AI data centers in Viet Nam could strain the national grid and compromise its climate goals. For now, data sovereignty bottlenecks are delaying those risks. Read Thi Hao Linh Vuong and Mạc Quỳnh's report for #TIASÁNG and #MekongEye, as part of #DarkSideOfTheBoom: https://loom.ly/iLF476w

🔥📸Last year, EJN and the #GlobalHeatHealthInformationNetwork organized an Extreme Heat Photo Contest, inviting people worldwide to capture how extreme heat is shaping their lives—and how they’re responding. Read our photo essay to learn more: https://loom.ly/_d361cI

🌳There’s still time to apply for our forest governance story grants! We're offering £1,500 for stories on issues such as illegal logging, mining, agribusiness-driven deforestation, community forestry plus international forest and trade policies. Apply by January 11: https://loom.ly/zuFpZRM

Since 2018, residents, schools & NGOs in Hong Kong have installed rooftop solar under a Feed-in Tariff incentive. Yet, the city’s solar output still lags behind most developed regions, clocking in at a quarter of Singapore's levels. This story was supported by @earthjournalism.bsky.social.

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📣We’re hiring! Applicants based in Liberia, Cameroon or Ghana: could you be the Africa Coordinator for our new Forest Governance Media Initiative to support more sustainable forest governance across Africa? Apply: https://loom.ly/lWwdGIc @internewshq.bsky.social

🌳Journalists: We’re offering grants of £1,500 for stories on forest governance—from illegal logging, mining and agribusiness expansion to community forest rights, transparency gaps and the policies shaping forest loss and protection. Apply by January 6: https://loom.ly/zuFpZRM

📣Communicators in India: We’re offering fellowships to support in-depth reporting on climate finance and carbon trading, greenwashing, ESG and BRSR frameworks, renewable energy, clean mobility, rare earths and locally led private-sector climate solutions. Apply by January 8: https://loom.ly/K-m7An8

📣#JobAlert: @internewshq.bsky.social is hiring a #ProjectDirector to lead our new Forest Governance Media Initiative to support more sustainable forest governance in Cameroon, Liberia, Ghana, Vietnam and Indonesia. Apply by Jan 10: https://loom.ly/XKaIBPA

📣New Fellowship: We’re supporting investigations into extreme weather in the Philippines—going beyond disaster coverage to examine preparedness, public spending, infrastructure and resilience. Our fellowship includes a workshop, story grant of P118,000 and mentorship. Apply: https://loom.ly/FerlqEU

Mumbai’s rapid data center growth deepens energy pressure, fuels coal dependence and exposes widening inequality. Read Sushmita's report for @techpolicypress.bsky.social to learn more: https://loom.ly/cuSIyzM 📸Credit: Gloria Mendoza/Better Images of AI/CC by 4.0.

As Mumbai sees increased energy demand from new data centers—particularly from Amazon—Mahul must keep its major coal plants. Read this @theguardian.com report for #DarkSideOfTheBoom to learn more: https://loom.ly/BjYAM1M#DarkSideOfTheBoom📸Credit: NurPhoto/Getty Images.

A #DarkSideOfTheBoom report for @bloomberg.com reveals that Amazon ran 924 data centres across 50+ countries in 2023. Learn about the environmental impact in places like Mumbai: https://loom.ly/Q1DAjqI#DarkSideOfTheBoom📸Bloomberg/Getty Images.

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Four years after approving Bitcoin mining projects, Laos is beginning to rethink the industry. Read Vo Kieu Bao Uyen's report for #MekongEye on the widespread power shortages and transnational cryptocurrency scams now linked to this energy-hungry boom: https://loom.ly/Zc4wprM#MekongEye#DarkSideOfTheBoom

📣Journalists in #Ghana, #Mexico and the #Philippines: join our three-day virtual media workshops in February and March to strengthen your understanding of the 30x30 marine conservation target—and initiatives being implemented to reach it. Learn more and apply by 12 January: https://loom.ly/wxHkPqk

In another report from #DarkSideOfTheBoom, journalist Rezza Aji Pratama investigates how rapid data center expansion in Batam—an island city in Indonesia—is putting pressure on an already fragile water supply. Read his report for #Katadata to learn more: https://loom.ly/eKiZc2Q

#OceanGrants 💶🌊. Thanks @earthjournalism.bsky.social , even if tidy, every 💧of #OceanOptimism counts.

📣Journalists in coastal countries: Want to dig into fisheries transparency and how it affects people, oceans & food security? We’re offering $1,500 for stories on fisheries management, vessel activities, seafood “sustainability” claims & solutions that improve transparency: https://loom.ly/7K2veaI

Supporting In-depth Reports on Climate Change and India's Private Sector 2026 @earthjournalism.bsky.social 🌏Open to applicants from India only ⭕Deadline: January 8, 2026, 11:59 PM (Pacific/Niue) #ScienceJournalism #SciWri #fellowship #freelanceGig earthjournalism.net/opportunitie...

In the final part of Rohini Krishnamurthy's four-part series for #DownToEarth, she investigates what data center giants aren’t revealing about their water use in India. Read her story to learn more: https://loom.ly/J1s_BNU#DownToEarth

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

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. 🧵👇

🌳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#DownToEarth#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#WorldSoilDay@thegeckoproject.org @pulitzercenter.org

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 📖 bit.ly/4izPa0t

📣 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

"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

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#BicolDotPH#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

💧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#DownToEarth#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#WCSJ25@internewshq.bsky.social

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

🚨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...

🚨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 With @earthjournalism.bsky.social www.source-material.org/amazon-data-...

🔋🗞️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

📢 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. ⬇️

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

📣🌊 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#COP30#CCMPCOP30#COP30#Brazil #Belém

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...

📣Heading to @gijn.org’s #GIJC25? Don’t miss our fireside chat with @malaysiakini.bsky.social on #DarkSideOfTheBoom—a cross-border collaboration uncovering the hidden cost of Asia's digital transformation:https://loom.ly/x9XChtQ

A big move in the right direction by world leaders. See CSSN Director @timmonsroberts.bsky.social quoted in @earthjournalism.bsky.social: earthjournalism.net/stories/coun...

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/9PY73r

🐟 Calling all journalists & newsroom leaders in the Med! Share your experiences with marine reporting in @earthjournalism.bsky.social's short survey – your insights will help strengthen coverage across the region. 👉 Journalists: https://twp.ai/ImsjsF 🔗 News orgs: https://twp.ai/E6DUgB