After Cuts, Former NOAA Chief Scientist Says U.S. Science Risks Downgrade
"With its first wave of firings, the new Trump administration has decimated NOAA."
Source: bioGraphic, 03/18/2025
Natural Resources
Line 5, A Trump Donor, Profiting Off A Pipeline Deal Threatening Pollution
"Donald Trump’s administration is being accused by activists of a quid pro quo as it attempts to fast-track a controversial fossil fuel pipeline proposal in Michigan that would in part be built by a donor with deep financial ties to the president."
Source: Guardian, 03/18/2025
Desperately Seeking Data? OECD Has Loads
If the possibility of a politically driven dearth of data for your climate and environment reporting has you on edge, the new Reporter’s Toolbox just may have something to soothe your nerves: A data source from beyond the grasp of the Trump administration and outside the boundaries of the United States. Take a quick tour of environmental data from the OECD.
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"Confusion Clouds The Fate Of Two New California Monuments"
"The Trump administration touched off consternation and confusion over the weekend, issuing, and then apparently rolling back, an announcement implying the president had rescinded his predecessor’s order creating two popular national monuments in California."
Source: LA Times, 03/17/2025
"Farmers Feeling the Pain After Conservation Funding Frozen"
"The Trump administration, with DOGE, is pulling the rug from under growers and producers across the country"
Source: Sierra, 03/17/2025
"Judge Orders EPA To Rehire Fired Employees"
"EPA is now among the agencies facing court orders to reinstate “probationary” employees who were terminated as part of President Donald Trump’s endeavor to shrink the federal government."
Source: E&E News, 03/17/2025
New Angle for Reporting on Oil and Gas Industry — Radioactive Waste
Industry experts and government regulators have long known that radionuclides reside in oil and natural gas. Yet radioactive emissions and waste continue to threaten the lives of workers and community members across the country. Investigative journalist Justin Nobel on the opportunities and urgent need for reporters to drill into a story steeped in questions of accountability, health and justice.
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Landmark Ruling on Uncontacted Indigenous Rights Strikes at Oil Industry
"The Inter-American Court of Human Rights ordered the Ecuadorian government to protect Indigenous groups from oil operations and to leave oil in the ground underneath their lands."
Source: Inside Climate News, 03/14/2025
Ducks, Once A Conservation Bright Spot, Now Declining In US: New Report
"At least 112 North American bird species have lost more than half their populations in the past 50 years, according to a new report published Thursday. Among the birds showing the steepest declines are Allen’s hummingbirds, Florida scrub jays, golden-cheeked warblers, tricolored blackbirds and yellow-billed magpies."
Source: AP, 03/14/2025
"U.S. Rep. Raúl Grijalva Dies From Cancer"
"U.S. Rep. Raúl Grijalva, an Arizona Democrat who was a fierce champion for national parks, passed away Thursday from complications related to cancer treatments. He was 77."
Source: National Parks Traveler, 03/14/2025
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