Food Systems and Public Health Fellowship for Journalists [25]

This program, established by the Johns Hopkins Center for a Livable Future (CLF), supports early-to-mid-career journalists reporting on issues at the intersection of public health and food systems. 

Workshops and Fellowships [26]
Visibility: 
Public [5]
Topics on the Beat: 
Agriculture [2]
Food [27]
Journalism & Media [28]
Region: 
National (U.S.) [6]
Mid-Atlantic (DC DE MD PA VA WV) [29]

"‘Our People Are Hungry’: What Federal Food Aid Cuts Mean In A Warming World" [30]

"Every Friday, as he’s done for the last year and a half, Mark Broyles hops in his truck and drives 20 minutes from his home in Big Stone Gap to Duffield, Virginia, to pick up two boxes of free food. Though their contents are always a surprise, as the retired mechanic describes it, he’s able to get “fresh produce and stuff that a lot of us can’t afford because of the price of groceries.”"

Agriculture [2]
Consumer [10]
Economy & Business [31]
Environmental Health [11]
Environmental Justice [12]
Environmental Politics [13]
Food [27]
Government [32]
Laws & Regulations [14]
People & Population [15]
Public [5]
National (U.S.) [6]
Source: Grist [33], 03/19/2025
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Desperately Seeking Data? OECD Has Loads [34]

If the possibility of a politically driven dearth of data for your climate and environment reporting has you on edge, the new Reporter’s Toolbox just may have something to soothe your nerves: A data source from beyond the grasp of the Trump administration and outside the boundaries of the United States. Take a quick tour of environmental data from the OECD.

SEJ Publication Types: 
Reporters Toolbox [35]
Topics on the Beat: 
Agriculture [2]
Air [36]
Biodiversity [37]
Chemicals [9]
Climate Change [3]
Energy & Fuel [38]
Environmental Studies [39]
Fish & Fisheries [40]
Health [41]
Journalism & Media [28]
Natural Resources [42]
Pollution [43]
Transportation [44]
Waste [45]
Water & Oceans [19]
Region: 
National (U.S.) [6]
International [20]
Europe [46]
Visibility: 
Public [5]
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"Farmers Feeling the Pain After Conservation Funding Frozen" [47]

"The Trump administration, with DOGE, is pulling the rug from under growers and producers across the country"

Agriculture [2]
Biodiversity [37]
Climate Change [3]
Environmental Politics [13]
Forests [48]
Laws & Regulations [14]
Natural Resources [42]
Water & Oceans [19]
Public [5]
National (U.S.) [6]
Source: Sierra [49], 03/17/2025
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"Decision To Axe Advisory Groups Could Spell Trouble For US Food Safety" [50]

"A Trump administration move to axe key food safety advisory committees could leave the public more vulnerable to food-borne illnesses, critics fear, particularly alongside current legislative efforts to undermine proposed safety regulations on food processors."

Agriculture [2]
Chemicals [9]
Consumer [10]
Environmental Health [11]
Environmental Politics [13]
Food [27]
Laws & Regulations [14]
Science [51]
Public [5]
National (U.S.) [6]
Source: The New Lede [52], 03/17/2025
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April 13, 2025

DEADLINE: East-West Center's Jefferson Fellowships [53]

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.

Workshops and Fellowships [26]
Visibility: 
Public [5]
Topics on the Beat: 
Agriculture [2]
Environmental Health [11]
Fish & Fisheries [40]
Food [27]
Region: 
International [20]
Asia [54]

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