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Trump Admin Looks to Slash Environmental Protection Rules for Rocket Launches

"A draft executive order viewed by ProPublica directs the secretary of transportation to “use all available authorities to eliminate or expedite” environmental reviews for launch licenses — a change Elon Musk’s SpaceX and others have long sought." 

Source: ProPublica, 07/23/2025

"FEMA Urban Search and Rescue Chief Resigns, Citing Agency ‘Chaos’"

"The head of the Federal Emergency Management Agency’s urban search and rescue unit has resigned, telling colleagues he was frustrated by bureaucratic hurdles the Trump administration imposed that delayed the agency’s response to deadly flooding in Texas, according to three people familiar with his reasoning."

Source: NYTimes, 07/23/2025
September 12, 2025 to September 14, 2025

Freeland Film Festival

The 2025 Freeland Film Festival in Green Lake, Wisconsin, features storytellers, musicians, educators and media broadcasters. See short, medium or feature length films on various environmental themes for audiences of all ages.  

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August 10, 2025

DEADLINE: ICFJ International Scholarships for UMD's Howard Center Data Journalism Training Program

The International Center for Journalists invites applications by Aug 10, 2025 from non-US mid-career journalists for this program comprising four online courses in a final project. Suitable for data journalists looking to advance, as well as for journalists seeking to sharpen their investigative skills.

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August 31, 2025

DEADLINE: Civic Science Media Funding Opportunity

The Center for Cooperative Media offers 10 awards up to $15,000 each for short-term civic science media projects in the U.S. that can bridge the gap between scientists, media and communities. Includes hands-on coaching. Deadline: Aug 31, 2025.

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August 29, 2025

DEADLINE: GHHIN/EJN Extreme Heat Photo Contest

The Global Heat Health Information Network, in partnership with Internews’ Earth Journalism Network, is launching a global photography competition to showcase the real impacts of extreme heat, and the ways communities around the world are responding to it. Deadline: Aug 29, 2025.

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