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MegaBanks Pledged $906bn To Fossil Fuel Firms In 2025: Report [1]

“JPMorgan Chase leads 65 banks making decisions incompatible with restraining rising temperatures, researchers say.”

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Economy & Business [3]
Energy & Fuel [4]
Environmental Studies [5]
Laws & Regulations [6]
Policy [7]
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National (U.S.) [9]
International [10]
Source: The Guardian [11], 06/10/2026
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Debate Over Preservation Law Tripping Up Permitting Talks [12]

“Senate Energy and Natural Resources Chair Mike Lee wants to overhaul the National Historic Preservation Act. That may be a step too far for many Democrats.”

Environmental Justice [13]
Environmental Politics [14]
Government [15]
Laws & Regulations [6]
Planning & Growth [16]
Policy [7]
Public [8]
National (U.S.) [9]
Source: E&E News [17], 06/10/2026
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Trump DOJ Killed Criminal Probe of GOP Senator’s Coal Firms [18]

“EPA and Justice Department officials were looking into potential criminal violations by the vast coal empire owned by Sen. Jim Justice. Then the Office of the Deputy Attorney General told them ‘pencils down.’”

Climate Change [19]
Economy & Business [3]
Energy & Fuel [4]
Environmental Health [20]
Environmental Justice [13]
Environmental Politics [14]
Government [15]
Health [21]
Laws & Regulations [6]
Natural Resources [22]
Policy [7]
Pollution [23]
Water & Oceans [24]
Public [8]
National (U.S.) [9]
Mid-Atlantic (DC DE MD PA VA WV) [25]
Source: ProPublica [26], 06/10/2026
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‘Severe’ Stress on Oceans as Rate of Sea Level Rise Doubles in 10 Years, UN Warns [27]

“Global effort needed to limit effects of pollution, industrial fishing and climate crisis, World Ocean Assessment says.”

Climate Change [19]
Fish & Fisheries [28]
Food [29]
Natural Resources [22]
Policy [7]
Pollution [23]
Science [30]
Water & Oceans [24]
Wildlife [31]
Public [8]
National (U.S.) [9]
International [10]
Source: The Guardian [32], 06/09/2026
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White House Plans to Vet Public Grants for ‘American Values’ Spark Broad Alarm [33]

“New proposal quietly published last week would amount to ‘devastating blow’ for science, experts warn.”

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Journalism & Media [34]
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National (U.S.) [9]
Source: The Guardian [35], 06/09/2026
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U.S. Revokes Endangered Species Listing for Permian Basin Lizard, Resolves Texas Attorney General Lawsuit [36]

“The Trump administration agreed to strip endangered ​species protection from a lizard whose habitat overlapped the largest oil-producing region in the United ‌States, settling a lawsuit brought by Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton.”

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National (U.S.) [9]
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Source: Reuters [40], 06/09/2026
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EPA’s HFC Delay Tests Trump’s Made in America Agenda [41]

“The agency’s regulatory rollback for grocery refrigerators has sparked a backlash from U.S. manufacturers.”

Chemicals [42]
Climate Change [19]
Consumer [2]
Economy & Business [3]
Energy & Fuel [4]
Environmental Health [20]
Environmental Politics [14]
Government [15]
Health [21]
Laws & Regulations [6]
Policy [7]
Pollution [23]
Technology [43]
Public [8]
National (U.S.) [9]
Source: E&E News [44], 06/09/2026
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MAHA’s CAFO Conundrum [45]

“While the movement has long railed against harmful pesticides — such as glyphosate and paraquat — that are sprayed on crops and linked to cancers and other health ills, there is mounting evidence that CAFOs, which generate massive amounts of manure, are linked to some of these same health problems, including increased cancer rates.”

Agriculture [46]
Consumer [2]
Environmental Health [20]
Environmental Politics [14]
Food [29]
Government [15]
Health [21]
Policy [7]
Wildlife [31]
Public [8]
National (U.S.) [9]
Source: The New Lede [47], 06/09/2026
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June 17, 2026

SEJ Webinar: Energy Reporting 101 for Environmental Journalists [48]

Join us for Energy Reporting 101 for Environmental Journalists, a webinar designed to help you demystify the numbers and find the human stories behind the power grid. Whether you’re a veteran climate reporter looking for a refresh or a general assignment journalist diving into the energy beat for the first time, you’ll walk away with the context, questions and confidence needed to pitch and execute powerful stories.

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Is Climate Disaster Insurance a Worsening Disaster? [50]

The growing disconnect between climate risk and risk insurance for homeowners is leaving millions on the knife-edge of economic disaster. But the latest TipSheet suggests that reality offers environmental journalists an opportunity to navigate the morass, community by community. Get more than a dozen story ideas and reporting resources in the latest column.

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Policy [7]
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National (U.S.) [9]
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