Earth Journalism Network
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A project of Internews, EJN empowers and enables journalists around the world to cover the environment more effectively.
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🌳Got an underreported story idea about how forests are governed? We’re offering reporting grants of £1,500 each to support in-depth journalism on forest governance—from illegal logging and mining to agribusiness-driven deforestation, international forest policies and more: https://loom.ly/zuFpZRM
Malaysia's data center boom is straining the national grid—forcing the government to update policy & revisit nuclear power. Watch Vivian Yap, Si Err Yap and Phung Yie Wen's report for @malaysiakini.bsky.social’s KiniTV: https://loom.ly/beftlUs #DarkSideOfTheBoom
December 8, 2025 at 6:23 PM
Malaysia's data center boom is straining the national grid—forcing the government to update policy & revisit nuclear power. Watch Vivian Yap, Si Err Yap and Phung Yie Wen's report for @malaysiakini.bsky.social’s KiniTV: https://loom.ly/beftlUs #DarkSideOfTheBoom
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For months, we've worked on an app to monitor fishing in UK's Marine Protected Areas (MPAs).
The UK claims to be a leader in marine conservation, yet plenty of "protected areas" remain open to destructive fishing.
With a grant from the @earthjournalism.bsky.social, we finally did it. 🧵👇
The UK claims to be a leader in marine conservation, yet plenty of "protected areas" remain open to destructive fishing.
With a grant from the @earthjournalism.bsky.social, we finally did it. 🧵👇
The UK says its sea are protected. We Built an App to Track Fishing in 'Protected' Seas
Our new data-driven investigation reveals how “protected” UK waters are still being heavily trawled—and invites anyone to explore the evidence for themselves.
www.zmescience.com
December 5, 2025 at 1:56 PM
For months, we've worked on an app to monitor fishing in UK's Marine Protected Areas (MPAs).
The UK claims to be a leader in marine conservation, yet plenty of "protected areas" remain open to destructive fishing.
With a grant from the @earthjournalism.bsky.social, we finally did it. 🧵👇
The UK claims to be a leader in marine conservation, yet plenty of "protected areas" remain open to destructive fishing.
With a grant from the @earthjournalism.bsky.social, we finally did it. 🧵👇
🌳Got an underreported story idea about how forests are governed? We’re offering reporting grants of £1,500 each to support in-depth journalism on forest governance—from illegal logging and mining to agribusiness-driven deforestation, international forest policies and more: https://loom.ly/zuFpZRM
December 8, 2025 at 1:25 AM
🌳Got an underreported story idea about how forests are governed? We’re offering reporting grants of £1,500 each to support in-depth journalism on forest governance—from illegal logging and mining to agribusiness-driven deforestation, international forest policies and more: https://loom.ly/zuFpZRM
As booming data hubs rise across India’s Uttar Pradesh, local residents struggle for drinking water and officials have no answers on how much water these facilities consume. Read part three of Rohini Krishnamurthy's report for #DownToEarth to learn more: https://loom.ly/_KuYw1Y #DarkSideOfTheBoom
December 6, 2025 at 5:00 AM
As booming data hubs rise across India’s Uttar Pradesh, local residents struggle for drinking water and officials have no answers on how much water these facilities consume. Read part three of Rohini Krishnamurthy's report for #DownToEarth to learn more: https://loom.ly/_KuYw1Y #DarkSideOfTheBoom
This #WorldSoilDay explore our collaborative project Ground Truths with stories from across Asia, a microcourse & newsgame spotlighting soil challenges & solutions:https://loom.ly/wkBYdUw @thegeckoproject.org @pulitzercenter.org
December 5, 2025 at 3:51 PM
This #WorldSoilDay explore our collaborative project Ground Truths with stories from across Asia, a microcourse & newsgame spotlighting soil challenges & solutions:https://loom.ly/wkBYdUw @thegeckoproject.org @pulitzercenter.org
