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February 27, 2025

Earth Investigations Webinar: Tracking the Global Oil Trade with Data and Satellite Imagery [1]

This webinar will introduce the international oil trade for investigative journalists. Focusing on the physical processes that move oil and its products around the globe, Data Desk will share the data sources and methodologies they use to monitor this activity, illustrating the talk with examples from published investigations. 3 p.m. CET (9 a.m. ET).

Other Events [2]
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Public [3]
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Energy & Fuel [4]
Journalism & Media [5]
Technology [6]
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National (U.S.) [7]
International [8]

"Utilities To Spend Billions To Power AI. Are They Jumping The Gun?" [9]

"A new artificial intelligence model from China not only upended stock markets this week, it also called into question whether the rush to build new, mostly fossil-fueled power plants to run data centers is premature."

Climate Change [10]
Energy & Fuel [4]
Infrastructure [11]
Pollution [12]
Technology [6]
Public [3]
National (U.S.) [7]
International [8]
Source: Floodlight [13], 02/06/2025

"Data Scientists Restore a Climate Justice Tool Taken Down by Trump" [14]

"One day after President Donald Trump’s inauguration, a digital mapping tool used by federal and state agencies to identify environmentally disadvantaged communities was taken offline. Within 48 hours, a coalition of data scientists known as the Public Environmental Data Project had resurrected a functional but unofficial copy of the tool on an independent domain."

Environmental Justice [15]
Journalism & Media [5]
People & Population [16]
Technology [6]
Public [3]
National (U.S.) [7]
Source: Inside Climate News [17], 02/05/2025

11 Years Opening, Massive Solar Plant Faces Bleak Future In Mojave Desert [18]

"What was once the world’s largest solar power plant of its type appears headed for closure just 11 years after opening, under pressure from cheaper green energy sources. Meanwhile, environmentalists continue to blame the Mojave Desert plant for killing thousands of birds and tortoises."

Biodiversity [19]
Climate Change [10]
Energy & Fuel [4]
Infrastructure [11]
Technology [6]
Wildlife [20]
Public [3]
California [21]
Source: AP [22], 01/31/2025

"Moss Landing, The World’s Biggest Grid Battery, Just Caught Fire Again" [23]

"Vistra’s flagship energy-storage project in California turned into a towering inferno, forcing evacuations and raising fresh concerns about large battery installations."

Disasters [24]
Energy & Fuel [4]
Infrastructure [11]
Pollution [12]
Technology [6]
Public [3]
National (U.S.) [7]
California [21]
Source: Canary Media [25], 01/21/2025
February 1, 2025

DEADLINE: Digital Threats — A Six-Week Cyber Investigations Training Course by GIJN [26]

The Global Investigative Journalism Network invites applications from reporters worldwide for this free, part-time course starting April 14, 2025. Learn how to investigate the digital environment in order to understand and expose attacks and manipulation. Deadline: Feb 1.

Workshops and Fellowships [27]
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Journalism & Media [5]
Technology [6]
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International [8]

"Tycoon’s Wild Plan For US Data Centers Ignores Grid Reality" [28]

"President-elect Donald Trump’s breezy rollout this week of a Dubai real estate developer’s $20 billion pledge shows the chasm between tech’s bold aspirations and electricity supplies."

Climate Change [10]
Energy & Fuel [4]
Environmental Politics [29]
Infrastructure [11]
Technology [6]
Public [3]
National (U.S.) [7]
Source: E&E News [30], 01/13/2025

Assessing AI’s Importance in Journalism and Teaching — Part 1 [31]

Like with any new technology, the future of artificial intelligence in the newsroom and the classroom inspired excitement and fear for one journalism educator. But after experimenting with it at the University of Michigan, EJ Academy co-editor Emilia Askari gained practical insight into its smart use for teaching young reporters. Lessons on AI journalism, in Part 1 of a two-part series [32].

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EJ Academy [33]
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Journalism & Media [5]
Technology [6]
Region: 
National (U.S.) [7]
International [8]
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Public [3]

What Biden Rules Could Congress Unplug With Review Act? [34]

As the Biden White House rushes to enact environment and energy policy before Inauguration Day, an obscure law leaves room for the incoming administration to claw them back. At risk: strengthened emissions standards for vehicles and power, tougher energy efficiency standards and plans to replace lead pipes. The latest EJ TransitionWatch explains how the reversal works — and why it might not.

SEJ Publication Types: 
EJ TransitionWatch [35]
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Air [36]
Climate Change [10]
Economy & Business [37]
Energy & Fuel [4]
Environmental Politics [29]
Government [38]
Infrastructure [11]
Laws & Regulations [39]
Policy [40]
Pollution [12]
Technology [6]
Transportation [41]
Water & Oceans [42]
Region: 
National (U.S.) [7]
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Public [3]

"How Watch Duty Became The Go-To Wildfire App To Track L.A. Wildfires" [43]

"Struggling to keep track of fast moving wildfires and the latest evacuation zones, residents of Los Angeles are rushing to download a free app called Watch Duty."

Disasters [24]
Forests [44]
Journalism & Media [5]
Technology [6]
Public [3]
National (U.S.) [7]
California [21]
Source: Washington Post [45], 01/10/2025

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