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#SEJ2025 — Confronting the Past, Surviving the Future [1]

Next week, hundreds of environmental journalists are expected to gather in Arizona for #SEJ2025, the Society of Environmental Journalists’ expansive annual conference. Co-chair Kendal Blust has highlights of the four-day event, plus how the challenges facing the Southwest are those of communities across the United States, and why now is a critical time for journalists to come together. Read her rundown [1] and register now [2], before the April 16 midnight deadline.

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SEJ News [3]
Topics on the Beat: 
Agriculture [4]
Biodiversity [5]
Climate Change [6]
Energy & Fuel [7]
Environmental Health [8]
Environmental Justice [9]
Environmental Politics [10]
Fish & Fisheries [11]
Food [12]
Government [13]
Health [14]
Journalism & Media [15]
Natural Resources [16]
People & Population [17]
Planning & Growth [18]
Policy [19]
Pollution [20]
Science [21]
Water & Oceans [22]
Wildlife [23]
Region: 
National (U.S.) [24]
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [25]
International [26]
Mexico [27]
Visibility: 
Public [28]
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Trump EPA Will Stop Collecting Greenhouse Gas Emissions Data From Most Polluters [29]

"The Environmental Protection Agency is planning to eliminate long-standing requirements for polluters to collect and report their emissions of the heat-trapping gases that cause climate change. The move, ordered by a Trump appointee, would affect thousands of industrial facilities across the country, including oil refineries, power plants and coal mines as well as those that make petrochemicals, cement, glass, iron and steel, according to documents reviewed by ProPublica."

Climate Change [6]
Economy & Business [30]
Energy & Fuel [7]
Environmental Health [8]
Environmental Politics [10]
Environmental Studies [31]
Laws & Regulations [32]
Pollution [20]
Science [21]
Public [28]
National (U.S.) [24]
Source: ProPublica [33], 04/11/2025
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NOAA Contracts Being Reviewed One By One, Throwing The Agency Into Chaos [34]

"The secretary of commerce is personally reviewing all contracts with commitments above $100,000 at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, causing backups and uncertainty in the agency that is responsible for the country's weather forecasts, marine fisheries management and coastal management. NOAA is housed within the Department of Commerce."

Climate Change [6]
Consumer [35]
Disasters [36]
Environmental Politics [10]
Fish & Fisheries [11]
Government [13]
Laws & Regulations [32]
Science [21]
Water & Oceans [22]
Public [28]
National (U.S.) [24]
Source: NPR [37], 04/10/2025
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Fact Focus: Trump Misrepresents Coal As He Signs EOs To Boost Its Use [38]

"President Donald Trump on Tuesday signed four executive orders designed to boost the U.S. coal industry, outlining steps to protect coal-fired power plants and expedite leases for coal mining on U.S. land. But in touting the benefits of coal, he misrepresented several aspects of its safety and use."

Climate Change [6]
Energy & Fuel [7]
Environmental Politics [10]
Environmental Studies [31]
Journalism & Media [15]
Science [21]
Public [28]
National (U.S.) [24]
Source: AP [39], 04/10/2025
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Trump Admin. Cuts Research Funding, Claiming It Creates ‘Climate Anxiety’ [40]

"The Trump administration announced it is cutting nearly $4 million in federal funding for climate change research at Princeton University, saying that the work promoted “exaggerated and implausible climate threats” and increased “climate anxiety” among young Americans."

Climate Change [6]
Disasters [36]
Environmental Health [8]
Environmental Politics [10]
Environmental Studies [31]
Science [21]
Public [28]
National (U.S.) [24]
International [26]
Source: NYTimes [41], 04/10/2025
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White House Ends Funding For Key US Climate Research Body [42]

"The White House is ending funding for the body that produces the federal government’s pre-eminent climate report, which summarizes the impacts of rising global temperatures on the United States."

Climate Change [6]
Disasters [36]
Environmental Health [8]
Environmental Justice [9]
Environmental Politics [10]
Environmental Studies [31]
Government [13]
Journalism & Media [15]
Laws & Regulations [32]
Natural Resources [16]
Pollution [20]
Science [21]
Public [28]
National (U.S.) [24]
Source: Guardian [43], 04/10/2025
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Trump Makes Sweeping Move To Undercut State Climate Laws Like Calif.'s [44]

"President Trump issued a sweeping executive order aimed at undermining states’ ability to set their own environmental policies. The order directs Attorney General Pam Bondi to identify and “stop the enforcement” of state laws that address climate change and other environmental initiatives."

Climate Change [6]
Environmental Health [8]
Environmental Justice [9]
Environmental Politics [10]
Laws & Regulations [32]
Pollution [20]
Science [21]
Water & Oceans [22]
Public [28]
National (U.S.) [24]
California [45]
Source: LA Times [46], 04/10/2025
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April 17, 2025

Beyond the Threshold: The Urgency of Climate Change [47]

Join the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists for a webinar exploring the risks of climate change and how to understand what planetary shifts are inevitable — and which are solvable — in this current era of scientific skepticism. 10 a.m. ET.

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Science [21]
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International [26]

Firm Genetically Engineers Wolves With Features Like The Extinct Dire Wolf [49]

"Three genetically engineered wolves that may resemble extinct dire wolves are trotting, sleeping and howling in an undisclosed secure location in the U.S., according to the company that aims to bring back lost species."

Biodiversity [5]
Economy & Business [30]
Natural Resources [16]
Science [21]
Technology [50]
Wildlife [23]
Public [28]
National (U.S.) [24]
Source: AP [51], 04/09/2025
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"Bayer’s Effort to Block Roundup Lawsuits Kicks Into High Gear" [52]

"The agrichemical giant is lobbying for state and federal laws that would give it legal immunity from claims that Roundup causes cancer, and launched a new ad blitz."

Agriculture [4]
Chemicals [53]
Environmental Health [8]
Environmental Politics [10]
Laws & Regulations [32]
Science [21]
Public [28]
National (U.S.) [24]
Source: Civil Eats [54], 04/09/2025
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