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EPA Plows Ahead With Reorganization, Giving Employees Less Choice

"EPA has resumed its efforts to reorganize the agency after the Supreme Court earlier this month lifted a lower court’s injunction that stalled the Trump administration’s restructuring efforts. But EPA employees will have less say in where they end up under the restructuring because of the time lost while the injunction was in place, an EPA official told colleagues in an internal email obtained by POLITICO’s E&E News."

Source: E&E News, 07/18/2025

Trump’s Budget Would End 7 Decades of Mauna Loa Greenhouse Gas Measurements

"Closing Mauna Loa and three other U.S. sites that track greenhouse gases would disrupt a decades-long record of the planet’s changing atmosphere."

Source: NYTimes, 07/18/2025

"The West’s Megadrought Might Not Let Up for Decades, Study Suggests"

"A megadrought has sapped water supplies, ravaged farms and ranches, and fueled wildfires across the American Southwest for going on 25 years. Not in 12 centuries has the region been so dry for so long."

Source: NYTimes, 07/18/2025

Interior to Put Wind and Solar Projects Through Stricter Political Review

"The Trump administration said on Thursday that it would apply new layers of political review to wind and solar projects, potentially creating hurdles for renewable energy developments across the country."

Source: NYTimes, 07/18/2025

"E.P.A. Delays Required Cleanups of Toxic Coal Ash Landfills"

"The Environmental Protection Agency said on Thursday that it would give utility companies an additional year to begin cleaning up contamination from toxic coal ash landfills across the country."

Source: NYTimes, 07/18/2025

"Trump Exempts Scores of Plants From Biden’s Pollution Rules"

"President Donald Trump is allowing chemical makers, coal-fired power plants and other facilities to bypass a range of environmental regulations on grounds that the waivers are needed for national security purposes."

Source: Bloomberg, 07/18/2025

DEADLINE: Metcalf Institute's Climate Ready Newsroom Fellowship for Local Journalism

Metcalf Institute invites applications from newsrooms in Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island and Vermont for this fellowship providing virtual interactive training, coaching, an in-person visit and a $1,000 stipend. Deadline is Aug 19, 2025.

Convention on Biological Diversity's SBSTTA-27, Oct 20-24, and SB8J-1, Oct 27-30

Media are invited to apply for accreditation to the 27th meeting of the CBD's Subsidiary Body on Scientific, Technical and Technological Advice and the 1st meeting of the CBD's new Subsidiary Body on Article 8(j) and Other Provisions of the Convention on Biological Diversity Related to Indigenous Peoples and Local Communities.

NASA Portal Can Lead Reporters to Universe of Data

For environmental journalists looking for data riches to help tell their stories — whether about urban heat islands, sea-surface temperatures or air pollution — NASA has the satellites whose sensors capture insights galore. The latest Reporter’s Toolbox offers an introduction to the U.S. space agency’s incredibly extensive data portal, and how to get started amid the wealth of information (caveat: before it’s gone).

DEADLINE: IJNR Crown of the Continent Institute

The Institute for Journalism & Natural Resources will bring 15 journalists to Montana, Oct 5-12, 2025, and introduce them to subject matter experts including Tribal members, ecologists, wildlife and fisheries biologists, climate scientists, ranchers, land managers, and other stakeholders whose life or livelihood is based on the landscape. Deadline: Aug 22.

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