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"National Climate Report Website Goes Dark" [1]

"The government website that hosted the federal government’s national climate reports, which are mandated by legislation, went offline Monday afternoon. The website was also one of the main federal sources of information on climate change."

Climate Change [2]
Consumer [3]
Energy & Fuel [4]
Environmental Politics [5]
Environmental Studies [6]
Government [7]
Journalism & Media [8]
Laws & Regulations [9]
Science [10]
Public [11]
National (U.S.) [12]
Source: NYTimes [13], 07/02/2025
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December 1, 2025

DEADLINE: Collier Spotlight [14]

The Collier Prize for State Government Accountability is initiating a new quarterly award to recognize impactful reporting on state institutions. No fees to enter. All media platforms are eligible. Next deadline is Dec 1, 2025. 

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Journalism & Media [8]
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"Trump Administration Issues New Revised Permitting Rules" [16]

"Federal agencies including the Energy, Interior and Agriculture departments are starting to issue new permitting rules that trim back or eliminate procedures that have been in place for decades."

Agriculture [17]
Climate Change [2]
Environmental Health [18]
Environmental Politics [5]
Government [7]
Laws & Regulations [9]
Natural Resources [19]
Pollution [20]
Public [11]
National (U.S.) [12]
Source: Bloomberg Environment [21], 07/01/2025
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"E.P.A. Workers Warn Trump Is Politicizing Their Work" [22]

"In a public letter, employees of the Environmental Protection Agency accused the administration of engaging in unlawful partisan activity and endangering public health."

Activism [23]
Climate Change [2]
Environmental Health [18]
Environmental Justice [24]
Environmental Politics [5]
Environmental Studies [6]
Government [7]
People & Population [25]
Pollution [20]
Public [11]
National (U.S.) [12]
Source: NYTimes [26], 07/01/2025
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"A Public Lands Sell-Off Is Struck From the G.O.P. Policy Bill" [27]

"Senator Mike Lee, Republican of Utah, said late Saturday that he had dropped his contentious plan to sell millions of acres of public lands from the sweeping domestic policy package that the Senate will soon begin debating."

Environmental Politics [5]
Forests [28]
Government [7]
Laws & Regulations [9]
Natural Resources [19]
Water & Oceans [29]
Wildlife [30]
Public [11]
National (U.S.) [12]
Source: NYTimes [31], 06/30/2025
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"RFK Jr. Wins His Fight Against A Rare, Safe Flu-Shot Ingredient" [32]

"Federal vaccine advisers installed by Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. voted Thursday to effectively remove an ingredient from flu shots, achieving a longtime, controversial goal of anti-vaccine activists and illustrating how their priorities are becoming official government guidance."

Activism [23]
Chemicals [33]
Consumer [3]
Government [7]
Health [34]
Laws & Regulations [9]
People & Population [25]
Science [10]
Public [11]
National (U.S.) [12]
Source: Washington Post [35], 06/27/2025
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Severe Weather, Uncertain Funding: Problems of a Local Emergency Manager [36]

"John Dwyer coordinates emergency management in Champaign County, Illinois. He’s seeing a lot more weather extremes, from tornadoes to a major dust storm, even as federal money to keep people safe seems poised to drop." 

Climate Change [2]
Disasters [37]
Government [7]
Laws & Regulations [9]
People & Population [25]
Public [11]
National (U.S.) [12]
Source: Inside Climate News [38], 06/26/2025
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"Conservationists Sue EPA for Missing Clean Air Exemption List" [39]

"Group sues EPA for failing to produce facility names. Trump administration hasn’t disclosed all who asked for reprieves."

Activism [23]
Chemicals [33]
Environmental Health [18]
Environmental Politics [5]
Government [7]
Journalism & Media [8]
Laws & Regulations [9]
Pollution [20]
Public [11]
National (U.S.) [12]
Source: Bloomberg Environment [40], 06/26/2025
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Rethinking Forest Management in the Pyrocene [41]

Recent urban-interface infernos, fueled by climate change, leave no doubt that we have entered the age of runaway fire. Writer and ecologist Lauren Oakes writes that large-scale combustion is permanently reshaping ecosystems and societies as we learn to live with wildfire, not just fight it. Instead of perpetuating problematic approaches to forest management, experts call for confronting the root causes of this crisis and adopting science-informed responses.

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Climate Change [2]
Disasters [37]
Environmental Politics [5]
Environmental Studies [6]
Forests [28]
Government [7]
Health [34]
Infrastructure [43]
Journalism & Media [8]
Laws & Regulations [9]
Natural Resources [19]
Policy [44]
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National (U.S.) [12]
California [45]
Northwest (OR WA) [46]
International [47]
Canada [48]
Australia & Oceania [49]
Europe [50]
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"Putting Western Lands Up For Sale Highly Unpopular" [51]

"U.S. Sen. Mike Lee of Utah single-handedly appears to have produced what just might be the most unified, and broadly dispersed, opposition to anti-conservation legislation ever considered by Congress."

Agriculture [17]
Biodiversity [52]
Environmental Politics [5]
Government [7]
Laws & Regulations [9]
Natural Resources [19]
Public [11]
National (U.S.) [12]
Source: National Parks Traveler [53], 06/23/2025
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