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September 18, 2025

DEADLINE: Firelight Fund

The new Firelight Fund will provide grants up to $50,000 to support Black, Brown and Indigenous filmmakers for stories from development through distribution, with a focus on those who are telling urgent stories and using their craft to advance social justice. Deadline: Sep 18, 2025.

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"California’s First Solar-Covered Canal Is Now Fully Online"

"A novel solar power project just went online in California’s Central Valley, with panels that span across canals in the vast agricultural region." "The 1.6-MW pilot system is among a growing number of initiatives to put solar over waterways. The approach could generate gigawatts of power nationwide."

Source: Canary Media, 09/11/2025

MAHA Report Critics Say Corporate Pressure Wins Over Public Health

"A long-awaited and highly controversial report issued on Tuesday by the Trump administration’s “Make America Healthy Again” (MAHA) Commission provides a few “crumbs” for public and environmental health advocates, but big wins for powerful food and chemical industries seeking to skirt limits on their products and practices."

Source: The New Lede, 09/11/2025

Many Countries Are Saying No To ‘Unthinkable’ Room Costs For Climate Talks

"Brazil brought the U.N.’s COP30 climate conference to the Amazon. Then the price frenzy began." "The idea had seemed symbolically fitting at first — a global climate summit set on the edge of the threatened Amazon rainforest."

Source: Washington Post, 09/11/2025

US Bans on some Fish Imports Could Help Save Marine Mammals Worldwide: Experts

"The Trump administration set strict import bans on fisheries in more than 40 nations that do not meet standards for conserving marine mammals like whales and dolphins." 

Source: Inside Climate News, 09/11/2025

Warming Seas Threaten Key Phytoplankton That Fuels The Food Web: Study

"For decades, scientists believed Prochlorococcus, the smallest and most abundant phytoplankton on Earth, would thrive in a warmer world. But new research suggests the microscopic bacterium, which forms the foundation of the marine food web and helps regulate the planet’s climate, will decline sharply as seas heat up."

Source: AP, 09/11/2025

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