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Ecofiction — A Novel Approach to Environmental Truth-Telling [1]

Fiction and journalism might seem like polar opposites, but some environmental journalists find writing ecofiction is an ideal complement to their day jobs. Drawing on journalistic research skills and curiosity, ecofiction lets them explore environmental issues from a different angle while enjoying an opportunity to unleash their imaginations. Journalist-fictioneers Valerie Brown and Meg Turville-Heitz on working across genre boundaries.

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"Trump’s EPA Puts California In Its Crosshairs With Its Proposed Car Rules" [13]

"Documents supporting the EPA’s plan to roll back vehicle emission standards reference California by name nearly 30 times. For more than 50 years, California has had special authority from the EPA to set strict tailpipe emission standards. The agency’s own analysis indicates that without California’s leadership and tax credits created under President Biden, national adoption of electric vehicles will decline and gasoline prices will increase." 

Air [14]
Climate Change [15]
Consumer [16]
Energy & Fuel [17]
Environmental Health [18]
Environmental Politics [19]
Laws & Regulations [20]
Pollution [21]
Technology [6]
Transportation [22]
Public [12]
National (U.S.) [8]
California [23]
Source: LA Times [24], 08/04/2025
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"Biggest US Offshore Wind Project Marches Ahead Despite Trump Attacks" [25]

"The largest planned offshore wind project in the U.S. is 60 percent complete and is on track to begin delivering electricity early next year."

Climate Change [15]
Economy & Business [26]
Energy & Fuel [17]
Environmental Politics [19]
Laws & Regulations [20]
Natural Resources [27]
Pollution [21]
Technology [6]
Water & Oceans [28]
Public [12]
National (U.S.) [8]
Mid-Atlantic (DC DE MD PA VA WV) [29]
Source: E&E News [30], 08/04/2025
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"USDA Reorganization Will Cut Agricultural And Forest Research" [31]

"The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) will close its flagship, but deteriorating research site in Maryland as part of a major reorganization aiming to shift 2600 employees away from the nation’s capital area, the agency announced this week. At the same time, USDA said it plans to shutter most of its forest research stations around the country. "

Agriculture [32]
Biodiversity [33]
Climate Change [15]
Consumer [16]
Environmental Politics [19]
Environmental Studies [34]
Forests [35]
Government [36]
Natural Resources [27]
Science [5]
Technology [6]
Wildlife [7]
Public [12]
National (U.S.) [8]
Source: Science [37], 07/31/2025
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Countries Failing To Act On UN Climate Pledge To Triple Renewables: Thinktank [38]

"Most global governments have failed to act on the 2023 UN pledge to triple the world’s renewable energy capacity by the end of the decade, according to climate analysts."

Climate Change [15]
Energy & Fuel [17]
Environmental Politics [19]
Infrastructure [39]
Laws & Regulations [20]
Technology [6]
Public [12]
International [10]
Source: Guardian [40], 07/31/2025
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"The EU’s ‘Fantasy’ $750B Energy Promise To Trump" [41]

"The EU has narrowly avoided a full-blown trade war with Donald Trump by pledging to buy $750 billion of U.S. oil and gas by the end of his term. But achieving that will be almost impossible."

Climate Change [15]
Economy & Business [26]
Energy & Fuel [17]
Environmental Politics [19]
Laws & Regulations [20]
Natural Resources [27]
Pollution [21]
Technology [6]
Public [12]
National (U.S.) [8]
International [10]
Europe [42]
Source: Politico [43], 07/31/2025
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Trump Moves to Cut Chemical Safety Board, Putting Texans and Others at Risk [44]

"Amid increasingly intense weather, the Chemical Safety Board is the lone independent agency watching over the Gulf Coast’s petrochemical corridor."

Chemicals [45]
Disasters [46]
Environmental Health [18]
Environmental Justice [47]
Environmental Politics [19]
Laws & Regulations [20]
People & Population [48]
Pollution [21]
Technology [6]
Public [12]
National (U.S.) [8]
Source: Capital & Main [49], 07/31/2025
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"The West’s Data Centers Suck (Water And Power)" [50]

"From simple searches to chatGPT, the big digital buildup threatens the grid and water supplies."

Climate Change [15]
Economy & Business [26]
Energy & Fuel [17]
Environmental Politics [19]
Infrastructure [39]
Laws & Regulations [20]
Pollution [21]
Technology [6]
Water & Oceans [28]
Public [12]
National (U.S.) [8]
Source: High Country News [51], 07/31/2025
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"4.6 Billion Years On, the Sun Is Having a Moment" [52]

"In the past two years, without much notice, solar power has begun to truly transform the world’s energy system."

Climate Change [15]
Economy & Business [26]
Energy & Fuel [17]
Environmental Politics [19]
Infrastructure [39]
Laws & Regulations [20]
Technology [6]
Public [12]
National (U.S.) [8]
International [10]
Source: New Yorker [53], 07/31/2025
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"Trump Yanks Millions of Acres of Ocean Designated for Wind Power" [54]

"The Trump administration is revoking approval for millions of acres of ocean to be set aside for offshore wind development amid an escalating attack on the renewable power source." 

Climate Change [15]
Energy & Fuel [17]
Environmental Politics [19]
Infrastructure [39]
Laws & Regulations [20]
Technology [6]
Water & Oceans [28]
Public [12]
National (U.S.) [8]
Source: Bloomberg [55], 07/31/2025
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