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From the climate crisis and the AI revolution to reporting underserved communities and combating disinformation, the #SEJ2025 LIVE student newsroom covered more than two dozen topical sessions and plenaries from the opening day of the Society of Environmental Journalists annual conference in Tempe, Arizona, last week. Get key takeaways and top perspectives, in Part 1 of our coverage from April 25’s program. And tune in to next week’s SEJournal for Part 2, with complete coverage including on-the-scene reporting from conference tours and reporting on the second day’s session program, plus a wide range of images.

More than two dozen student reporters and editors from The Arizona Republic will provide coverage of the 34th annual Society of Environmental Journalists conference at Arizona State University from April 23-26. The team will report numerous sessions, workshops, plenaries and tours, with SEJournal carrying special reports in its April 30 and May 7 issues. More on this year’s student newsroom and the conference itself. Stay tuned!

As trade wars loom with U.S. allies, including our neighbors to the north and south, another kind of long-standing relationship is under threat — the environmental partnership between the United States and Canada. A Backgrounder Analysis examines deep-rooted ties over energy, water and timber. Does the brewing conflict over trade mean the long bonds over the environment have been broken?

Even as U.S. government agencies rush to wipe climate change information (or even the mention of the word climate) from their websites, others are racing to reconstruct lost data elsewhere. Case in point is a rescued database on climate risks preserved by The Guardian. The latest Reporter’s Toolbox has more on the preserved database and how best to use it.