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June 18, 2025

DEADLINE: Catalyst 2025 — Simulation of Working Through a Water Crisis [1]

Rogue Water Lab invites applications from journalists to attend this high-intensity, immersive event to simulate working through a water crisis — complete with misinformation, stakeholder conflict, press pressure and policy implications. Sep 22–24, 2025 in Milwaukee, Wisc. Apply by June 18.

Other Events [2]
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Public [3]
Topics on the Beat: 
Disasters [4]
Planning & Growth [5]
Pollution [6]
Water & Oceans [7]
Region: 
Great Lakes (IL IN MI MN OH WI) [8]
May 20, 2025

The Climate Crisis on Our Plates: Rethinking Food and Farming [9]

Project Drawdown's next Drawdown Ignite webinar will engage outside experts in a far-ranging discussion focused on food, agriculture and land use. 2:00 p.m. ET.

Other Events [2]
Visibility: 
Public [3]
Topics on the Beat: 
Agriculture [10]
Climate Change [11]
Food [12]
Planning & Growth [5]
Region: 
National (U.S.) [13]
International [14]

Rare Glimpse Inside Mountain Tunnel That Carries Water To Southern California [15]

"In the 1930s, workers using explosives and machinery excavated a 13-mile tunnel beneath Mt. San Jacinto to bring Colorado River water to Southern California. The Metropolitan Water District recently offered visitors a look inside the tunnel, an engineering feat that is a key piece of the 242-mile Colorado River Aqueduct."

Infrastructure [16]
Journalism & Media [17]
Planning & Growth [5]
Water & Oceans [7]
Public [3]
National (U.S.) [13]
California [18]
Source: LA Times [19], 04/29/2025

"FDA Moves To Phase Out Petroleum-Based Food Dyes" [20]

"Federal health officials announced plans Tuesday to phase out synthetic food dyes made from petroleum, marking a significant shift in how the U.S. regulates chemical additives in food."

Chemicals [21]
Consumer [22]
Environmental Health [23]
Environmental Politics [24]
Food [12]
Laws & Regulations [25]
Planning & Growth [5]
Pollution [6]
Public [3]
National (U.S.) [13]
Source: The New Lede [26], 04/29/2025

"Which Cities Have The Most Trees? See How Yours Stacks Up." [27]

"Why some U.S. cities are so much greener than others." Includes lookup map.

Biodiversity [28]
Climate Change [11]
Environmental Health [23]
Environmental Justice [29]
Forests [30]
Infrastructure [16]
Planning & Growth [5]
Wildlife [31]
Public [3]
National (U.S.) [13]
Source: Washington Post [32], 04/28/2025

Trump Axed Rule Designed To Spare Taxpayers The Burden Of Future Flooding [33]

"The change may speed up flood recovery, but it will leave communities — and taxpayers — facing the same problems over and over again."

Climate Change [11]
Disasters [4]
Environmental Politics [24]
Infrastructure [16]
Laws & Regulations [25]
People & Population [34]
Planning & Growth [5]
Water & Oceans [7]
Public [3]
National (U.S.) [13]
Source: Grist/BPR [35], 04/15/2025

#SEJ2025 — Confronting the Past, Surviving the Future [36]

Next week, hundreds of environmental journalists are expected to gather in Arizona for #SEJ2025, the Society of Environmental Journalists’ expansive annual conference. Co-chair Kendal Blust has highlights of the four-day event, plus how the challenges facing the Southwest are those of communities across the United States, and why now is a critical time for journalists to come together. Read her rundown [36] and register now [37], before the April 16 midnight deadline.

SEJ Publication Types: 
SEJ News [38]
Topics on the Beat: 
Agriculture [10]
Biodiversity [28]
Climate Change [11]
Energy & Fuel [39]
Environmental Health [23]
Environmental Justice [29]
Environmental Politics [24]
Fish & Fisheries [40]
Food [12]
Government [41]
Health [42]
Journalism & Media [17]
Natural Resources [43]
People & Population [34]
Planning & Growth [5]
Policy [44]
Pollution [6]
Science [45]
Water & Oceans [7]
Wildlife [31]
Region: 
National (U.S.) [13]
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [46]
International [14]
Mexico [47]
Visibility: 
Public [3]

"Calif. Snowpack Is Near-Average — What Does This Mean For Water Supplies?" [48]

"At 90% of the state historical average, the Sierra Nevada snowpack is nothing like record-smashing 2023. But it ‘s the third year in the row with near-average or above-average snowpack."

Agriculture [10]
Infrastructure [16]
Natural Resources [43]
People & Population [34]
Planning & Growth [5]
Water & Oceans [7]
Public [3]
California [18]
Source: CalMatters [49], 04/01/2025
April 11, 2025

Mongabay Webinar: How To Cover Wildlife Corridors [50]

This edition of Mongabay’s webinar series will examine how journalists can report on corridors and answer key questions related to their use in law, policy, scientific research, conservation and human development. 10:30 a.m. ET.

Other Events [2]
Visibility: 
Public [3]
Topics on the Beat: 
Journalism & Media [17]
Planning & Growth [5]
Wildlife [31]
Region: 
National (U.S.) [13]
International [14]
March 28, 2025

FIJ Webinar: Inside the Investigation — Georgia Gee [51]

The Fund for Investigative Journalism is holding a free webinar with Georgia Gee sharing how she investigated environmental hazards at a Florida school stretching back six decades. Concrete tips and resources that other journalists can use to do similar investigations will also be shared. Noon ET.

Other Events [2]
Visibility: 
Public [3]
Topics on the Beat: 
Chemicals [21]
Journalism & Media [17]
People & Population [34]
Planning & Growth [5]
Pollution [6]
Region: 
National (U.S.) [13]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [52]

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