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Sunshine State Weirdness, With a Solid Dose of Environment [1]

The story behind the story that captures the “real” Florida is the essence of a new volume from veteran journalist and author Craig Pittman. BookShelf editor Tom Henry writes that “Welcome to Florida: True Tales from America’s Most Interesting State” not only taps into the state’s rich vein of the weird but offers a hefty dose of environmental topics, from climate change to manatees.

SEJ Publication Types: 
BookShelf [2]
Topics on the Beat: 
Climate Change [3]
Environmental Politics [4]
People & Population [5]
Pollution [6]
Water & Oceans [7]
Wildlife [8]
Region: 
National (U.S.) [9]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [10]
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Public [11]

"UN Treaty To Protect Oceans To Take Effect After Clinching Ratification [12]

"A UN treaty to protect marine diversity in the high seas was struck Friday after Morocco and Sierra Leone ratified the agreement, clinching the threshold of at least 60 ratifications needed to enact it as international law." 

Biodiversity [13]
Environmental Politics [4]
Fish & Fisheries [14]
Government [15]
Laws & Regulations [16]
Natural Resources [17]
Water & Oceans [7]
Public [11]
International [18]
Source: France 24 [19], 09/22/2025

"EPA Tells Some Scientists To Stop Publishing Studies, Employees Say" [20]

"Staff from the EPA’s Office of Water were summoned to a town hall meeting this week and told to pause the publication of most research, pending a review."

Climate Change [3]
Environmental Politics [4]
Journalism & Media [21]
Laws & Regulations [16]
Pollution [6]
Science [22]
Water & Oceans [7]
Public [11]
National (U.S.) [9]
Source: Washington Post [23], 09/22/2025

Hurricane Helene Hit NC A Year Ago. Some Students Never Returned To School [24]

"When 12-year-old Natalie Briggs visited the ruins of her home after Hurricane Helene, she had to tightrope across a wooden beam to reach what was once her bedroom."

Climate Change [3]
Disasters [25]
Environmental Justice [26]
Government [15]
Infrastructure [27]
People & Population [5]
Water & Oceans [7]
Public [11]
National (U.S.) [9]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [10]
Source: AP/BRPR [28], 09/19/2025

"Communities Around the World Find Plastic Pellets in Their Local Waterways" [29]

"This spring, citizen scientists across the country and the globe participated in the International Plastic Pellet Count, collecting small, usually round so-called “nurdles” on the shores of their local waterways."

Activism [30]
Chemicals [31]
Consumer [32]
Pollution [6]
Water & Oceans [7]
Public [11]
National (U.S.) [9]
International [18]
Source: Inside Climate News [33], 09/19/2025
October 7, 2025

Balancing Hope With Hurdles: How To Cover Marine Carbon Dioxide Removal [34]

Join Metcalf Institute and Solutions Journalism Network for this virtual training session on how to tell stories that help the public understand both the potential and the obstacles of ocean-based climate solutions. 1 p.m. ET.

Other Events [35]
Visibility: 
Public [11]
Topics on the Beat: 
Journalism & Media [21]
Technology [36]
Water & Oceans [7]
Region: 
National (U.S.) [9]
International [18]

"Trump Golf Course In Scotland Accused Of Breaching Sewage Limits" [37]

"Donald Trump’s Aberdeenshire golf course has breached sewage contamination limits 14 times since 2019, documents reveal."

Environmental Health [38]
Infrastructure [27]
Pollution [6]
Waste [39]
Water & Oceans [7]
Public [11]
Europe [40]
Source: Guardian [41], 09/18/2025

Trump EPA Will Defend Biden Rule Making Polluters Pay For PFAS Cleanup [42]

"The Trump administration says it will defend a Biden era-rule that is expected to keep polluters on the hook to clean up toxic “forever chemicals.”

Chemicals [31]
Disasters [25]
Environmental Health [38]
Environmental Politics [4]
Laws & Regulations [16]
Pollution [6]
Water & Oceans [7]
Public [11]
National (U.S.) [9]
Source: The Hill [43], 09/18/2025

Challenge to Maryland Offshore Wind Project Stokes Legal Concerns [44]

"The Trump Administration wants to vacate approval of US Wind’s Maryland project. Experts believe the move could be illegal and could jeopardize the clean energy transition nationwide."

Climate Change [3]
Energy & Fuel [45]
Environmental Politics [4]
Laws & Regulations [16]
Technology [36]
Water & Oceans [7]
Public [11]
National (U.S.) [9]
Mid-Atlantic (DC DE MD PA VA WV) [46]
Source: Inside Climate News [47], 09/18/2025

Hanford Will Lock Up Nuclear Waste In Glass — If The White House Lets It [48]

"Hanford vitrification plant set to open but some fear Trump officials are pushing for a cheaper alternative"

Disasters [25]
Environmental Health [38]
Environmental Politics [4]
Infrastructure [27]
Nuclear Power & Radiation [49]
Pollution [6]
Technology [36]
Waste [39]
Water & Oceans [7]
Public [11]
National (U.S.) [9]
Northwest (OR WA) [50]
Source: Science [51], 09/17/2025

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