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SEJ's 2024 Journalists' Guide to Environment + Energy [1]

Watch the video recording [2] of the 12th annual edition of the Journalists’ Guide to Environment + Energy on November 16, where leading environmental journalists from major news outlets predicted the top stories of the year ahead, David Byrne joined as our special guest, and the winner of the $10,000 Nina Mason Pulliam Award for Environmental Reporting was announced and presented live.

"What Will It Take To Make Traditional Foods Thrive Again?" [3]

"Skeena River sockeye have declined 75% since 1913. Woodland caribou have declined by more than half in the past century. But with the right resources, First Nations are bringing ancestral foods back from the brink".

Source: The Narwhal [4], 10/09/2023

"Mega CAFOs on the Chesapeake" [5]

"Chicken farms housing millions of animals threaten a fragile ecology"

"On a drizzly day in May, Maria Payan walked along a country road in Somerset County, Maryland, near her home. On one side of the road was a white house with a peaked roof and an American flag flying from the porch; a ride-on toy tractor was parked by the front steps. On the other, a row of six long, windowless metal buildings housed tens of thousands of chickens. “Oh, the smell is so bad,” Payan said. “Can you imagine living with this every day?”

Source: Sierra [6], 10/09/2023

"In Baltimore, Yellow Buses Are Going Green" [7]

"Cities all over the country are beginning to transition their school bus fleets to electric — a boon for the climate, and for students’ health."

Source: Grist [8], 10/09/2023

"Climate Fund Donations Underwhelm Ahead Of COP28" [9]

"A climate fund conference in Bonn has failed to attract enough pledges to meet the UN's target. The money is meant for developing countries that need to adapt to climate change."

Source: DW [10], 10/09/2023

Gas Storage Plant and New Pipeline Disrupt Life for Texas Black Community [11]

"The environmental health crisis ruminating in Houston’s Southwest Crossing neighborhood is the product of climate change and an unstable energy grid."

Source: Capital B [12], 10/09/2023

Politicians Say Florida News Site Lets Them Buy Coverage. Is Your State Next? [13]

"Political strategist Eunic Epstein-Ortiz arrived in Florida from New York in 2017 to help a major labor union turn out voters for the following year. She recalls being pleasantly surprised by the positive coverage the campaign received from Florida Politics.

The website is Florida's answer to Politico: It illuminates developments on politics and policy for insiders and news buffs, and it influences what other outlets report about the state. And it reflects the drive of its founder, Peter Schorsch.

Source: Floodlight/NPR [14], 10/09/2023

"EPA Objects To Air Quality Permit Issued To US Steel’s Clairton Coke Works" [15]

"The Environmental Protection Agency objected to an air quality permit issued to U.S. Steel's Clairton Coke Works, a move advocates say will protect Mon Valley residents from emissions of harmful air pollutants. The EPA filed the objection under the grounds that the permit — which was issued by the Allegheny County Health Department in November — did not comply with the Clean Air Act."

Source: Pittsburgh Post-Gazette [16], 10/09/2023

Millions Of Children Displaced Due To Worsening Extreme Weather Events [17]

"Storms, floods, fires and other extreme weather events led to more than 43 million displacements involving children between 2016 and 2021, according to a United Nations report."

Source: AP [18], 10/09/2023

"Newsom Signs First-In-The-Nation Corporate Climate Disclosure Bills" [19]

"Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom signed two bills Saturday that would require large corporations operating in the state to disclose both their carbon footprints and their climate-related financial risks starting in 2026."

Source: Politico [20], 10/09/2023

SEJ's 2024 Journalists' Guide to Environment + Energy [1]

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