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Sunshine State Weirdness, With a Solid Dose of Environment [1]

The story behind the story that captures the “real” Florida is the essence of a new volume from veteran journalist and author Craig Pittman. BookShelf editor Tom Henry writes that “Welcome to Florida: True Tales from America’s Most Interesting State” not only taps into the state’s rich vein of the weird but offers a hefty dose of environmental topics, from climate change to manatees.

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"Dems Float Dueling CR With Energy, Environment Language" [12]

"Republicans rejected Democrats’ counteroffer on government funding before even seeing it." 

Climate Change [3]
Environmental Health [13]
Environmental Politics [4]
Government [14]
Laws & Regulations [15]
Public [11]
National (U.S.) [9]
Source: E&E News [16], 09/22/2025

"EPA Tells Some Scientists To Stop Publishing Studies, Employees Say" [17]

"Staff from the EPA’s Office of Water were summoned to a town hall meeting this week and told to pause the publication of most research, pending a review."

Climate Change [3]
Environmental Politics [4]
Journalism & Media [18]
Laws & Regulations [15]
Pollution [6]
Science [19]
Water & Oceans [7]
Public [11]
National (U.S.) [9]
Source: Washington Post [20], 09/22/2025
October 1, 2025

Webinar: Vanishing Numbers — How Federal Data Manipulation and Removal Threaten Journalism and Public Trust [21]

The Journalist's Resource will host a discussion with experts: a former federal statistical agency commissioner; a leading demographer recognized internationally for tracking disaster recovery and climate impacts; and a senior national data leader who has driven innovation in public-interest data across federal, local and nonprofit sectors. 12 p.m. ET.

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September 29, 2025

Up in the Air: Climate Policy Without the Endangerment Finding [26]

Join the UCLA Emmett Institute for a virtual discussion on the fight over the endangerment finding, the Trump administration's possible motivations and legal justifications, as well as the pushback from the scientific community, and what lies ahead in the process. 3:15 p.m. ET.

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Air [27]
Climate Change [3]
Government [14]
Policy [28]
Pollution [6]
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National (U.S.) [9]

‘Sun Day’: Climate Activists To Rally For Clean Energy Amid Trump Attacks [29]

"Some 450 events are planned across the US this Sunday to celebrate growth of solar power and energy efficiency"

Activism [30]
Climate Change [3]
Energy & Fuel [31]
Environmental Politics [4]
Infrastructure [32]
Laws & Regulations [15]
People & Population [5]
Pollution [6]
Technology [33]
Public [11]
National (U.S.) [9]
Source: Guardian [34], 09/19/2025

Hurricane Helene Hit NC A Year Ago. Some Students Never Returned To School [35]

"When 12-year-old Natalie Briggs visited the ruins of her home after Hurricane Helene, she had to tightrope across a wooden beam to reach what was once her bedroom."

Climate Change [3]
Disasters [23]
Environmental Justice [36]
Government [14]
Infrastructure [32]
People & Population [5]
Water & Oceans [7]
Public [11]
National (U.S.) [9]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [10]
Source: AP/BRPR [37], 09/19/2025

Proposed Dominion Peaker Plant Flouts Environmental Justice, Community Says [38]

"The utility’s environmental justice analysis lacks community health data, according to attorneys representing affected residents."

Climate Change [3]
Energy & Fuel [31]
Environmental Health [13]
Environmental Justice [36]
Environmental Politics [4]
Infrastructure [32]
Laws & Regulations [15]
People & Population [5]
Pollution [6]
Public [11]
Mid-Atlantic (DC DE MD PA VA WV) [39]
Source: Inside Climate News [40], 09/19/2025

"FOIA Records Reveal EPA Leaders Frequent Meetings With Industry Lobbyists" [41]

"Top regulatory officials met with agricultural and chemical industry representatives dozens of times in the first few months after President Donald Trump took office in January, government records show — meetings that were followed by a series of regulatory rollbacks and a downplaying of pesticide concerns by the administration’s “Make America Healthy Again” (MAHA) Commission."

Agriculture [42]
Chemicals [43]
Climate Change [3]
Consumer [44]
Environmental Health [13]
Environmental Politics [4]
Laws & Regulations [15]
Pollution [6]
Public [11]
National (U.S.) [9]
Source: The New Lede [45], 09/19/2025

Wildfire Smoke Will Fuel Many More Premature Deaths in US, New Study Warns [46]

"Smoke from wildfires exacerbated by climate change may cause as many as 71,000 additional deaths per year in the United States by 2050, a study published Thursday in the journal Nature found."

Air [27]
Climate Change [3]
Consumer [44]
Environmental Health [13]
Environmental Studies [47]
Forests [48]
Pollution [6]
Public [11]
National (U.S.) [9]
International [49]
Canada [50]
Source: Inside Climate News [51], 09/19/2025

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