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April 14, 2025

DEADLINE: JHU/CLF Food Systems and Public Health Fellowship for Journalists [1]

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. The year-long fellowship begins with an in-person program in Baltimore, Maryland, June 24-27.

Workshops and Fellowships [2]
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Public [3]
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Agriculture [4]
Food [5]
Journalism & Media [6]
Region: 
National (U.S.) [7]
Mid-Atlantic (DC DE MD PA VA WV) [8]

New Angle for Reporting on Oil and Gas Industry — Radioactive Waste [9]

Industry experts and government regulators have long known that radionuclides reside in oil and natural gas. Yet radioactive emissions and waste continue to threaten the lives of workers and community members across the country. Investigative journalist Justin Nobel on the opportunities and urgent need for reporters to drill into a story steeped in questions of accountability, health and justice.

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Features [10]
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Activism [11]
Air [12]
Chemicals [13]
Climate Change [14]
Consumer [15]
Economy & Business [16]
Energy & Fuel [17]
Environmental Health [18]
Environmental Politics [19]
Environmental Studies [20]
Government [21]
Health [22]
Journalism & Media [6]
Laws & Regulations [23]
Natural Resources [24]
Nuclear Power & Radiation [25]
People & Population [26]
Policy [27]
Pollution [28]
Science [29]
Technology [30]
Waste [31]
Water & Oceans [32]
Region: 
National (U.S.) [7]
Great Lakes (IL IN MI MN OH WI) [33]
Great Plains (IA KS ND NE MO SD) [34]
Mid-Atlantic (DC DE MD PA VA WV) [8]
Mountain West (CO ID MT NV UT WY) [35]
Northeast (CT MA ME NH NJ NY RI VT) [36]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [37]
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [38]
International [39]
Canada [40]
South America [41]
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Public [3]
  • Read more about New Angle for Reporting on Oil and Gas Industry — Radioactive Waste [9]

Trump Admin Restores $2.1 Billion To Pennsylvania After State’s Lawsuit [42]

"Federal funding to Pennsylvania for climate-related and other programs will be restored, Gov. Josh Shapiro said, reversing a Trump administration freeze after lawsuits by Pennsylvania and almost two dozen other states."

Climate Change [14]
Economy & Business [16]
Environmental Politics [19]
Infrastructure [43]
Laws & Regulations [23]
Transportation [44]
Public [3]
National (U.S.) [7]
Mid-Atlantic (DC DE MD PA VA WV) [8]
Source: Inside Climate News [45], 02/28/2025
  • Read more about Trump Admin Restores $2.1 Billion To Pennsylvania After State’s Lawsuit [42]

"The ‘Horror Story’ of Hazardous Waste in a Small Pennsylvania Town" [46]

"An EPA investigation confirmed residents’ worst fears about operations at an industrial landfill. What happens next is all too uncertain."

Chemicals [13]
Environmental Health [18]
Environmental Justice [47]
Infrastructure [43]
Laws & Regulations [23]
Pollution [28]
Waste [31]
Public [3]
Mid-Atlantic (DC DE MD PA VA WV) [8]
Source: Inside Climate News [48], 02/26/2025
  • Read more about "The ‘Horror Story’ of Hazardous Waste in a Small Pennsylvania Town" [46]

"Mountain Valley Pipeline Files Application To Build Southgate Extension" [49]

"Mountain Valley Pipeline LLC filed with regulators Monday official requests to build its revised Southgate extension project from Southwest Virginia into North Carolina." "The company’s proposal to build more than 30 miles of natural gas pipeline has worried environmental advocates, who believe it could harm nearby residents."

Energy & Fuel [17]
Environmental Politics [19]
Infrastructure [43]
Laws & Regulations [23]
Public [3]
National (U.S.) [7]
Mid-Atlantic (DC DE MD PA VA WV) [8]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [37]
Source: Inside Climate News [50], 02/05/2025
  • Read more about "Mountain Valley Pipeline Files Application To Build Southgate Extension" [49]

"Neo-Nazi Group Leader Convicted Of Planning To Attack Maryland Power Grid" [51]

"Brandon Russell, the founder of a Florida-based neo-Nazi group, was convicted Monday of conspiring to plan an attack on Maryland’s power grid."

Energy & Fuel [17]
Infrastructure [43]
Laws & Regulations [23]
Military [52]
Public [3]
National (U.S.) [7]
Mid-Atlantic (DC DE MD PA VA WV) [8]
Source: The Hill [53], 02/05/2025
  • Read more about "Neo-Nazi Group Leader Convicted Of Planning To Attack Maryland Power Grid" [51]

Maryland Renewables Program: More Smoke and Mirrors Than Wind and Solar [54]

"Maryland’s clean energy ambitions are crumbling under the weight of its policy missteps, environmental advocates suggest in a new report."

Activism [11]
Climate Change [14]
Energy & Fuel [17]
Environmental Health [18]
Environmental Politics [19]
Infrastructure [43]
Laws & Regulations [23]
Pollution [28]
Public [3]
Mid-Atlantic (DC DE MD PA VA WV) [8]
Source: Inside Climate News [55], 01/30/2025
  • Read more about Maryland Renewables Program: More Smoke and Mirrors Than Wind and Solar [54]

Notorious WV Chemical Plant Polluting Water With Toxic PFAS, Lawsuit Claims [56]

"The chemical giant Chemours’s notorious West Virginia PFAS plant is regularly polluting nearby water with high levels of toxic “forever chemicals”, a new lawsuit alleges."

Chemicals [13]
Environmental Health [18]
Infrastructure [43]
Laws & Regulations [23]
Pollution [28]
Water & Oceans [32]
Public [3]
Mid-Atlantic (DC DE MD PA VA WV) [8]
Source: Guardian [57], 01/28/2025
  • Read more about Notorious WV Chemical Plant Polluting Water With Toxic PFAS, Lawsuit Claims [56]
April 15, 2026 to April 17, 2026

Planet Forward Summit [58]

At this year’s Summit in Washington D.C., the most compelling student storytellers will take the mic and the stage alongside the most creative media leaders. 

Other Events [59]
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Climate Change [14]
Journalism & Media [6]
Region: 
Mid-Atlantic (DC DE MD PA VA WV) [8]

"DC Sues Federal Government Over Pollution In Anacostia River" [60]

"The District of Columbia on Friday filed a lawsuit against the federal government over pollution in the Anacostia River, arguing it has inflicted “catastrophic harm” on the mostly poor and minority communities living along the urban waterway."

Environmental Health [18]
Environmental Politics [19]
Laws & Regulations [23]
Pollution [28]
Water & Oceans [32]
Public [3]
National (U.S.) [7]
Mid-Atlantic (DC DE MD PA VA WV) [8]
Source: AP [61], 01/15/2025
  • Read more about "DC Sues Federal Government Over Pollution In Anacostia River" [60]

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