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May 27, 2025

DEADLINE: Kozik Environmental Justice Reporting Grants

The National Press Foundation and the National Press Club Journalism Institute will award grants of up to $15,000 to US journalists for stories in any medium that center on environmental justice and environmental racism in the United States. Deadline: May 27, 2025.

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June 6, 2021

Knight Science Journalism at MIT Project Fellowships

This remote KSJ program offers a range of support to working U.S. journalists for independently conceived projects. Fellowships will be awarded for varying durations over the course of the academic year, beginning in Sep 2021 and ending in May 2022. Deadline is Jun 6.

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"White House: Executive Order Ignites Action On Climate Finance"

"President Biden thrust his administration into a race to confront the economic risks of global warming by signing an executive order yesterday that brought the once niche issue of climate finance into the highest levels of government."

Source: E&E News, 05/24/2021

"The Fight For The Soul – And The Future – Of Exxonmobil"

"A group of insurgent investors backed by the three largest pension funds in America is trying to force ExxonMobil to take climate change much more seriously — not just for the sake of the company’s viability but also for the sake of the planet."

Source: Washington Post, 05/24/2021

Biden Holds Firm On Climate Provisions In Infrastructure Counterproposal

"President Biden is holding firm on energy and climate provisions in the White House infrastructure proposal but has expressed a willingness to cut some research and development funds, according to a memo to Senate Environment Committee ranking member Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.) obtained by The Hill."

Source: The Hill, 05/24/2021

"Biden Says He Won’t Allow His DOJ To Seize Reporters’ Records"

"President Joe Biden on Friday responded to reports that the former administration secretly obtained records belonging to a reporter covering the Pentagon during Donald Trump’s presidency. “Absolutely, positively it’s wrong,” Biden told CNN’s Kaitlan Collins ..."

Source: HuffPost, 05/24/2021

"U.S. Proposes Big Increase In Forest Management To Tackle Wildfires"

"The United States must double or quadruple the rate at which it thins and removes dead wood from its forests to reduce the threat of wildfires that have become more frequent and severe due to climate change, the Biden administration said on Thursday."

Source: Reuters, 05/21/2021

"Biden Orders U.S. Agencies To Assess, Mitigate Risks Of Climate Change"

"President Joe Biden on Thursday directed federal agencies to assess and mitigate the increasing and serious risks that climate change poses to individuals, businesses, the federal government and the U.S. financial system, the White House said."

Source: Reuters, 05/21/2021

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