"Satellites Are Mapping The Biggest CO2 Polluters In The World"
"Scores of instruments are peering down through Earth’s atmosphere, finding pollution all across the globe every day."
Source: Yale Climate Connections, 09/24/2025
International
As UN Climate Talks Loom In Brazil, Many Fear They Can’t Afford To Attend
"Pooja Tilvawala knows it’s a gamble to use more than $46,000 of her own savings to help young people get to the United Nations climate summit in Brazil. But she thinks it’s a necessary one."
Source: AP, 09/24/2025
"‘Con,’ ‘Scam,’ ‘Hoax’: Trump’s UN Speech On Climate"
"President Donald Trump rebuked world leaders for being overly concerned about climate change during a speech to the United Nations in which he called global warming a “con job.”"
Source: E&E News, 09/24/2025
"UN Chief Warns 1.5C Warming Goal At Risk Of 'Collapsing'"
"UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres told AFP Friday that efforts to cap climate warming at 1.5 Celsius above pre-industrial level are failing, as the UN prepared to host a climate week event alongside its annual diplomatic gathering."
Source: AFP, 09/23/2025
Trump Administration Icing Out NSIDC Data
An important federal database that tracks Arctic ice and snowmelt — which help address concerns like sea level rise and fresh water resources — is facing funding cuts and reductions in services. The latest Reporter’s Toolbox looks at the kind of high-quality information the National Snow and Ice Data Center can provide environmental reporters, including for local stories. That is, while it lasts.
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A Guide to Legal Resources
Freelance journalists, including environmental reporters, need not brave legal woes alone, counsels Freelance Files co-editor Elyse Hauser. A wide variety of groups offers aid for everything from denials of access to assaults or arrests, and her latest entry IDs more than a dozen resources, including legal assistance, emergency financial help and more. Plus, how to prevent problems to begin with.
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‘Female Fairywrens Sing To Their Eggs’ And Eight More Facts About Birdsong
"From carolling magpies to the lullaby of fairywrens, the nature and purpose of birdsong is more varied than you might think"
Source: Guardian, 09/22/2025
"UN Treaty To Protect Oceans To Take Effect After Clinching Ratification
"A UN treaty to protect marine diversity in the high seas was struck Friday after Morocco and Sierra Leone ratified the agreement, clinching the threshold of at least 60 ratifications needed to enact it as international law."
Source: France 24, 09/22/2025
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