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"Where Coal Is Retiring, and Hanging On, in the U.S."

"About 780 coal units, individual generators with a boiler and a turbine capable of producing electricity, have retired since 2000. And more than half of the remaining units are also slated for retirement, according to new data from the Global Energy Monitor, an organization that collects international energy data."

Source: NYTimes, 02/07/2025

"Trump Dismantles Environmental Justice Team, Staff Put on Leave"

"The EPA on Thursday put 168 employees within its environmental justice office on administrative leave as the Trump administration executes presidential actions to roll back diversity initiatives."

Source: Bloomberg Environment, 02/07/2025

"EPA To Prioritize AI, Lobbyists And Staff Cuts In ‘Mission To Traumatize’"

"A new and starkly different vision for the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has been outlined by the Trump administration – one that involves mass staff cuts, an influx of industry lobbyists and, unusually, the promotion of artificial intelligence as a key agency priority."

Source: Guardian, 02/07/2025
February 27, 2025

Earth Investigations Webinar: Tracking the Global Oil Trade with Data and Satellite Imagery

This webinar will introduce the international oil trade for investigative journalists. Focusing on the physical processes that move oil and its products around the globe, Data Desk will share the data sources and methodologies they use to monitor this activity, illustrating the talk with examples from published investigations. 3 p.m. CET (9 a.m. ET).

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February 20, 2025

GIJN Webinar: Investigating Fossil Fuels

In this Global Investigative Journalism Network webinar, moderated by SEJ member Amy Westervelt, journalists will learn key strategies for probing the fossil fuel industry, guided by insights from GIJN’s forthcoming Guide to Investigating Fossil Fuels. 3 p.m. Central European Time (9 a.m. Eastern Time).

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Press Freedom Issues Come to Fore As Trump 2.0 Launches

Salvaging disappearing web pages from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, fostering (and protecting) government whistleblower sources and sussing out the First Amendment’s prospects under the new attorney general at the Justice Department — the latest WatchDog Opinion scans the Trump administration’s information terrain. Plus, check out the latest actions from the Society of Environmental Journalists’ freedom of information efforts.

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"Big Oil and Gas Goes Long With Super Bowl Greenwashing"

"As New Orleans readies to host Super Bowl LIX this Sunday, a volunteer ambassador program has been working to help welcome the hundreds of thousands of football fans streaming into the Big Easy. Who is sponsoring that program? Chevron, one of the world’s biggest oil and gas producers and a top climate polluter."

Source: Sierra, 02/06/2025

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