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Forest Inventory May Provide Trail Guide to Ongoing Policy Crisis [1]

U.S. forests face damage from drought, climate-driven disease and wildfire. To help track the state of our trees, Reporter’s Toolbox explores a massive set of Forest Service databases that details everything from deforestation and dead fuel status to deforestation and species mix. There’s even info on urban forests and grasslands. A closer look at the Forest Inventory and Analysis program.

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Reporters Toolbox [2]
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Climate Change [3]
Environmental Health [4]
Forests [5]
Government [6]
Journalism & Media [7]
Natural Resources [8]
Science [9]
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National (U.S.) [10]
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Public [11]

As Hurricane Season Looms, Biden Doubles Funding To Prepare For Extremes [12]

"Administration will also launch NASA initiative aimed at collecting better climate data"

"President Biden announced Monday that he was doubling the amount of money the U.S. government will spend helping communities get set for extreme weather events, proclaiming the need for full readiness as he visited government workers and told them to prepare for another season of natural disasters.

Climate Change [3]
Disasters [13]
Government [6]
Public [11]
National (U.S.) [10]
Source: Washington Post [14], 05/25/2021

The Year Nature Became Mainstream Medicine [15]

An unusual student journalist, moonlighting in between his Ph.D. training as a clinical psychologist, turned an interest in the ways nature can heal into an award-winning story for a prominent magazine, and in the process helped prompt skyrocketing interest among mainstream physicians in “prescribing nature.” Aaron Reuben shares his experience in the new EJ Academy.

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Health [17]
Journalism & Media [7]
People & Population [18]
Science [9]
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May 27, 2025

DEADLINE: Kozik Environmental Justice Reporting Grants [19]

The National Press Foundation and the National Press Club Journalism Institute will award grants of up to $15,000 to US journalists for stories in any medium that center on environmental justice and environmental racism in the United States. Deadline: May 27, 2025.

Awards and Grants [20]
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Climate Change [3]
Environmental Justice [21]
Journalism & Media [7]
People & Population [18]
Pollution [22]
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June 6, 2021

Knight Science Journalism at MIT Project Fellowships [23]

This remote KSJ program offers a range of support to working U.S. journalists for independently conceived projects. Fellowships will be awarded for varying durations over the course of the academic year, beginning in Sep 2021 and ending in May 2022. Deadline is Jun 6.

Workshops and Fellowships [24]
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"Carbon Storage Offers Hope For Climate, Cash For Farmers" [25]

The rye and rapeseed that Rick Clifton cultivated in central Ohio were coming along nicely — until his tractor rumbled over the flat, fertile landscape, spraying it with herbicides."

Agriculture [26]
Chemicals [27]
Climate Change [3]
Public [11]
National (U.S.) [10]
Source: AP [28], 05/24/2021

"White House: Executive Order Ignites Action On Climate Finance" [29]

"President Biden thrust his administration into a race to confront the economic risks of global warming by signing an executive order yesterday that brought the once niche issue of climate finance into the highest levels of government."

Climate Change [3]
Disasters [13]
Economy & Business [30]
Energy & Fuel [31]
Laws & Regulations [32]
Public [11]
National (U.S.) [10]
Source: E&E News [33], 05/24/2021

"The Fight For The Soul – And The Future – Of Exxonmobil" [34]

"A group of insurgent investors backed by the three largest pension funds in America is trying to force ExxonMobil to take climate change much more seriously — not just for the sake of the company’s viability but also for the sake of the planet."

Activism [35]
Climate Change [3]
Economy & Business [30]
Energy & Fuel [31]
Environmental Politics [36]
Public [11]
National (U.S.) [10]
Source: Washington Post [37], 05/24/2021

"Tribe Allowed To Join Mount Rushmore Lawsuit" [38]

"A federal judge will allow a tribe to join legal arguments opposing South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem's efforts to put on a July Fourth fireworks display at Mount Rushmore."

Activism [35]
Environmental Justice [21]
Environmental Politics [36]
Laws & Regulations [32]
Natural Resources [8]
Public [11]
National (U.S.) [10]
Source: AP [39], 05/24/2021

Biden Holds Firm On Climate Provisions In Infrastructure Counterproposal [40]

"President Biden is holding firm on energy and climate provisions in the White House infrastructure proposal but has expressed a willingness to cut some research and development funds, according to a memo to Senate Environment Committee ranking member Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.) obtained by The Hill."

Climate Change [3]
Energy & Fuel [31]
Environmental Politics [36]
Infrastructure [41]
Laws & Regulations [32]
Water & Oceans [42]
Public [11]
National (U.S.) [10]
Source: The Hill [43], 05/24/2021

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