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Calling all #climate #environment and #biodiversity media friends to listen to Internews' @earthjournalism.bsky.social Asia-Pacific Environmental Programs Manager, Amy Sim Kok Eng, on the latest episode of the LRF Institute Risk Radar podcast!🎙️
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December 4, 2025 at 11:50 AM
Calling all #climate #environment and #biodiversity media friends to listen to Internews' @earthjournalism.bsky.social Asia-Pacific Environmental Programs Manager, Amy Sim Kok Eng, on the latest episode of the LRF Institute Risk Radar podcast!🎙️
👂 bit.ly/4plzwbQ
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📣 Journalists: We want to know—what was the best environmental story you produced in 2025? Share the link to your published piece—in any media format—by January 15 for a chance to be featured on EJN's social media and website: https://loom.ly/f6YW-xc
December 4, 2025 at 2:07 PM
📣 Journalists: We want to know—what was the best environmental story you produced in 2025? Share the link to your published piece—in any media format—by January 15 for a chance to be featured on EJN's social media and website: https://loom.ly/f6YW-xc
🗞️In part two of their report on #Taiwan’s AI boom, #Readr journalists explore how the rise of AI is reshaping the island’s energy future—fueling demand, reviving nuclear debates and exposing tensions in its transition to cleaner, more flexible electricity sources: https://loom.ly/dFzG8fM
December 3, 2025 at 9:13 PM
🗞️In part two of their report on #Taiwan’s AI boom, #Readr journalists explore how the rise of AI is reshaping the island’s energy future—fueling demand, reviving nuclear debates and exposing tensions in its transition to cleaner, more flexible electricity sources: https://loom.ly/dFzG8fM
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"We started noticing it around 2010,” she said. “[The Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology] (Phivolcs) told us the ground sinks about three centimeters a year. You can see it clearly: the cracks, the tilted homes, the roads that used to be flat."
December 3, 2025 at 6:17 AM
"We started noticing it around 2010,” she said. “[The Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology] (Phivolcs) told us the ground sinks about three centimeters a year. You can see it clearly: the cracks, the tilted homes, the roads that used to be flat."
This month, we’re spotlighting EJN grantee BIRN Montenegro, whose reporter Ivan Ivanović travelled to Platamuni Nature Park to investigate why illegal construction continues despite strict protections and the impact of expanding tourism projects on coastal ecosystems: https://loom.ly/Jhn8xrE
December 2, 2025 at 5:00 AM
This month, we’re spotlighting EJN grantee BIRN Montenegro, whose reporter Ivan Ivanović travelled to Platamuni Nature Park to investigate why illegal construction continues despite strict protections and the impact of expanding tourism projects on coastal ecosystems: https://loom.ly/Jhn8xrE
A community in Biñan, Philippines, is slowly sinking as groundwater is extracted to cool nearby data centers. Read Mavic Conde's report for #BicolDotPH to learn how this raises the risk of the next major earthquake: https://loom.ly/I30FJDg #DarkSideOfTheBoom
December 1, 2025 at 3:10 PM
A community in Biñan, Philippines, is slowly sinking as groundwater is extracted to cool nearby data centers. Read Mavic Conde's report for #BicolDotPH to learn how this raises the risk of the next major earthquake: https://loom.ly/I30FJDg #DarkSideOfTheBoom
📣 Journalists and newsroom leaders in the Mediterranean: please take our survey to help us understand what support you need to make coverage more sustainable, impactful and visible.
▶️Journalists: https://loom.ly/RwSWG40
▶️Newsroom leaders: https://loom.ly/9Nv-mpw
#MediterraneanMediaInitiative
▶️Journalists: https://loom.ly/RwSWG40
▶️Newsroom leaders: https://loom.ly/9Nv-mpw
#MediterraneanMediaInitiative
November 29, 2025 at 12:27 PM
📣 Journalists and newsroom leaders in the Mediterranean: please take our survey to help us understand what support you need to make coverage more sustainable, impactful and visible.
