"House Bill 15 forbids settlements to close or curtail “base load” power plants, which exclude renewables. The law may pave the way for future fossil-fuel subsidies."
"For years, residents of Grove City, Pennsylvania, have fought to stop a decades-old landfill from resuming operations in their town. They were worried the landfill would make legacy pollution in the area worse. But in 2022, information about the kind of waste the landfill would accept raised new fears."
"Facebook’s parent company Meta locked in 20 years of nuclear power on Tuesday from Constellation Energy to help meet the tech giant’s surging energy demand for artificial intelligence and its other power-intensive computing needs."
"An independent agency that investigates chemical disasters — including fatal fires and explosions at chemical plants and oil refineries nationwide — would shutter by October 2026 under little-noticed language in White House budget documents released Friday."
SRI2025 in Chicago will provide keynote sessions, cutting-edge innovation showcases, community-driven excursions and cross-sector collaborations designed to drive meaningful change. Interested in a story ahead of SRI2025? Interviews can be arranged.
The Institute for Journalism & Natural Resources, in partnership with The Uproot Project, invites applications for an expenses-paid workshop, Jul 10-12, 2025 in Chicago, for journalists of color who are interested in learning more about covering the environment. Apply by Jun 6.
Meet SEJ member Ainsley Platt! Ainsley is a reporter for the Arkansas Advocate based out of Little Rock, where she covers state government with a focus on environment reporting. She covers everything from environmental regulations to lithium extraction efforts to big dam controversies.
"An environmental group filed a 60-day notice of intent to sue over staffing concerns at the Crystal River National Wildlife Refuge, established specifically to protect the sea cows."
"A massive cloud of dust from the Sahara Desert blanketed most of the Caribbean on Monday in the biggest event of its kind this year as it heads toward the United States."
"Chinese banks have become the biggest international funders of companies that trade in goods linked to deforestation, a trend that could further imperil the world’s most climate-critical forests, environmental advocates say."
