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Walking the Walk Along the Pacific Crest Trail [1]

A summer newsroom fellowship led student scientist Bing Lin to travel a mountainous length of a storied North American footpath and turn the experience into an award-winning series for a leading environmental journalism outlet. In the new EJ Academy, he recounts what he learned — amid numerous challenges — about reporting, writing and photography, and his reasons for being on the trail.

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OSHA Has Data. Does It Have Safety and Health? [7]

Occupational exposure to toxic chemicals can serve as an early warning system for broader public risks, just one reason the extensive data gathered by the Occupational Safety and Health Administration is a valuable tool for environmental journalists — even if much of the resulting reporting focuses on agency failings. Reporter’s Toolbox on OSHA datasets.

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Reporters Toolbox [8]
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Chemicals [9]
Economy & Business [10]
Environmental Politics [11]
Health [12]
Journalism & Media [3]
Laws & Regulations [13]
Policy [14]
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September 24, 2026

CCNow Webinar — Betting the House: Building a Successful Reporting Collaborative [15]

Join Covering Climate Now and journalists from this pop-up collaborative to discuss how they organized, what worked, and how you can pull together pop-up collaborations to broaden your audience and your impact. Tracy Wholf, of WereWHOLF Media, will moderate.

Other Events [16]
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National (U.S.) [4]
International [18]

Endangered Salmon May Soon Swim Freely Up A Maine River, But Comeback Iffy [19]

"On a recent canoe trip to the remote upper reaches of the Narraguagus River, Ellie Mason saw prime Atlantic salmon habitat everywhere."

Biodiversity [20]
Fish & Fisheries [21]
Infrastructure [22]
Water & Oceans [23]
Public [6]
Northeast (CT MA ME NH NJ NY RI VT) [24]
Source: Maine Monitor [25], 09/21/2026

Gold Statues and Staff Cuts: How Trump Has Disrupted America’s Parks [26]

"Maintenance projects have been put off around the country and resources diverted to the president’s favored projects in Washington."

Environmental Politics [11]
Government [27]
Natural Resources [28]
Wildlife [29]
Public [6]
National (U.S.) [4]
Source: New York Times [30], 09/21/2026

Climate Super-Pollutant from China’s Electric Grid Is Cooking the Planet [31]

"China’s electric grid has a dirty secret: Despite leading the world in renewable energy expansion, it is also the largest emitter of the planet’s most potent greenhouse gas."

Chemicals [9]
Climate Change [32]
Public [6]
International [18]
Asia [33]
Source: Inside Climate News [34], 09/21/2026

EPA Withdraws Guidance Preventing PFAS From Entering Drinking Water [35]

"In the latest regulatory rollback on toxic chemicals, the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has withdrawn Biden-era guidance on how to prevent PFAS pollution in drinking water."

Chemicals [9]
Consumer [36]
Environmental Health [37]
Environmental Politics [11]
Laws & Regulations [13]
Pollution [38]
Water & Oceans [23]
Public [6]
National (U.S.) [4]
Source: The New Lede [39], 09/21/2026

Enviros Sue Over the Trump EPA’s Latest Attempt to Bolster Fossil Fuels [40]

"Environmental and public health groups are suing the Trump administration over its most recent move to eliminate protections against climate-warming pollution."

Air [41]
Climate Change [32]
Laws & Regulations [13]
Pollution [38]
Public [6]
National (U.S.) [4]
Source: Inside Climate News [42], 09/21/2026

These State Elections Could Reshape Climate and Energy Policy [43]

"Democrats are poised to achieve trifectas—control of the governor’s office and both legislative chambers—in at least three states in this year’s midterm elections, and maybe even more. This matters because states play an outsize role in climate and energy policy."

Climate Change [32]
Environmental Politics [11]
Government [27]
Public [6]
National (U.S.) [4]
Source: Inside Climate News [44], 09/21/2026

Major US Offshore Wind Farm Installs Its Last Turbine [45]

"Despite Trump’s attacks, Revolution Wind is nearing completion off the coast of Rhode Island. The 704-MW project is set to be fully operational this year."

Climate Change [32]
Energy & Fuel [46]
Infrastructure [22]
Technology [47]
Water & Oceans [23]
Public [6]
National (U.S.) [4]
Northeast (CT MA ME NH NJ NY RI VT) [24]
Source: Inside Climate News [48], 09/21/2026

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