▶️Journalists: https://loom.ly/RwSWG40
▶️Newsroom leaders: https://loom.ly/9Nv-mpw
#MediterraneanMediaInitiative
▶️Journalists: https://loom.ly/RwSWG40
▶️Newsroom leaders: https://loom.ly/9Nv-mpw
#MediterraneanMediaInitiative
💧In part two of Rohini Krishnamurthy's report for #DownToEarth, she travels to Karnataka—India’s Silicon Valley—to examine how the rapid rise of high-tech data centers is straining already scarce water resources: https://loom.ly/vn1xhVc #DarkSideOfTheBoom
November 27, 2025 at 5:00 AM
💧In part two of Rohini Krishnamurthy's report for #DownToEarth, she travels to Karnataka—India’s Silicon Valley—to examine how the rapid rise of high-tech data centers is straining already scarce water resources: https://loom.ly/vn1xhVc #DarkSideOfTheBoom
📣 Heading to #WCSJ25 next month? Don’t miss Ida Jooste and Amy Sim on a panel about reporting at the intersection of climate change and health—at a time when science is under siege: https://loom.ly/G7cRcko
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November 26, 2025 at 8:38 PM
📣 Heading to #WCSJ25 next month? Don’t miss Ida Jooste and Amy Sim on a panel about reporting at the intersection of climate change and health—at a time when science is under siege: https://loom.ly/G7cRcko
@internewshq.bsky.social
@internewshq.bsky.social
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Only 2.9% of the world’s oceans are fully protected – far from the 30x30 goal. 🌎
@earthjournalism.bsky.social is funding newsrooms to change that through deeper, data-driven marine coverage.
💰 Grants: Up to $10,000
🗓️ Apply by Nov 24
🔗 https://twp.ai/9PYHvd
@earthjournalism.bsky.social is funding newsrooms to change that through deeper, data-driven marine coverage.
💰 Grants: Up to $10,000
🗓️ Apply by Nov 24
🔗 https://twp.ai/9PYHvd
November 24, 2025 at 12:45 AM
Only 2.9% of the world’s oceans are fully protected – far from the 30x30 goal. 🌎
@earthjournalism.bsky.social is funding newsrooms to change that through deeper, data-driven marine coverage.
💰 Grants: Up to $10,000
🗓️ Apply by Nov 24
🔗 https://twp.ai/9PYHvd
@earthjournalism.bsky.social is funding newsrooms to change that through deeper, data-driven marine coverage.
💰 Grants: Up to $10,000
🗓️ Apply by Nov 24
🔗 https://twp.ai/9PYHvd
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🚨Exclusive: Tata Power's coal power plant due to close last year, got extended life as the company projected data centres to be biggest consumers of electricity.
The plant is located near Mahul, Mumbai's toxic hell
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The plant is located near Mahul, Mumbai's toxic hell
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‘It’s hell for us here’: Mumbai families suffer as datacentres keep the city hooked on coal
As Mumbai sees increased energy demand from new datacenters, particularly from Amazon, the filthiest neighbourhood in one of India’s largest cities must keep its major coal plants
www.theguardian.com
November 25, 2025 at 7:59 AM
🚨Exclusive: Tata Power's coal power plant due to close last year, got extended life as the company projected data centres to be biggest consumers of electricity.
The plant is located near Mahul, Mumbai's toxic hell
@earthjournalism.bsky.social
www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
The plant is located near Mahul, Mumbai's toxic hell
@earthjournalism.bsky.social
www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
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🚨Revealed: "Most of the energy in the data centre industry is going into colocations.” In 2023 Amazon used 924 data centres in more than 50 countries, with many more in development, docs seen by @source-material.org show
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Amazon has twice as many data centres worldwide as previously reported
Amazon uses far more data centres across the globe—and has a bigger impact on the environment—than previously reported, leaked data reveals.
www.source-material.org
November 24, 2025 at 6:25 PM
🚨Revealed: "Most of the energy in the data centre industry is going into colocations.” In 2023 Amazon used 924 data centres in more than 50 countries, with many more in development, docs seen by @source-material.org show
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🔋🗞️In another report from #DarkSideOfTheBoom, Shamsuddin Illius investigates the impact of unchecked energy and water use by Bangladesh’s data centers. Read the full story in #TheClimateWatch: https://loom.ly/5LO9wck
November 24, 2025 at 8:02 PM
🔋🗞️In another report from #DarkSideOfTheBoom, Shamsuddin Illius investigates the impact of unchecked energy and water use by Bangladesh’s data centers. Read the full story in #TheClimateWatch: https://loom.ly/5LO9wck
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📢 Calling all environmental journalists!
