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October 30, 2026

DEADLINE: IWMF Lauren Brown Fellowship

Applications are officially open for the 2026 Lauren Brown Fellowship! Created in memory of Lauren Alix Brown, a founding editor at Quartz Media and a dedicated mentor to emerging journalists, the fellowship provides reporting grants and professional development opportunities to reporters from underrepresented backgrounds. Deadline: Oct. 30, 2026. 

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Lawsuit Seeks Answers on EPA’s Abandoned CAFO Pollution Panel

"US regulators are illegally withholding records related to the disbanding of a panel set up by the Biden administration to address water pollution from factory farms, according to a lawsuit filed last week."

Source: The New Lede, 10/09/2026

The U.S. Public Is Losing Its Say on Environmental Policy

"Federal agencies have long been required to seek public comment when writing new regulations or approving large projects, from highways to data centers. The Trump administration is systematically undercutting that process, stifling public input while skirting federal laws."

Source: Yale Environment 360, 10/09/2026

Ex-Trump Officials Find New Jobs In Venezuela’s Lucrative Oil Industry

"Three days after Michael Jensen left his job as the top Trump White House official for Latin America policy in late May, he boarded a private jet with an American crypto tycoon scouting oil deals in Venezuela, where a U.S. military raid last January had removed President Nicolás Maduro and installed a compliant government."

Source: Washington Post, 10/09/2026

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