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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.

SEJ Publication Types: 
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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Smithsonian Could Be Start Of Trump’s Plan To Edit History. Or The End. [29]

"The president may not like how the museum and research institution tells the American story — but Americans do."

Environmental Justice [9]
Environmental Politics [10]
Environmental Studies [30]
Laws & Regulations [31]
Natural Resources [16]
People & Population [17]
Religion, Faith and Spirituality [32]
Public [28]
National (U.S.) [24]
Source: Washington Post [33], 04/11/2025
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Rural Human Rights Defenders Face Serious and Growing Risks: UN Report [34]

"When a gold mine in rural Liberia spewed three million gallons of cyanide-laced wastewater into soil and groundwater in 2016, affected Indigenous communities’ calls for accountability went largely unanswered."

Activism [35]
Chemicals [36]
Environmental Health [8]
Environmental Justice [9]
Environmental Politics [10]
Military [37]
Public [28]
International [26]
Source: Inside Climate News [38], 04/10/2025
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Trump’s Nominee for EPA’s Top Lawyer Advances Despite Scant Qualifications [39]

"Sean Donahue’s nomination to lead the Environmental Protection Agency’s Office of General Counsel advanced on a party-line vote despite Donahue lacking basic legal experience like taking a deposition or drafting a pleading."

Climate Change [6]
Economy & Business [40]
Energy & Fuel [7]
Environmental Health [8]
Environmental Justice [9]
Environmental Politics [10]
Government [13]
Laws & Regulations [31]
Public [28]
National (U.S.) [24]
Source: Inside Climate News [41], 04/10/2025
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Threatened Carbon Pipeline Filed Hundreds Of Lawsuits Against Landowners [42]

"Jared Bossly was planting soybeans one spring night in 2023 on his 2,000-acre farm in South Dakota when he spotted a sheriff’s vehicle parked at the corner of his property. He had a hunch it wasn’t a social visit."

Chemicals [36]
Climate Change [6]
Energy & Fuel [7]
Environmental Justice [9]
Environmental Politics [10]
Infrastructure [43]
Laws & Regulations [31]
Natural Resources [16]
People & Population [17]
Transportation [44]
Public [28]
National (U.S.) [24]
Source: AP [45], 04/10/2025
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White House Ends Funding For Key US Climate Research Body [46]

"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 [47]
Environmental Health [8]
Environmental Justice [9]
Environmental Politics [10]
Environmental Studies [30]
Government [13]
Journalism & Media [15]
Laws & Regulations [31]
Natural Resources [16]
Pollution [20]
Science [21]
Public [28]
National (U.S.) [24]
Source: Guardian [48], 04/10/2025
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Trump Makes Sweeping Move To Undercut State Climate Laws Like Calif.'s [49]

"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 [31]
Pollution [20]
Science [21]
Water & Oceans [22]
Public [28]
National (U.S.) [24]
California [50]
Source: LA Times [51], 04/10/2025
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National Weather Service Stops Translating Info For Non-English Speakers [52]

"The National Weather Service is no longer providing language translations of its products, a change that experts say could put non-English speakers at risk of missing potentially life-saving warnings about extreme weather."

Climate Change [6]
Disasters [47]
Environmental Health [8]
Environmental Justice [9]
Environmental Politics [10]
Journalism & Media [15]
Laws & Regulations [31]
People & Population [17]
Water & Oceans [22]
Public [28]
National (U.S.) [24]
Source: AP [53], 04/09/2025
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Park Service Restores Original Harriet Tubman, Underground Railroad Webpage [54]

"The National Park Service has reversed edits and restored content to its webpage about Harriet Tubman and the Underground Railroad in the wake of news reports and public backlash over the changes."

Activism [35]
Environmental Justice [9]
Environmental Politics [10]
Journalism & Media [15]
Natural Resources [16]
People & Population [17]
Public [28]
National (U.S.) [24]
Source: AP [55], 04/09/2025
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"Judge Orders White House To Allow AP Access To News Events" [56]

"A federal judge on Tuesday ordered the Trump White House to let Associated Press journalists return to the Oval Office and other spaces immediately to cover news events, ruling it was unlawful to block the news service in a dispute over its choice of words."

Environmental Justice [9]
Environmental Politics [10]
Journalism & Media [15]
Laws & Regulations [31]
Public [28]
National (U.S.) [24]
Source: NPR [57], 04/09/2025
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