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"US Forest Service to Repeal Roadless Rule to Promote Logging" [1]

"The US Forest Service will begin the process to repeal the agency’s 2001 Roadless Rule, which protects millions of acres of national forest land from logging nationwide, Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins said Monday."

Agriculture [2]
Climate Change [3]
Economy & Business [4]
Environmental Politics [5]
Forests [6]
Laws & Regulations [7]
Natural Resources [8]
Wildlife [9]
Public [10]
National (U.S.) [11]
Source: Bloomberg Environment [12], 06/24/2025
July 9, 2025

DEADLINE: 2025 ISF Journalism Fellowship [13]

This Islamic Scholarship Fund fellowship supports emerging Muslim journalists with a professional development grant (up to $10,000), travel stipend (up to $5,000) to attend journalism conferences, 1:1 mentorship and skills training, and more. Apply by Jul 9, 2025.

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National (U.S.) [11]
July 9, 2025

DEADLINE: 2025 ISF-RNS Islam Reporting Fellowship [17]

This one-year fellowship, offered by the Islamic Scholarship Fund in partnership with Religion News Service, includes a 12-week, full-time, paid, remote internship, coaching and editorial support, financial support to attend a national journalism conference and more. Apply by Jul 9, 2025.

Workshops and Fellowships [14]
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Journalism & Media [16]
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National (U.S.) [11]

Rethinking Forest Management in the Pyrocene [18]

Recent urban-interface infernos, fueled by climate change, leave no doubt that we have entered the age of runaway fire. Writer and ecologist Lauren Oakes writes that large-scale combustion is permanently reshaping ecosystems and societies as we learn to live with wildfire, not just fight it. Instead of perpetuating problematic approaches to forest management, experts call for confronting the root causes of this crisis and adopting science-informed responses.

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Climate Change [3]
Disasters [20]
Environmental Politics [5]
Environmental Studies [21]
Forests [6]
Government [22]
Health [23]
Infrastructure [24]
Journalism & Media [16]
Laws & Regulations [7]
Natural Resources [8]
Policy [25]
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National (U.S.) [11]
California [26]
Northwest (OR WA) [27]
International [28]
Canada [29]
Australia & Oceania [30]
Europe [31]
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Lead Pipe Data Map Offers Sharp New Tool [32]

Lead-contaminated drinking water has long been a widespread worry, but one big challenge has been locating the many lead service lines around the United States. The latest Reporter’s Toolbox points you to a mappable database to help address that problem, with current, detailed data filtered through the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. Learn more about this resource and how to best use it.

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Reporters Toolbox [33]
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Consumer [34]
Environmental Politics [5]
Health [23]
Infrastructure [24]
Journalism & Media [16]
Laws & Regulations [7]
Policy [25]
Pollution [35]
Water & Oceans [36]
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National (U.S.) [11]
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Public [10]
July 7, 2025 to August 3, 2025

Online Course: Digital Security for Journalists in Times of Crisis [37]

In this free Knight Center for Journalism in the Americas and the Global Investigative Journalism Network course, you'll learn to assess risks, use encryption, enable multi-factor authentication, navigate censorship and handle online harassment.

Workshops and Fellowships [14]
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"Can You Choose an A.I. Model That Harms the Planet Less?" [38]

"When it comes to artificial intelligence, more intensive computing uses more energy, producing more greenhouse gases."

Climate Change [3]
Energy & Fuel [39]
Infrastructure [24]
Pollution [35]
Science [40]
Technology [41]
Public [10]
National (U.S.) [11]
Source: NYTimes [42], 06/23/2025

"Putting Western Lands Up For Sale Highly Unpopular" [43]

"U.S. Sen. Mike Lee of Utah single-handedly appears to have produced what just might be the most unified, and broadly dispersed, opposition to anti-conservation legislation ever considered by Congress."

Agriculture [2]
Biodiversity [44]
Environmental Politics [5]
Government [22]
Laws & Regulations [7]
Natural Resources [8]
Public [10]
National (U.S.) [11]
Source: National Parks Traveler [45], 06/23/2025

Calif. Push to Decommission Gas Lines in Low-Income Neighborhoods Advances [46]

"In Richmond, California, Zenaida Gomez is ready to say goodbye to the gas stove in the apartment she has rented for over a decade. She has a hunch that the pollution it emits is exacerbating her 10-year-old son’s asthma attacks, and she has heard from public health experts and doctors who’ve said it probably is."

Climate Change [3]
Consumer [34]
Energy & Fuel [39]
Environmental Justice [47]
Infrastructure [24]
People & Population [48]
Pollution [35]
Public [10]
National (U.S.) [11]
California [26]
Source: Inside Climate News [49], 06/23/2025

"There Might Not Be a Map for That: Budget Cuts Threaten Geological Surveys" [50]

"Nearly two dozen state geological surveys depend heavily on federal funds. A proposed budget cut could slow or stop key geologic mapping work."

Environmental Politics [5]
Environmental Studies [21]
Government [22]
Natural Resources [8]
Science [40]
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National (U.S.) [11]
Source: NYTimes [51], 06/23/2025

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