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"Will Science Journalism Funders Step Up or Retreat?" [1]

"Amid Trump-era funding turmoil, foundations are finding themselves pulled in many directions to fill in the gaps."

Climate Change [2]
Economy & Business [3]
Environmental Health [4]
Environmental Politics [5]
Journalism & Media [6]
Science [7]
Public [8]
National (U.S.) [9]
Source: Undark [10], 10/17/2025

"How a ‘Pro-Climate’ Charity Channelled Cash to a Koch-Funded Think Tank" [11]

"A UK charity that portrays itself as a climate leader facilitated a £830,000 donation to the Mercatus Center, a conservative think tank heavily funded by U.S. oil billionaire Charles Koch, DeSmog can reveal."

Climate Change [2]
Economy & Business [3]
Energy & Fuel [12]
Environmental Politics [5]
Journalism & Media [6]
Pollution [13]
Science [7]
Public [8]
National (U.S.) [9]
International [14]
Source: DeSmog [15], 10/17/2025

Aeroecology Reveals Creatures That Populate the Skies and How They Survive [16]

"The sky above us is a complex ecosystem, just like the land and sea. A new field of research is bringing a fresh understanding of the birds, bugs and other species that live there"

Air [17]
Biodiversity [18]
Environmental Studies [19]
Natural Resources [20]
Science [7]
Wildlife [21]
Public [8]
National (U.S.) [9]
International [14]
Source: Smithsonian [22], 10/16/2025

DOE Climate ‘Endangerment’ Report Sparks Stormy Retort [23]

When the Trump Energy Department issued a report this summer questioning a central precept of U.S. climate change policy, it kicked off an angry backlash from scientific experts who fear it undermines decades of peer-reviewed research — and the very basis for climate action. Backgrounder scrutinizes the DOE report and the climate skeptics behind it, as well as the furious response.

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Climate Change [2]
Environmental Politics [5]
Environmental Studies [19]
Government [25]
Laws & Regulations [26]
Policy [27]
Science [7]
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National (U.S.) [9]
International [14]
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"‘Sharpiegate’ Meteorologist Confirmed As NOAA Chief" [28]

"The Senate has voted to confirm President Trump’s pick to lead the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) as part of a group of nominees confirmed en masse."

Climate Change [2]
Disasters [29]
Environmental Politics [5]
Environmental Studies [19]
Fish & Fisheries [30]
Laws & Regulations [26]
Natural Resources [20]
Science [7]
Water & Oceans [31]
Public [8]
National (U.S.) [9]
Source: The Hill [32], 10/09/2025

"Science Teachers Scramble As U.S. Climate Resources Vanish" [33]

"When news broke that climate.gov was about to go dark in June, Jeffrey Grant scrambled to download as many graphs and data tables from the website as he could. The high school biology teacher had relied heavily on the U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) website to teach students about climate change, showing data on carbon dioxide levels and asking the students to analyze trends and make connections like real climatologists."

Climate Change [2]
Environmental Politics [5]
Environmental Studies [19]
Journalism & Media [6]
People & Population [34]
Science [7]
Public [8]
National (U.S.) [9]
Source: Science [35], 10/07/2025

"New Report Examines Fossil Fuel Ties of Dozens of Trump Admin Hires" [36]

"The Trump administration wasted no time in tapping individuals with ties to fossil fuel industries and right-wing think tanks funded by oil tycoons for key environmental and energy policy positions, according to a new report."

Climate Change [2]
Economy & Business [3]
Energy & Fuel [12]
Environmental Health [4]
Environmental Politics [5]
Government [25]
Laws & Regulations [26]
Pollution [13]
Science [7]
Public [8]
National (U.S.) [9]
Source: Inside Climate News [37], 10/07/2025

"How Big Agriculture Got Its Way In The Latest MAHA Report" [38]

"Alarmed by the first MAHA commission report, the agriculture industry mobilized to shape the next installment. Those efforts seemingly paid off."

Agriculture [39]
Chemicals [40]
Economy & Business [3]
Environmental Health [4]
Environmental Politics [5]
People & Population [34]
Pollution [13]
Science [7]
Public [8]
National (U.S.) [9]
Source: Washington Post [41], 10/07/2025

Crop Cover Database Seeds Local Environment Coverage [42]

Cropland can easily be found time and again at the heart of the key concerns on the environment beat, whether climate, water, chemicals or, of course, land. The latest Reporter’s Toolbox shares a high-quality, mappable database that can serve up stories on more than 100 categories of crops, with numbers drawn from satellite imagery. Plus, a pro tip on using the data smartly.

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Agriculture [39]
Chemicals [40]
Climate Change [2]
Environmental Health [4]
Environmental Studies [19]
Food [44]
Journalism & Media [6]
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National (U.S.) [9]
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Public [8]

Climate Solutions, for Some, May Not Be [45]

A small Louisiana community, home to the descendants of formerly enslaved Black people, continues to fight for its freedom many decades later, this time from a potentially polluting technology. FEJ StoryLog contributor Yessenia Funes recounts her journey to this Cancer Alley community, where a grant from the Fund for Environmental Journalism helped her tell the story of residents challenging a multibillion-dollar carbon capture plant.

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Activism [47]
Air [17]
Chemicals [40]
Climate Change [2]
Economy & Business [3]
Energy & Fuel [12]
Environmental Health [4]
Environmental Justice [48]
Environmental Politics [5]
Journalism & Media [6]
People & Population [34]
Planning & Growth [49]
Policy [27]
Pollution [13]
Science [7]
Technology [50]
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National (U.S.) [9]
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