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April 30, 2025

DEADLINE: Sharon Begley Science Reporting Award [1]

This Council for the Advancement of Science Writing award honors the late science journalist Sharon Begley (pictured, left) by recognizing and supporting journalists who exemplify excellence in covering science for the public. A $20,000 grant will go to a mid-career science journalist. Deadline: Apr 30, 2025.

Awards and Grants [2]
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Science [5]

Two House Democrats Question PR Firms On Work With Fossil Fuel Companies [6]

"Reps. Katie Porter (D-Calif.) and Raúl Grijalva (D-Ariz.) sent a letter Wednesday to six public relations-award firms, asking for details on their work with energy companies and whether they had aided them in campaigns to obscure the link between fossil fuels and climate change."

Climate Change [7]
Energy & Fuel [8]
Journalism & Media [4]
Science [5]
Public [3]
National (U.S.) [9]
Source: The Hill [10], 02/11/2022
  • Read more about Two House Democrats Question PR Firms On Work With Fossil Fuel Companies [6]

"Dissolving in Toxic Oceans: How an Ancient Extinction Happened" [11]

"Scientists say rocks on the English coast contain clues of the processes that drove the end-Triassic event that killed as much as a quarter of all life on Earth."

Biodiversity [12]
Fish & Fisheries [13]
Science [5]
Water & Oceans [14]
Public [3]
International [15]
Source: NYTimes [16], 02/10/2022
  • Read more about "Dissolving in Toxic Oceans: How an Ancient Extinction Happened" [11]
February 18, 2022

Award Ceremony: AAAS Kavli Science Journalism Awards [17]

Join ​the AAAS Kavli Science Journalism Awards program at Noon EST for a ceremony honoring our 2021 award winners. It will be held in conjunction with the virtual 2022 AAAS Annual Meeting, and you must sign in as a meeting registrant (it's free to attend the award ceremony). Please register in advance.

Awards and Grants [2]
Other Events [18]
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Journalism & Media [4]
Science [5]

Biden’s Top Science Adviser, Eric Lander, Resigns Amid Reports Of Bullying [19]

"President Joe Biden’s top science adviser, Eric Lander, resigned on Monday evening following reports of his bullying and mistreatment of subordinates."

Government [20]
People & Population [21]
Science [5]
Public [3]
National (U.S.) [9]
Source: Politico [22], 02/08/2022
  • Read more about Biden’s Top Science Adviser, Eric Lander, Resigns Amid Reports Of Bullying [19]

EPA Science Advisers Recommend Tighter Soot Standards In Draft Document [23]

"In a new draft document, the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) science advisers recommended that the agency tighten its air quality standards for soot pollution after the Trump administration declined to make such a move.

The new draft that was released Friday by the EPA’s Clean Air Scientific Advisory Committee (CASAC) says “all CASAC members agree that the current level of the annual standard is not sufficiently protective of public health and should be lowered.”

Air [24]
Energy & Fuel [8]
Environmental Health [25]
Environmental Justice [26]
Laws & Regulations [27]
Pollution [28]
Science [5]
Public [3]
National (U.S.) [9]
Source: The Hill [29], 02/08/2022
  • Read more about EPA Science Advisers Recommend Tighter Soot Standards In Draft Document [23]

EPA's Unfinished Agenda [30]

Transparency and scientific integrity are good for public health and the environment, not to mention PR and politics. Yet WatchDog Opinion argues they’ve not been fully embraced by the Biden EPA. There are reasons for hope, however, in the form of a cataloging of violations and in an EPA-specific policy. Why it all matters for how environmental journalists do their jobs.

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Environmental Politics [32]
Government [20]
Journalism & Media [4]
Policy [33]
Science [5]
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  • Read more about EPA's Unfinished Agenda [30]

"Top Cat: Why The Puma Is A Leading Influencer In The Animal Kingdom" [34]

"From the Canadian Rockies to Patagonia, pumas have the largest terrestrial range of any mammal in the Americas. Now, a new study has reported the web of life these elusive cats support, showing how they are connected to more than 485 other species, from eagles feeding on their carrion to elk impacted by their “fear effect”."

Biodiversity [12]
Science [5]
Wildlife [35]
Public [3]
National (U.S.) [9]
Canada [36]
Source: Guardian [37], 02/07/2022
  • Read more about "Top Cat: Why The Puma Is A Leading Influencer In The Animal Kingdom" [34]

"Kelp Gets on the Carbon-Credit Bandwagon" [38]

"Is there potential for seaweeds to help solve the climate crisis?"

Biodiversity [12]
Climate Change [7]
Forests [39]
Science [5]
Water & Oceans [14]
Public [3]
National (U.S.) [9]
International [15]
Source: Hakai [40], 02/04/2022
  • Read more about "Kelp Gets on the Carbon-Credit Bandwagon" [38]

"Biden’s ‘Cancer Moonshot’ Turns Toward Pollution" [41]

"President Biden made an emotional pledge yesterday to “end cancer as we know it” by reinvigorating the Cancer Moonshot initiative he first launched in 2016, just one year after his son Beau succumbed to the disease."

Chemicals [42]
Environmental Health [25]
Pollution [28]
Science [5]
Public [3]
National (U.S.) [9]
Source: E&E News [43], 02/04/2022
  • Read more about "Biden’s ‘Cancer Moonshot’ Turns Toward Pollution" [41]

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