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"EPA Workers Receive Emails Warning Their Employment Could Be Terminated" [1]

"More than 1,100 employees at the Environmental Protection Agency received notice this week that they were deemed to be on probationary status and warning they could be fired immediately, according to an email obtained by CNN."

Climate Change [2]
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Source: CNN [9], 02/03/2025

"Thousands of U.S. Government Web Pages Have Been Taken Down Since Friday" [10]

"More than 8,000 web pages across more than a dozen U.S. government websites have been taken down since Friday afternoon, a New York Times analysis has found, as federal agencies rush to heed President Trump’s orders targeting diversity initiatives and “gender ideology.”"

Climate Change [2]
Diversity [11]
Environmental Justice [12]
Environmental Politics [4]
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National (U.S.) [8]
Source: NYTimes [15], 02/03/2025

EPA Tells Staff To Pause Most External Communications And Meetings [16]

"The agency joins several across government at which the Trump administration has issued at least a partial gag order. An agency spokesperson has denied that a pause is in place."

Environmental Health [3]
Environmental Politics [4]
Government [5]
Journalism & Media [13]
Laws & Regulations [14]
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Science [17]
Public [7]
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Source: Government Executive [18], 02/03/2025

Communities at Risk Are Climate Stories Too [19]

As environmental journalists scramble to cover dizzying changes in climate and energy policy under the new administration, columnist Yessenia Funes offers an admonition: Do not forget about those whose human rights are being targeted by Trump, and look to connect the changing planet with changes felt by threatened communities. The new Voices of Environmental Justice on exiting the echo chamber.

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Voices of Environmental Justice [20]
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Activism [21]
Climate Change [2]
Disasters [22]
Environmental Justice [12]
Environmental Politics [4]
Government [5]
Health [23]
Journalism & Media [13]
People & Population [6]
Policy [24]
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National (U.S.) [8]
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Energy-Dominance Exponent Coasts Into Interior [26]

The newly installed Interior Department head, who will manage most federally owned U.S. lands and billions of acres of the continental shelf, hails from a top fossil fuel-producing state and has close oil industry ties, reports the new EJ TransitionWatch. What former North Dakota Gov. Doug Burgum had to say at his Senate confirmation about U.S. “energy dominance.” Plus, one surprising source of support.

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EJ TransitionWatch [27]
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Climate Change [2]
Energy & Fuel [28]
Environmental Politics [4]
Government [5]
Natural Resources [29]
Policy [24]
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National (U.S.) [8]
Great Plains (IA KS ND NE MO SD) [30]
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#SEJSpotlight: Jennifer Grayson, Freelance Journalist and Author [31]

Meet SEJ member Jennifer Grayson! Jennifer is a Los Angeles-based journalist focusing on the environment, food systems and public health. She is the author of the award-winning "Unlatched: The Evolution of Breastfeeding and the Making of a Controversy" and a new book, "A Call to Farms: Reconnecting to Nature, Food, and Community in a Modern World."

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February 12, 2025

SEJ Webinar: Celebrating 35 Years of SEJ — What Comes Next? [32]

The next #SEJWebinar will kick off our celebration of SEJ’s anniversary with a panel of longtime SEJ members who helped build the foundation of our organization to reflect on our mission and what makes SEJ the tight-knit community of journalists it is today, followed by some of environmental journalism’s emerging leaders about where our field should go from here. 1 p.m. ET.

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March 23, 2025

DEADLINE: Opening Doors Initiative for BIPOC Journalism Students [34]

The two-year "Opening Doors Initiative," a new initiative aimed at increasing diversity in public media newsrooms, will provide skills training, mentorship and paid internships for ten BIPOC journalism students, with a focus on science, health and economics reporting. Apply by Mar 23, 2025.

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Journalism & Media [13]
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New Zealand Mountain Granted Personhood, Recognizing It As Sacred For Māori [36]

"A mountain in New Zealand considered an ancestor by Indigenous people was recognized as a legal person on Thursday after a new law granted it all the rights and responsibilities of a human being."

Laws & Regulations [14]
Natural Resources [29]
Religion, Faith and Spirituality [37]
Public [7]
Australia & Oceania [38]
Source: AP [39], 01/31/2025

FDA Purges Material On Clinical Trial Diversity, Under Trump DEI Ban [40]

"An effort by the Trump administration to pull down Food and Drug Administration website pages focused on diversity, equity, and inclusion has ensnared many pages focused on ensuring that clinical trials used to test drugs and medical devices include people of different ethnic and economic backgrounds."

Diversity [11]
Environmental Health [3]
Environmental Justice [12]
Environmental Politics [4]
Environmental Studies [41]
Laws & Regulations [14]
Science [17]
Public [7]
National (U.S.) [8]
Source: STAT News [42], 01/31/2025

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