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May 7, 2026

Sustainability Storytelling: Communicate Trust, Brand Value and Better Business

An in-person event at GW, co-hosted by Planet Forward and the Alliance for a Sustainable Future, on May 7. Sustainability Storytelling: Communicate Trust, Brand Value and Better Business is a lunchtime conversation on how effective storytelling can strengthen sustainability communications and drive business impact. 

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"A Town Of 7,000 Planned So Many Data Centers, It’s Like Adding 51 Walmarts"

"Developers plan to build six sprawling data center campuses in Archbald, Pennsylvania, covering about 14 percent of the town’s land. Residents are fighting back."

Source: Washington Post, 04/28/2026
June 19, 2026

Institute for Independent Journalists’ Business of Freelancing workshop

The workshop will take place on Friday, June 19, from 9:00 am to 6:00 pm ET at the annual Investigative Reporters and Editors (IRE) conference at the Gaylord National D.C.. It's free for IRE conference attendees and only $59 until April 30. After that it's $79.

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Md. Bill Gives Relief on Power Bills, Locks Ratepayers into Nuclear Subsidy

"Maryland lawmakers’ new solution for rising utility bills reduces a surcharge funding an effective energy-efficiency program, offers rebates by raiding the state’s clean energy fund and includes subsidies for nuclear power that advocates say may prove costly over time."

Source: Inside Climate News, 04/22/2026
May 4, 2026

News Reimagined: The Creator Journalism Summit

The half-day summit at the National Press Club is a collaboration with URL Media, a network supporting Black and Brown journalists and media orgs.

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Green Group Warns Potomac Is Nation's Most Endangered River

"The Potomac River, otherwise known as “the nation’s river,” has been named the most endangered river in the country, following a massive sewage spill earlier this year and the ongoing buildout of thirsty data centers across the watershed."

Source: Virginia Mercury, 04/21/2026

DOJ Files Complaint Against DC And Its Sewage Authority For Massive Spill

"The Justice Department filed a complaint Monday in federal court against the city of Washington, D.C., and its water and sewer authority, seeking financial penalties for their role in a leak that led to millions of gallons of raw sewage spilling into the Potomac River."

Source: AP, 04/21/2026

"Deer Test Positive For Chronic Wasting Disease At Catoctin Mountain Park"

"Two deer tested positive for Chronic Wasting Disease at Catoctin Mountain Park in Maryland during recent white-tailed deer reduction operations and subsequent disease sampling. This is the first CWD-positive detection at Catoctin Mountain Park."

Source: National Parks Traveler, 04/13/2026

Photo Essay: Soaring W.Va. Utility Costs Are Surpassing Rents And Mortgages

"WEST COLUMBIA, W.Va. — Eric Pinson is obsessed with stacks of electric bills laid out in neat piles on his desk. He runs a camping trailer park in West Virginia not far from a planned data center — all in the shadow of an enormous coal-powered plant that recently received millions in funding from the Trump administration for upgrades.

Source: AP, 04/10/2026

"Judge Orders Construction On White House Ballroom To Stop"

"A judge ruled on March 31 that construction on President Trump’s White House ballroom must halt until Congress authorizes the project. The lawsuit was brought by the National Trust for Historic Preservation."

Source: National Parks Traveler, 04/02/2026

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