"DOJ’s Environment Chief Intensifies Focus on Tribal Communities"
"The Department of Justice is redoubling its efforts to protect tribal communities from violations of environmental law, according to a top agency official."

Proposals for this year-long fellowship at Harvard University may deal with any issue relating to journalism’s digital transformation. Open to both international and U.S. journalists, including freelancers. Deadlines: Dec 1, 2025 and Jan 31, 2026, respectively.

Early-career journalists and storytellers from and working in the Global South are invited to apply for this Rockefeller Foundation-funded program in Abu Dhabi intended to raise awareness about the impact of climate change in their home countries. All expenses paid. Apply by Nov 15, 2023.

To mark its 20th anniversary in 2024, Earth Journalism Network is offering a new year-long virtual fellowship program for journalists which will enhance reporting over four priority areas — climate change, biodiversity, the ocean and One Health. Deadline to apply: Nov 16, 2023.

The Indigenous Journalists Association (IJA) will host the Indigenous Media Conference (IMC), formerly known as the National Native Media Conference, at the Isleta Resort & Casino in Albuquerque, N.M., Aug. 13-15, 2025.
"The Department of Justice is redoubling its efforts to protect tribal communities from violations of environmental law, according to a top agency official."
"With last year’s undersea volcano injecting massive amounts of water high into the atmosphere, scientists were bracing for a big Antarctica ozone hole this fall. But it didn’t happen. Instead this year’s ozone hole was about average size for the last 20 years, even a bit smaller than 2022’s, according to NASA and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration."
"The roar of a generator overwhelmed the quiet burbling of water at the Little River Pocket Park on Monday. It hadn’t rained in days, but the park — and several nearby streets — were under nearly two feet of water from this year’s king tides, the annual highest tides of the year."
"Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) and 22 other Democratic senators sent a letter to Federal Trade Commission (FTC) Chair Lina Khan on Wednesday demanding an investigation of two major proposed oil industry mergers and warning that the consolidations could hurt consumers."
"Insurers are already pulling back from California, Florida and Louisiana. Senate Democrats are trying to find out which states could be next."
"Revelations by a watchdog group reinforce doubts about chemical recycling, a technology promoted by the city in a collaboration with ExxonMobil and other companies."