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"Trump Killed A Crucial Disaster Database. This Nonprofit Just Saved It." [1]

"As the Trump administration deletes climate data and shutters resources that track the impacts of a warming world, nonprofits, state-level governments, and independent scientists are rushing to preserve the information."

Climate Change [2]
Disasters [3]
Environmental Health [4]
Environmental Politics [5]
Environmental Studies [6]
Journalism & Media [7]
People & Population [8]
Science [9]
Water & Oceans [10]
Public [11]
National (U.S.) [12]
Source: Grist [13], 11/05/2025
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Exxon-Funded Thinktanks To Spread Climate Denial In Latin America: Documents [14]

"Exxon funded rightwing thinktanks to spread climate change denial across Latin America, according to hundreds of previously unpublished documents that reveal a coordinated campaign to make the global south “less inclined” to support the UN-led climate treaty process."

Climate Change [2]
Energy & Fuel [15]
Environmental Health [4]
Environmental Justice [16]
Environmental Politics [5]
Journalism & Media [7]
People & Population [8]
Pollution [17]
Public [11]
International [18]
South America [19]
Source: Guardian [20], 11/04/2025
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Tapping Into COP30 To Cover Indigenous Issues [21]

COP30 negotiators from around the world gather next week in Belém, Brazil, at the mouth of the Amazon River. Our Voices of Environmental Justice columnist Yessenia Funes says it’s a vital opportunity to engage with the Indigenous peoples who help protect the vast rainforest region — even for environmental reporters not there in person. Here’s how to tell their stories.

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Voices of Environmental Justice [22]
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Agriculture [23]
Biodiversity [24]
Climate Change [2]
Economy & Business [25]
Energy & Fuel [15]
Environmental Health [4]
Environmental Justice [16]
Environmental Politics [5]
Forests [26]
Government [27]
Journalism & Media [7]
Natural Resources [28]
People & Population [8]
Planning & Growth [29]
Policy [30]
Pollution [17]
Water & Oceans [10]
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International [18]
South America [19]
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Public [11]
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November 4, 2025

The Bill Gates Memo: Climate Scientists Respond With Urgency [31]

Covering Climate Now and SEJ member Sammy Roth, who writes the new newsletter Climate-Colored Goggles, have convened a panel of leading climate scientists to dissect the Gates memo and respond to journalists’ questions about it. 4:30 p.m. ET.

Other Events [32]
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Climate Change [2]
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Journalism & Media [7]
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International [18]

Find Environmental Justice Stories With Grants Data [33]

Efforts under Trump 2.0 to cut funding for environmental justice programs may be the new reality, but the uncertain status of hundreds of Biden-era grants offers important local stories. And as Reporter’s Toolbox finds, a database that rescued federal grant information helps make that reporting possible, with coding by congressional district to put the conflict into political context.

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Reporters Toolbox [34]
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Environmental Justice [16]
Environmental Politics [5]
Government [27]
Journalism & Media [7]
Policy [30]
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National (U.S.) [12]
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Public [11]
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"EPA Retreats From Plans To End The Energy Star Program" [35]

"Lee Zeldin, the administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency, has quietly retreated from plans to eliminate Energy Star, a popular program whose iconic blue labels help consumers choose energy-efficient dishwashers, refrigerators and other home appliances."

Climate Change [2]
Energy & Fuel [15]
Environmental Politics [5]
Government [27]
Journalism & Media [7]
Pollution [17]
Public [11]
National (U.S.) [12]
Source: NYTimes [36], 11/03/2025
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"CBS News Just Gutted Its Climate Team" [37]

"Americans who rely on broadcast networks for honest journalism suffered a painful loss this week, as CBS News — fresh off its acquisition by Skydance Media and the installation of anti-woke opinion writer Bari Weiss as editor in chief — fired most of the reporters who specialize in covering climate change."

Climate Change [2]
Environmental Politics [5]
Journalism & Media [7]
Public [11]
National (U.S.) [12]
Source: Climate Colored Goggles [38], 11/03/2025
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2025 David Stolberg Meritorious Service Award Winner: Mark Schleifstein [39]

This annual award recognizes an SEJ member for their exceptional volunteer work. The 2025 Stolberg award goes to Mark Schleifstein (pictured, left), a founding member of the Society of Environmental Journalists and a retired, Pulitzer Prize-winning reporter for the Times-Picayune/New Orleans Advocate.

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Furry Envoys: China’s Rare Golden Monkeys Debut At European Zoos [40]

"With their distinctive shaggy orange manes, pale blue faces and dense fur covering their hands and feet, it’s hard to mistake China’s endangered golden snub-nosed monkeys for any other animal. These rare and charismatic monkeys, unique to the frigid mountains of central China, have recently joined the country’s famous pandas as furry envoys to zoos in Europe for the first time... ."

Biodiversity [24]
Consumer [41]
Environmental Studies [6]
Journalism & Media [7]
People & Population [8]
Wildlife [42]
Public [11]
Asia [43]
Europe [44]
Source: AP [45], 10/31/2025
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"Inside EPA’s Hunt For Employees Who Signed The Dissent Letter" [46]

"Emails obtained by POLITICO’s E&E News under the Freedom of Information Act shed light on the internal investigation that began within hours of the EPA “Declaration of Dissent” going public on June 30. In the following days, the administration sifted through names of those who had signed the letter, shared legal advice and responded by placing close to 150 employees on administrative leave while their computers and email accounts were searched."

Activism [47]
Environmental Health [4]
Environmental Justice [16]
Environmental Politics [5]
Government [27]
Journalism & Media [7]
People & Population [8]
Public [11]
National (U.S.) [12]
Source: E&E News [48], 10/31/2025
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