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Bringing Personal Perspective to Disaster [1]

TV journalist Jacob Soboroff grew up in Pacific Palisades, so when the Los Angeles neighborhood was swept by wildfires in 2024, he reported from familiar sites as they burned. He writes about the experience in “Firestorm: The Great Los Angeles Fires and America’s New Age of Disaster,” whose strength BookShelf contributor Jennifer Weeks says is its street-level descriptions of chasing the fast-developing story. Read her review.

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Is Your Local Wildlife Refuge a Refuge No More? [9]

There’s a long history of hunting and fishing in the federal refuge and hatchery system. But the Trump administration has now thrown the doors wide, opening millions of acres in hundreds of locales across much of the country. TipSheet examines what’s missing in this dramatic policy shift, and offers insights and resources for reporting on the impact on the nearest refuge to you.

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Biodiversity [11]
Environmental Health [12]
Environmental Politics [13]
Fish & Fisheries [14]
Forests [15]
Government [16]
Journalism & Media [4]
Natural Resources [17]
Policy [18]
Wildlife [19]
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Fake Caroline [20]

"Editors are facing an influx of AI-written pitches, including at science publications like mine. What now?"

Environmental Politics [13]
Journalism & Media [4]
Technology [21]
Public [8]
National (U.S.) [6]
International [22]
Source: Columbia Journalism Review [23], 10/09/2026
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Pro-Oil-And-Gas Group Tracks Journalists, First Nations And Enviros [24]

"New research by Greenpeace Canada lays out a web of pro-oil-and-gas groups working together to influence public opinion on climate change"

Activism [25]
Energy & Fuel [26]
Environmental Politics [13]
Journalism & Media [4]
Laws & Regulations [27]
People & Population [5]
Public [8]
National (U.S.) [6]
International [22]
Canada [28]
Source: The Narwhal [29], 10/09/2026
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Lawsuit Seeks Answers on EPA’s Abandoned CAFO Pollution Panel [30]

"US regulators are illegally withholding records related to the disbanding of a panel set up by the Biden administration to address water pollution from factory farms, according to a lawsuit filed last week."

Agriculture [31]
Conflict/Corruption [32]
Environmental Health [12]
Environmental Politics [13]
Environmental Studies [33]
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Laws & Regulations [27]
Pollution [34]
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National (U.S.) [6]
Source: The New Lede [35], 10/09/2026
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Trump Exempts Oil Drilling In Arctic Reserve From Environmental Reviews [36]

"The Trump administration Thursday announced it would exempt some Arctic oil and gas exploration activities from environmental reviews."

Energy & Fuel [26]
Laws & Regulations [27]
Pollution [34]
Public [8]
National (U.S.) [6]
Alaska and Hawaii [37]
Source: The Hill [38], 10/09/2026
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NIH Revives Network To Study Emerging Diseases, But With New Restrictions [39]

"Ban on hunting for new viruses in wildlife is at odds with program’s mission, researchers say"

Climate Change [40]
Environmental Health [12]
Environmental Politics [13]
Laws & Regulations [27]
Science [41]
Public [8]
National (U.S.) [6]
Source: Science [42], 10/09/2026
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The U.S. Public Is Losing Its Say on Environmental Policy [43]

"Federal agencies have long been required to seek public comment when writing new regulations or approving large projects, from highways to data centers. The Trump administration is systematically undercutting that process, stifling public input while skirting federal laws."

Activism [25]
Climate Change [40]
Conflict/Corruption [32]
Environmental Health [12]
Environmental Justice [44]
Environmental Politics [13]
Journalism & Media [4]
Laws & Regulations [27]
People & Population [5]
Public [8]
National (U.S.) [6]
Source: Yale Environment 360 [45], 10/09/2026
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Ex-Trump Officials Find New Jobs In Venezuela’s Lucrative Oil Industry [46]

"Three days after Michael Jensen left his job as the top Trump White House official for Latin America policy in late May, he boarded a private jet with an American crypto tycoon scouting oil deals in Venezuela, where a U.S. military raid last January had removed President Nicolás Maduro and installed a compliant government."

Conflict/Corruption [32]
Energy & Fuel [26]
Environmental Politics [13]
People & Population [5]
Technology [21]
Public [8]
National (U.S.) [6]
South America [47]
Source: Washington Post [48], 10/09/2026
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Isaias Strengthens To Category 2 Hurricane On Collision Course With US Gulf Coast [49]

"Isaias strengthened into a Category 2 hurricane as it barreled toward the U.S. Gulf Coast on Thursday, prompting orders for tourists to abandon beaches for safer spots inland, sending locals scurrying for gas and groceries and leading fishing crews to secure their boats before the potentially destructive storm’s arrival."

Climate Change [40]
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Water & Oceans [50]
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Source: AP [52], 10/09/2026
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