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Md. Advocates Urge Penalties on Gas Firm After False Environmental Claims [1]

"Advocates are ramping up pressure on the Maryland Public Service Commission to penalize Washington Gas Light Company following a March ruling which found that the company misled millions of customers by claiming methane gas was better for the environment than electricity."

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Source: Inside Climate News [13], 05/29/2025

Md. Gov. Moore Vetoes Key Climate Studies, Reversing Course on Environment [14]

"Maryland legislators and environmental advocates expressed dismay after Gov. Wes Moore vetoed a series of widely supported climate and environmental study bills last week, actions they believe not only mark a sharp departure from his climate promises, but also reflect a breakdown in communication between the governor and members of his own party in the legislature."

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Source: Inside Climate News [16], 05/27/2025

"Radioactive Shadow Workers" [17]

"The treatment of oil and gas field waste is a dirty industry’s dirtiest secret"

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Source: Sierra [23], 05/08/2025
September 8, 2025

DEADLINE: Double Exposure Investigative Film Festival & Symposium [24]

Enter your feature-length film or short to Double Exposure in Washington, DC, Oct 30 – Nov 2, 2025, which celebrates the finest new films inspired by the investigative instinct. Deadlines: July 7 (early bird); Sep 8 (regular).

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"Trump Touts ‘Clean Coal’ — But Cuts Programs That Protect Miners" [26]

"A federal program that screens coal miners for black lung disease has been shuttered because of layoffs and budget cuts."

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Source: Washington Post [28], 04/22/2025

Firm Cancels Plant To Process Plastic Waste To Be Burned In Steel Mills [29]

"International Recycling Group (IRG) has announced that they will cancel a planned plastic waste processing facility in Erie, Pennsylvania, due to President Trump’s federal funding cuts and tariffs, among other reasons."

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Source: EHN [33], 04/11/2025

How the Potomac Imparts the Capital’s Story [34]

The Potomac is one of the most prominent rivers in the United States, a defining ecological feature of Washington, D.C., at the same time it reveals the city’s history of racial inequality and disenfranchisement. Writer, historian, educator and herbalist Charlotte Taylor Fryar recounts that tale in her ambitious “Potomac Fever,” reviewed in the latest BookShelf by contributing editor Jennifer Weeks, herself a Washington native.

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"Radioactive Shadow Workers" [37]

"The treatment of oil and gas field waste is a dirty industry’s dirtiest secret"

Chemicals [31]
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Source: Sierra [23], 04/01/2025

Follow the Money … for Lobbying State Legislatures [38]

With many states dominated by a few powerful industries — whether oil, mining or agriculture — the influence of campaign dollars can have an outsize effect on legislation, even to the point of corruption, notes the latest Reporter’s Toolbox. So while the U.S. Congress may be languishing, environmental journalists can dig up stories on lobbying at the state level using a powerful data source.

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March 1, 2026

DEADLINE: JHU/CLF Food Systems and Public Health Fellowship for Journalists [46]

This program, established by the Johns Hopkins Center for a Livable Future (CLF), supports early-to-mid-career journalists reporting on issues at the intersection of public health and food systems. 

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