"Will Science Journalism Funders Step Up or Retreat?"
"Amid Trump-era funding turmoil, foundations are finding themselves pulled in many directions to fill in the gaps."
Source: Undark, 10/17/2025
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"How a ‘Pro-Climate’ Charity Channelled Cash to a Koch-Funded Think Tank"
"A UK charity that portrays itself as a climate leader facilitated a £830,000 donation to the Mercatus Center, a conservative think tank heavily funded by U.S. oil billionaire Charles Koch, DeSmog can reveal."
Source: DeSmog, 10/17/2025
Aeroecology Reveals Creatures That Populate the Skies and How They Survive
"The sky above us is a complex ecosystem, just like the land and sea. A new field of research is bringing a fresh understanding of the birds, bugs and other species that live there"
Source: Smithsonian, 10/16/2025
DOE Climate ‘Endangerment’ Report Sparks Stormy Retort
When the Trump Energy Department issued a report this summer questioning a central precept of U.S. climate change policy, it kicked off an angry backlash from scientific experts who fear it undermines decades of peer-reviewed research — and the very basis for climate action. Backgrounder scrutinizes the DOE report and the climate skeptics behind it, as well as the furious response.
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"‘Sharpiegate’ Meteorologist Confirmed As NOAA Chief"
"The Senate has voted to confirm President Trump’s pick to lead the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) as part of a group of nominees confirmed en masse."
Source: The Hill, 10/09/2025
"Science Teachers Scramble As U.S. Climate Resources Vanish"
"When news broke that climate.gov was about to go dark in June, Jeffrey Grant scrambled to download as many graphs and data tables from the website as he could. The high school biology teacher had relied heavily on the U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) website to teach students about climate change, showing data on carbon dioxide levels and asking the students to analyze trends and make connections like real climatologists."
Source: Science, 10/07/2025
"New Report Examines Fossil Fuel Ties of Dozens of Trump Admin Hires"
"The Trump administration wasted no time in tapping individuals with ties to fossil fuel industries and right-wing think tanks funded by oil tycoons for key environmental and energy policy positions, according to a new report."
Source: Inside Climate News, 10/07/2025
"How Big Agriculture Got Its Way In The Latest MAHA Report"
"Alarmed by the first MAHA commission report, the agriculture industry mobilized to shape the next installment. Those efforts seemingly paid off."
Source: Washington Post, 10/07/2025
Crop Cover Database Seeds Local Environment Coverage
Cropland can easily be found time and again at the heart of the key concerns on the environment beat, whether climate, water, chemicals or, of course, land. The latest Reporter’s Toolbox shares a high-quality, mappable database that can serve up stories on more than 100 categories of crops, with numbers drawn from satellite imagery. Plus, a pro tip on using the data smartly.
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Climate Solutions, for Some, May Not Be
A small Louisiana community, home to the descendants of formerly enslaved Black people, continues to fight for its freedom many decades later, this time from a potentially polluting technology. FEJ StoryLog contributor Yessenia Funes recounts her journey to this Cancer Alley community, where a grant from the Fund for Environmental Journalism helped her tell the story of residents challenging a multibillion-dollar carbon capture plant.
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