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Chesapeake Bay Leaders Agree on Longer Timeline and Tribal Role in Cleanup

"The revised watershed agreement extends pollution-reduction targets and bets on voluntary measures to achieve cleanup goals that have remained elusive for decades."

Source: Inside Climate News, 12/05/2025

"US Congress Repeals Biden-Era Limits On Oil And Gas In Alaska Refuge"

"Congressional lawmakers on Thursday voted to repeal a Biden-era policy that limited the amount of land in an Alaska wildlife refuge that could be leased for oil and gas development. The U.S. Senate voted 49-45 to approve a resolution that revokes the Interior Department's 2024 rule governing energy development on the 1.56-million-acre Coastal Plain of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge."

Source: Reuters, 12/05/2025
December 12, 2025

IJNR/SEJ Virtual Workshop: The Future of Chesapeake Bay

The Institute for Journalism & Natural Resources (IJNR), in conjunction with the Society of Environmental Journalists, will conduct a virtual training program, 11:30 a.m. - 1 p.m. EST, for professional journalists that explores the complicated past and future of the Chesapeake Bay. Registration deadline: Dec 11.

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December 9, 2025

SEJ Webinar: Silenced Sources — When Fear of Retaliation Muzzles Facts

Join Freedom of the Press Foundation, the Association of Healthcare Journalists and the Society of Environmental Journalists for this webinar at 2 p.m. EST, on what happens when whistleblowers, researchers, students and federal employees are intimidated into staying quiet.

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"EPA Staffers Challenge Their Terminations Over ‘Dissent’ Letter"

"Six staffers who the Trump administration fired after they signed a “Declaration of Dissent” letter have filed claims with the Merit Systems Protection Board, according to Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility (PEER), which is helping to represent the ex-employees."

Source: The Hill, 12/04/2025

Rare Win for Renewable Energy: Trump DOE Funds Geothermal Network Expansion

"The U.S. Department of Energy has approved an $8.6 million grant that will allow the nation’s first utility-led geothermal heating and cooling network to double in size."

Source: Inside Climate News, 12/04/2025

"After Ohio’s Landmark Decisions On HB 6 Utility Scandal, What’s Next?"

"In landmark rulings last month, the Public Utilities Commission of Ohio ordered FirstEnergy’s three regulated companies to pay roughly $250 million for violations linked to the state’s largest-ever utility corruption scandal. More than $186 million of that will be refunded or credited to consumers."

Source: Canary Media, 12/04/2025

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