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Tapping Into COP30 To Cover Indigenous Issues [1]

COP30 negotiators from around the world gather next week in Belém, Brazil, at the mouth of the Amazon River. Our Voices of Environmental Justice columnist Yessenia Funes says it’s a vital opportunity to engage with the Indigenous peoples who help protect the vast rainforest region — even for environmental reporters not there in person. Here’s how to tell their stories.

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Voices of Environmental Justice [2]
Topics on the Beat: 
Agriculture [3]
Biodiversity [4]
Climate Change [5]
Economy & Business [6]
Energy & Fuel [7]
Environmental Health [8]
Environmental Justice [9]
Environmental Politics [10]
Forests [11]
Government [12]
Journalism & Media [13]
Natural Resources [14]
People & Population [15]
Planning & Growth [16]
Policy [17]
Pollution [18]
Water & Oceans [19]
Region: 
International [20]
South America [21]
Visibility: 
Public [22]
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Find Environmental Justice Stories With Grants Data [23]

Efforts under Trump 2.0 to cut funding for environmental justice programs may be the new reality, but the uncertain status of hundreds of Biden-era grants offers important local stories. And as Reporter’s Toolbox finds, a database that rescued federal grant information helps make that reporting possible, with coding by congressional district to put the conflict into political context.

SEJ Publication Types: 
Reporters Toolbox [24]
Topics on the Beat: 
Environmental Justice [9]
Environmental Politics [10]
Government [12]
Journalism & Media [13]
Policy [17]
Region: 
National (U.S.) [25]
Visibility: 
Public [22]
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"EPA Retreats From Plans To End The Energy Star Program" [26]

"Lee Zeldin, the administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency, has quietly retreated from plans to eliminate Energy Star, a popular program whose iconic blue labels help consumers choose energy-efficient dishwashers, refrigerators and other home appliances."

Climate Change [5]
Energy & Fuel [7]
Environmental Politics [10]
Government [12]
Journalism & Media [13]
Pollution [18]
Public [22]
National (U.S.) [25]
Source: NYTimes [27], 11/03/2025
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"Trump Fossil Fuel Approvals Keep Coming Despite Government Shutdown" [28]

"The government shutdown isn’t stopping the Trump administration from advancing its policy priorities, especially when it comes to fossil fuels." "Between Oct. 1 and Wednesday, the bureau approved 474 permits to drill on public lands."

Activism [29]
Climate Change [5]
Economy & Business [6]
Energy & Fuel [7]
Environmental Politics [10]
Government [12]
Laws & Regulations [30]
Pollution [18]
Public [22]
National (U.S.) [25]
Source: The Hill [31], 10/31/2025
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"Inside EPA’s Hunt For Employees Who Signed The Dissent Letter" [32]

"Emails obtained by POLITICO’s E&E News under the Freedom of Information Act shed light on the internal investigation that began within hours of the EPA “Declaration of Dissent” going public on June 30. In the following days, the administration sifted through names of those who had signed the letter, shared legal advice and responded by placing close to 150 employees on administrative leave while their computers and email accounts were searched."

Activism [29]
Environmental Health [8]
Environmental Justice [9]
Environmental Politics [10]
Government [12]
Journalism & Media [13]
People & Population [15]
Public [22]
National (U.S.) [25]
Source: E&E News [33], 10/31/2025
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"NOAA Hurricane Hunter Crews, Researchers Flying Without Pay" [34]

"The NOAA pilots and scientists flying aboard hurricane hunter aircraft into Hurricane Melissa’s 185-mile per hour winds are not being paid during the government shutdown, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration confirmed Tuesday."

Climate Change [5]
Disasters [35]
Environmental Studies [36]
Government [12]
People & Population [15]
Science [37]
Water & Oceans [19]
Public [22]
National (U.S.) [25]
Source: E&E News [38], 10/30/2025
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Trump Fires Arts Commission Expected To Review His Construction Projects [39]

"The White House on Tuesday fired all six members of the Commission of Fine Arts, an independent federal agency that was expected to review some of President Donald Trump’s construction projects, including his planned triumphal arch in Washington."

Environmental Politics [10]
Environmental Studies [36]
Government [12]
Infrastructure [40]
Laws & Regulations [30]
Public [22]
National (U.S.) [25]
Mid-Atlantic (DC DE MD PA VA WV) [41]
Source: Washington Post [42], 10/29/2025
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"Melissa Strengthens To A Category 5 Hurricane As It Nears Jamaica" [43]

"Hurricane Melissa intensified to Category 5 strength Monday as it neared Jamaica with up to 30 inches (76 centimeters) of rain and a life-threatening storm surge."

Climate Change [5]
Disasters [35]
Government [12]
Infrastructure [40]
People & Population [15]
Water & Oceans [19]
Public [22]
National (U.S.) [25]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [44]
Central America & the Caribbean [45]
Source: AP [46], 10/27/2025
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Will Your Town Pass the Electric School Bus Acid Test? [47]

A Biden-era plan to put billions into school buses, clean EV-style, could be in the rearview mirror under the Trump administration, reports the latest TipSheet. That’s despite the fume-free, greenhouse gas-scarce qualities that benefit the air and the climate, parents and kids. To get in the driver’s seat on this story, here are a half a dozen local story ideas, plus reporting resources.

SEJ Publication Types: 
TipSheet [48]
Topics on the Beat: 
Air [49]
Climate Change [5]
Energy & Fuel [7]
Environmental Politics [10]
Government [12]
Health [50]
Infrastructure [40]
Journalism & Media [13]
Policy [17]
Pollution [18]
Technology [51]
Transportation [52]
Region: 
National (U.S.) [25]
Visibility: 
Public [22]
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Why Media Consolidation Threatens Press Freedom, Democracy [53]

Speeding media mergers — the latest examples being Paramount’s hookup with CBS and its recent pursuit of CNN parent Warner Bros. Discovery — could have serious societal repercussions, argues WatchDog Opinion. Among them: the risks of growing government control and political censorship. But a glimmer of hope comes from another, quieter, revolution that might just be the saving grace for independent accountability journalism.

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WatchDog [54]
Topics on the Beat: 
Economy & Business [6]
Government [12]
Journalism & Media [13]
Policy [17]
Region: 
National (U.S.) [25]
Visibility: 
Public [22]
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