Climate Change

Sunshine State Weirdness, With a Solid Dose of Environment

The story behind the story that captures the “real” Florida is the essence of a new volume from veteran journalist and author Craig Pittman. BookShelf editor Tom Henry writes that “Welcome to Florida: True Tales from America’s Most Interesting State” not only taps into the state’s rich vein of the weird but offers a hefty dose of environmental topics, from climate change to manatees.

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October 1, 2025

Webinar: Vanishing Numbers — How Federal Data Manipulation and Removal Threaten Journalism and Public Trust

The Journalist's Resource will host a discussion with experts: a former federal statistical agency commissioner; a leading demographer recognized internationally for tracking disaster recovery and climate impacts; and a senior national data leader who has driven innovation in public-interest data across federal, local and nonprofit sectors. 12 p.m. ET.

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September 29, 2025

Up in the Air: Climate Policy Without the Endangerment Finding

Join the UCLA Emmett Institute for a virtual discussion on the fight over the endangerment finding, the Trump administration's possible motivations and legal justifications, as well as the pushback from the scientific community, and what lies ahead in the process. 3:15 p.m. ET.

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Hurricane Helene Hit NC A Year Ago. Some Students Never Returned To School

"When 12-year-old Natalie Briggs visited the ruins of her home after Hurricane Helene, she had to tightrope across a wooden beam to reach what was once her bedroom."

Source: AP/BRPR, 09/19/2025

Proposed Dominion Peaker Plant Flouts Environmental Justice, Community Says

"The utility’s environmental justice analysis lacks community health data, according to attorneys representing affected residents."

Source: Inside Climate News, 09/19/2025

"FOIA Records Reveal EPA Leaders Frequent Meetings With Industry Lobbyists"

"Top regulatory officials met with agricultural and chemical industry representatives dozens of times in the first few months after President Donald Trump took office in January, government records show — meetings that were followed by a series of regulatory rollbacks and a downplaying of pesticide concerns by the administration’s “Make America Healthy Again” (MAHA) Commission."

Source: The New Lede, 09/19/2025

Wildfire Smoke Will Fuel Many More Premature Deaths in US, New Study Warns

"Smoke from wildfires exacerbated by climate change may cause as many as 71,000 additional deaths per year in the United States by 2050, a study published Thursday in the journal Nature found."

Source: Inside Climate News, 09/19/2025

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