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December 12, 2025

IJNR/SEJ Virtual Workshop: The Future of Chesapeake Bay [1]

The Institute for Journalism & Natural Resources (IJNR), in conjunction with the Society of Environmental Journalists, will conduct a virtual training program, 11:30 a.m. - 1 p.m. EST, for professional journalists that explores the complicated past and future of the Chesapeake Bay. Registration deadline: Dec 11.

Workshops and Fellowships [2]
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Public [3]
Topics on the Beat: 
Journalism & Media [4]
Water & Oceans [5]
Region: 
Mid-Atlantic (DC DE MD PA VA WV) [6]
Northeast (CT MA ME NH NJ NY RI VT) [7]
December 9, 2025

SEJ Webinar: Silenced Sources — When Fear of Retaliation Muzzles Facts [8]

Join Freedom of the Press Foundation, the Association of Healthcare Journalists and the Society of Environmental Journalists for this webinar at 2 p.m. EST, on what happens when whistleblowers, researchers, students and federal employees are intimidated into staying quiet.

Other Events [9]
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Public [3]
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Government [10]
Journalism & Media [4]
Region: 
National (U.S.) [11]

"Resurrected Lawsuit Puts FPL’s Past Controversies Back In The Spotlight" [12]

"An investor lawsuit accusing Florida Power & Light’s parent company, NextEra, and several current and former executives of securities fraud can move forward, a panel of federal appeals judges ruled last week in a remarkable resurrection of the case."

Economy & Business [13]
Energy & Fuel [14]
Environmental Politics [15]
Infrastructure [16]
Journalism & Media [4]
Laws & Regulations [17]
People & Population [18]
Public [3]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [19]
Source: The Tributary [20], 12/03/2025

Trump Admin Strips ‘Renewable’ And ‘Energy’ From NREL Laboratory Name [21]

"The Trump administration on Monday stripped the words “renewable” and “energy” from the National Renewable Energy Laboratory name, furthering White House directives to abandon clean energy sources."

Climate Change [22]
Energy & Fuel [14]
Environmental Health [23]
Environmental Politics [15]
Journalism & Media [4]
Laws & Regulations [17]
Science [24]
Technology [25]
Public [3]
National (U.S.) [11]
Source: The Hill [26], 12/03/2025

"How Two NASA Satellites Survived Trump’s Climate Purge" [27]

"NASA has sent two new satellites into space over the past six months to monitor many of the ways global warming is affecting the planet. Just don’t call them climate satellites."

Climate Change [22]
Environmental Politics [15]
Journalism & Media [4]
Science [24]
Public [3]
National (U.S.) [11]
International [28]
Source: E&E News [29], 12/02/2025

Murdoch Media Wrongly Pinned NJ High Rates on Clean Energy, Says Watchdog [30]

"Media companies owned by Rupert Murdoch have found a “scapegoat” in clean energy for the rising electricity prices in New Jersey, according to two reports from watchdog Media Matters."

Climate Change [22]
Energy & Fuel [14]
Journalism & Media [4]
Public [3]
National (U.S.) [11]
Source: Inside Climate News [31], 12/02/2025

Citizen Pollution Monitors Face Industry Pushback, Legal Threats [32]

A steep decline in the enforcement of environmental laws means the monitoring of pollution by citizens is more important than ever. But as the latest TipSheet notes, some states have passed laws that severely constrain the use of citizen monitoring or the sharing of findings. Get the backstory, along with top reporting angles and resources for finding monitoring in your area.

SEJ Publication Types: 
TipSheet [33]
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Activism [34]
Air [35]
Environmental Health [23]
Environmental Justice [36]
Environmental Politics [15]
Environmental Studies [37]
Government [10]
Health [38]
Journalism & Media [4]
Laws & Regulations [17]
Pollution [39]
Science [24]
Water & Oceans [5]
Region: 
National (U.S.) [11]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [19]
Visibility: 
Public [3]

Orphans and Zombies — Reporting on Abandoned Oil and Gas Wells Across the Country [40]

For more than a century, oil and gas companies have been drilling — and abandoning — wells across the country, leaving hundreds of thousands to potentially leak pollutants into the air, water and soil. Climate and environment reporter Martha Pskowski looks at how funding and regulatory issues are impacting efforts to identify and plug these wells, and offers resources for drilling into their story.

SEJ Publication Types: 
Features [41]
Topics on the Beat: 
Agriculture [42]
Air [35]
Climate Change [22]
Economy & Business [13]
Energy & Fuel [14]
Environmental Health [23]
Government [10]
Health [38]
Journalism & Media [4]
Laws & Regulations [17]
Natural Resources [43]
Policy [44]
Pollution [39]
Technology [25]
Water & Oceans [5]
Wildlife [45]
Region: 
National (U.S.) [11]
Great Lakes (IL IN MI MN OH WI) [46]
Great Plains (IA KS ND NE MO SD) [47]
Mid-Atlantic (DC DE MD PA VA WV) [6]
Mountain West (CO ID MT NV UT WY) [48]
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [49]
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Public [3]

"The State of Local News 2025": 20 Years of Data, Deserts and Dynamic Change [50]

"News deserts are widening. Newspaper closures continue unabated. Independent publishers are calling it quits at an alarming rate. Yet local digital-only news sites are multiplying. Many are even thriving."

Consumer [51]
Economy & Business [13]
Journalism & Media [4]
People & Population [18]
Planning & Growth [52]
Technology [25]
Public [3]
National (U.S.) [11]
Source: Medill [53], 12/01/2025

"Many Fighting Climate Change Worry They Are Losing the Information War" [54]

"Shifting politics, intensive lobbying and surging disinformation online have undermined international efforts to respond to the threat."

Climate Change [22]
Disasters [55]
Economy & Business [13]
Energy & Fuel [14]
Environmental Health [23]
Environmental Politics [15]
Journalism & Media [4]
Pollution [39]
Science [24]
Public [3]
National (U.S.) [11]
International [28]
Source: NYTimes [56], 12/01/2025

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