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"E.P.A. Delays Required Cleanups of Toxic Coal Ash Landfills" [1]

"The Environmental Protection Agency said on Thursday that it would give utility companies an additional year to begin cleaning up contamination from toxic coal ash landfills across the country."

Chemicals [2]
Energy & Fuel [3]
Environmental Health [4]
Environmental Justice [5]
Environmental Politics [6]
Infrastructure [7]
Laws & Regulations [8]
Pollution [9]
Waste [10]
Water & Oceans [11]
Public [12]
National (U.S.) [13]
Source: NYTimes [14], 07/18/2025

"Trump Exempts Scores of Plants From Biden’s Pollution Rules" [15]

"President Donald Trump is allowing chemical makers, coal-fired power plants and other facilities to bypass a range of environmental regulations on grounds that the waivers are needed for national security purposes."

Air [16]
Chemicals [2]
Climate Change [17]
Economy & Business [18]
Energy & Fuel [3]
Environmental Health [4]
Environmental Politics [6]
Laws & Regulations [8]
Pollution [9]
Public [12]
National (U.S.) [13]
Source: Bloomberg [19], 07/18/2025
August 19, 2025

DEADLINE: Metcalf Institute's Climate Ready Newsroom Fellowship for Local Journalism [20]

Metcalf Institute invites applications from newsrooms in Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island and Vermont for this fellowship providing virtual interactive training, coaching, an in-person visit and a $1,000 stipend. Deadline is Aug 19, 2025.

Workshops and Fellowships [21]
Visibility: 
Public [12]
Topics on the Beat: 
Climate Change [17]
Disasters [22]
People & Population [23]
Science [24]
Region: 
Northeast (CT MA ME NH NJ NY RI VT) [25]
October 20, 2025 to October 30, 2025

Convention on Biological Diversity's SBSTTA-27, Oct 20-24, and SB8J-1, Oct 27-30 [26]

Media are invited to apply for accreditation to the 27th meeting of the CBD's Subsidiary Body on Scientific, Technical and Technological Advice and the 1st meeting of the CBD's new Subsidiary Body on Article 8(j) and Other Provisions of the Convention on Biological Diversity Related to Indigenous Peoples and Local Communities.

Professional Meetings [27]
Visibility: 
Public [12]
Topics on the Beat: 
Agriculture [28]
Biodiversity [29]
Diversity [30]
Environmental Health [4]
Health [31]
Planning & Growth [32]
Science [24]
Technology [33]
Region: 
International [34]
South America [35]

NASA Portal Can Lead Reporters to Universe of Data [36]

For environmental journalists looking for data riches to help tell their stories — whether about urban heat islands, sea-surface temperatures or air pollution — NASA has the satellites whose sensors capture insights galore. The latest Reporter’s Toolbox offers an introduction to the U.S. space agency’s incredibly extensive data portal, and how to get started amid the wealth of information (caveat: before it’s gone).

SEJ Publication Types: 
Reporters Toolbox [37]
Topics on the Beat: 
Air [16]
Climate Change [17]
Environmental Health [4]
Environmental Studies [38]
Forests [39]
Government [40]
Journalism & Media [41]
Science [24]
Technology [33]
Water & Oceans [11]
Region: 
National (U.S.) [13]
International [34]
Visibility: 
Public [12]
August 22, 2025

DEADLINE: IJNR Crown of the Continent Institute [42]

The Institute for Journalism & Natural Resources will bring 15 journalists to Montana, Oct 5-12, 2025, and introduce them to subject matter experts including Tribal members, ecologists, wildlife and fisheries biologists, climate scientists, ranchers, land managers, and other stakeholders whose life or livelihood is based on the landscape. Deadline: Aug 22.

Workshops and Fellowships [21]
Visibility: 
Public [12]
Topics on the Beat: 
Journalism & Media [41]
Planning & Growth [32]
Region: 
National (U.S.) [13]
Mountain West (CO ID MT NV UT WY) [43]

"Warming Rivers Prompt Fishing Restrictions In Western Montana" [44]

"A dozen rivers are subject to “hoot owl” restrictions on afternoon fishing or all-out closures as biologists grapple with warming rivers and meager streamflows."

Climate Change [17]
Fish & Fisheries [45]
Natural Resources [46]
Water & Oceans [11]
Public [12]
National (U.S.) [13]
Mountain West (CO ID MT NV UT WY) [43]
Source: Montana Free Press [47], 07/17/2025

Two Men Behind Felling Of Sycamore Gap Tree Jailed For More Than Four Years [48]

"Two men who carried out a “moronic mission” to fell one of the most loved and photographed trees in the UK have been jailed."

Forests [39]
Laws & Regulations [8]
Natural Resources [46]
Public [12]
Europe [49]
Source: Guardian [50], 07/17/2025

Removing Aging Dams Could Bolster Communities Facing Extreme Weather: Report [51]

"Eliminating obsolete or unsafe dams could help bolster community safety amid climate-induced weather extremes, watershed experts are recommending."

Climate Change [17]
Disasters [22]
Fish & Fisheries [45]
Infrastructure [7]
Natural Resources [46]
Water & Oceans [11]
Public [12]
National (U.S.) [13]
Source: The Hill [52], 07/17/2025

"Just 9 Percent Think FEMA Should Be Eliminated: Survey" [53]

"Very few Americans say in a new poll that it’s a good idea to scrap the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) entirely, a position President Trump has embraced in recent months."

Climate Change [17]
Disasters [22]
Environmental Politics [6]
Government [40]
People & Population [23]
Public [12]
National (U.S.) [13]
Source: The Hill [54], 07/17/2025

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