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February 5, 2024

DEADLINE: Solutions Journalism Network's Climate Cohort

This year, Solutions Journalism Network is offering 20 fellowships to U.S.-based journalists who want to produce climate solutions stories that shift the climate conversation from unsolvable and apocalyptic to actionable and engaging. The program will run March through November 2024. Apply by Feb 5.

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"The Beleaguered Whitebark Pine Is in Trouble. Can It Be Saved?"

"Once common in the West, whitebark pine is being wiped out by a deadly fungus, ravaging beetles, and climate change. Scientists hope advances in gene sequencing and a recent federal listing as threatened will speed the hunt for trees that can be replanted and seed the future."

Source: YaleE360, 01/12/2024

Biden Offers Firms Millions To Break Russia's HALEU Uranium Monopoly

"The Biden administration showed up to last month’s global climate summit in Dubai with a radical new plan to replace coal and compete again with Russia and China over a technology American scientists pioneered."

Source: HuffPost, 01/12/2024

Cummins To Repair 600,000 Ram Trucks In $2 Billion Emissions Cheating Case

"Engine maker Cummins Inc. will recall 600,000 Ram trucks as part of a settlement with federal and California authorities that also requires the company to remedy environmental damage caused by illegal software that let it skirt diesel emissions tests."

Source: AP, 01/12/2024

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