@earthjournalism.bsky.social is offering media grants to newsrooms and media organizations in coastal countries.
If you work on projects and initiatives reporting on progress toward #30x30 marine conservation goals, apply by 24th Nov. ⬇️
@earthjournalism.bsky.social is offering media grants to newsrooms and media organizations in coastal countries.
If you work on projects and initiatives reporting on progress toward #30x30 marine conservation goals, apply by 24th Nov. ⬇️
Media Grants to Support Coverage of Countries’ Progress Toward the 30x30 Marine Conservation Target 2026
EJN is offering media grants to newsrooms and media organizations in coastal countries, with particular focus on Ghana, Mexico, and the Philippines, to increase media coverage and the capacity of jour...
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November 20, 2025 at 4:46 PM
📢 Calling all environmental journalists!
@earthjournalism.bsky.social is offering media grants to newsrooms and media organizations in coastal countries.
If you work on projects and initiatives reporting on progress toward #30x30 marine conservation goals, apply by 24th Nov. ⬇️
@earthjournalism.bsky.social is offering media grants to newsrooms and media organizations in coastal countries.
If you work on projects and initiatives reporting on progress toward #30x30 marine conservation goals, apply by 24th Nov. ⬇️
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With billions relying on cell phones as “their primary window on the world,” journalists have to find ways to marry journalism’s professional ethics and practices with the communications savvy and massive reach of social media influencers, says Imelda Abano of @earthjournalism.bsky.social.
The Perils, and Promise, of Social Media at COP30 — Covering Climate Now
Belém, Brazil — As the COP30 negotiations entered their final 48 hours, climate activist Greta Thunberg and German Chancellor Friedrich Merz found themselves engulfed in separate examples of how socia...
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November 20, 2025 at 7:07 PM
With billions relying on cell phones as “their primary window on the world,” journalists have to find ways to marry journalism’s professional ethics and practices with the communications savvy and massive reach of social media influencers, says Imelda Abano of @earthjournalism.bsky.social.
💧As India rapidly builds data centers for AI growth, concerns are rising that this digital expansion could worsen existing water shortages. Read @rohinikrishnamurthy's report for Down To Earth learn more: https://loom.ly/gNgv-pE #DarkSideoftheBoom
November 21, 2025 at 10:47 AM
💧As India rapidly builds data centers for AI growth, concerns are rising that this digital expansion could worsen existing water shortages. Read @rohinikrishnamurthy's report for Down To Earth learn more: https://loom.ly/gNgv-pE #DarkSideoftheBoom
📣🌊 Media organizations in coastal countries: Don’t miss your chance to apply for our grant supporting in-depth coverage, journalism training and other activities that build journalists’ capacity to report on the 30x30 marine conservation target. Apply here: https://loom.ly/qeJVrUI
November 21, 2025 at 5:00 AM
📣🌊 Media organizations in coastal countries: Don’t miss your chance to apply for our grant supporting in-depth coverage, journalism training and other activities that build journalists’ capacity to report on the 30x30 marine conservation target. Apply here: https://loom.ly/qeJVrUI
🌍 As we enter the final days of the #COP30 negotiations, here's a snapshot of what our #CCMPCOP30 Fellows have been up to! Check out our dedicated #COP30 page to read their work—and stay tuned for more stories in the coming weeks: https://loom.ly/Ba8-lbQ #Brazil #Belém
November 19, 2025 at 5:46 PM
🌍 As we enter the final days of the #COP30 negotiations, here's a snapshot of what our #CCMPCOP30 Fellows have been up to! Check out our dedicated #COP30 page to read their work—and stay tuned for more stories in the coming weeks: https://loom.ly/Ba8-lbQ #Brazil #Belém
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Live from #cop30 with James Fahn of @earthjournalism.bsky.social - here talking about China's spreading influence in the absence of the US. revkin.substack.com/publish/post...
November 18, 2025 at 9:55 PM
Live from #cop30 with James Fahn of @earthjournalism.bsky.social - here talking about China's spreading influence in the absence of the US. revkin.substack.com/publish/post...