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July 12, 2025

Freelance Business Workshop in Chicago [1]

This full-day workshop in Chicago is presented by the Institute for Independent Journalists, Palabra and National Association of Hispanic Journalists to help freelancers develop a sustainable independent journalism practice.

Workshops and Fellowships [2]
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"PBS And Minnesota Public TV Station Sue Trump White House" [7]

"PBS and a public television station in rural Minnesota filed suit on Friday against President Trump over his executive order demanding that the Corporation for Public Broadcasting kill all funding for the network. The suit alleges Trump's order is unlawful, exceeding his authority as president and violating Constitutional protections of free speech because he has made clear he doesn't like PBS's news coverage and programming."

Environmental Politics [8]
Journalism & Media [4]
Laws & Regulations [9]
Public [3]
National (U.S.) [5]
Great Lakes (IL IN MI MN OH WI) [6]
Source: NPR [10], 06/02/2025
  • Read more about "PBS And Minnesota Public TV Station Sue Trump White House" [7]

"A Michigan Coal Plant Was About To Close. Trump Ordered It To Stay Open." [11]

"The Trump administration has followed through on a threat to use emergency wartime powers to force expensive and polluting coal-fired power plants to stay open — even if the utilities that own them, the states in which they operate, and the grid operators responsible for maintaining reliability all agree it’s safe to shut them down."

Climate Change [12]
Energy & Fuel [13]
Environmental Health [14]
Environmental Politics [8]
Laws & Regulations [9]
Pollution [15]
Technology [16]
Public [3]
National (U.S.) [5]
Great Lakes (IL IN MI MN OH WI) [6]
Source: Canary Media [17], 05/29/2025
  • Read more about "A Michigan Coal Plant Was About To Close. Trump Ordered It To Stay Open." [11]

"From EVs to HVAC, Clean Energy Means Jobs In Central Illinois" [18]

"Decatur has been losing factory jobs for years. A clean energy workforce hub promises renewal — and provides training for students from disenfranchised communities."

Climate Change [12]
Energy & Fuel [13]
Environmental Justice [19]
People & Population [20]
Public [3]
National (U.S.) [5]
Great Lakes (IL IN MI MN OH WI) [6]
Source: Canary Media [21], 05/27/2025
  • Read more about "From EVs to HVAC, Clean Energy Means Jobs In Central Illinois" [18]
June 18, 2025

DEADLINE: Catalyst 2025 — Simulation of Working Through a Water Crisis [22]

Rogue Water Lab invites applications from journalists to attend this high-intensity, immersive event to simulate working through a water crisis — complete with misinformation, stakeholder conflict, press pressure and policy implications. Sep 22–24, 2025 in Milwaukee, Wisc. Apply by June 18.

Other Events [23]
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Disasters [24]
Planning & Growth [25]
Pollution [15]
Water & Oceans [26]
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Great Lakes (IL IN MI MN OH WI) [6]

Great Lakes May Get A Reprieve From The Great Carp Invasion After All [27]

"A stalemate between President Donald Trump and Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker that threatened a $1.2 billion plan to keep invasive carp from reaching the Great Lakes appears to have been settled after the Trump administration offered assurances it will cover its share of the costs."

Biodiversity [28]
Environmental Politics [8]
Fish & Fisheries [29]
Infrastructure [30]
Laws & Regulations [9]
Natural Resources [31]
Technology [16]
Water & Oceans [26]
Public [3]
National (U.S.) [5]
Great Lakes (IL IN MI MN OH WI) [6]
Source: AP [32], 05/13/2025
  • Read more about Great Lakes May Get A Reprieve From The Great Carp Invasion After All [27]

Millions Depend on Great Lakes’ Water. Trump Decimated the Lab Protecting It. [33]

"The Trump administration’s slashing of budgets and staff have Great Lakes scientists concerned that they have lost the ability to protect the public from toxic algal blooms, which can kill animals and sicken people. "

"Just one year ago, JD Vance was a leading advocate of the Great Lakes and the efforts to restore the largest system of freshwater on the face of the planet.

Biodiversity [28]
Chemicals [34]
Climate Change [12]
Consumer [35]
Environmental Health [14]
Environmental Politics [8]
Environmental Studies [36]
Natural Resources [31]
Pollution [15]
Science [37]
Public [3]
National (U.S.) [5]
Great Lakes (IL IN MI MN OH WI) [6]
Canada [38]
Source: ProPublica [39], 05/07/2025
  • Read more about Millions Depend on Great Lakes’ Water. Trump Decimated the Lab Protecting It. [33]

Ohio Lawmakers Pass Bill Ending Ratepayer Subsidies Of 2 Coal Plants [40]

"After years of attempts, Ohio lawmakers voted Wednesday to end the subsidy for two unprofitable Cold War-era coal plants that had cost Ohio ratepayers nearly $400,000 a day, after they were tucked into the tainted energy bill at the center of the largest corruption scandal in state history."

Climate Change [12]
Consumer [35]
Energy & Fuel [13]
Environmental Health [14]
Environmental Politics [8]
Infrastructure [30]
Laws & Regulations [9]
Pollution [15]
Public [3]
Great Lakes (IL IN MI MN OH WI) [6]
Source: AP [41], 05/01/2025
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"Illinois Delays a Project Meant to Keep Asian Carp Out of the Great Lakes" [42]

"The governor wants assurances that the federal government will pay its share before moving forward." "Pritzker was reacting to the administration’s freezes and cancellation of funding around the country. But the move concerns Great Lakes advocates and freshwater biologists."

Biodiversity [28]
Disasters [24]
Environmental Politics [8]
Environmental Studies [36]
Fish & Fisheries [29]
Laws & Regulations [9]
Natural Resources [31]
Water & Oceans [26]
Public [3]
National (U.S.) [5]
Great Lakes (IL IN MI MN OH WI) [6]
Source: Inside Climate News [43], 04/30/2025
  • Read more about "Illinois Delays a Project Meant to Keep Asian Carp Out of the Great Lakes" [42]

"In Indiana, Putting Up Solar Panels Is Doing God’s Work" [44]

"A cluster of evangelical groups in the state is pushing for environmental action. Leaders say they’re following the biblical mandate to care for creation."

"The solar panels on the churches were inspired by Scripture.

So were the LED lights throughout the buildings, the electric-vehicle charging stations, the native pollinator gardens and organic food plots, the composting, the focus on consuming less and reusing more.

Activism [45]
Agriculture [46]
Biodiversity [28]
Climate Change [12]
Environmental Health [14]
People & Population [20]
Religion, Faith and Spirituality [47]
Public [3]
National (U.S.) [5]
Great Lakes (IL IN MI MN OH WI) [6]
Source: NYTimes [48], 04/23/2025
  • Read more about "In Indiana, Putting Up Solar Panels Is Doing God’s Work" [44]

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