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In Their Own Words — Story Insights From SEJ’s 2023 Award Winners [1]

When Inside Story co-editor Rocky Kistner reviewed video statements from first-place winners of the Society of Environmental Journalists 2023 reporting awards, he found a series of striking insights into the work of environmental journalism. From environment as a true crime story and going beyond the headlines, to covering communities at risk and through powerful interests, a look at nine highly effective approaches to telling environmental stories.

SEJ Publication Types: 
Inside Story [2]
Topics on the Beat: 
Biodiversity [3]
Chemicals [4]
Climate Change [5]
Economy & Business [6]
Energy & Fuel [7]
Environmental Health [8]
Environmental Justice [9]
Environmental Politics [10]
Forests [11]
Government [12]
Health [13]
Infrastructure [14]
Journalism & Media [15]
Natural Resources [16]
People & Population [17]
Policy [18]
Pollution [19]
Waste [20]
Water & Oceans [21]
Wildlife [22]
Region: 
National (U.S.) [23]
California [24]
Great Lakes (IL IN MI MN OH WI) [25]
Mid-Atlantic (DC DE MD PA VA WV) [26]
International [27]
Africa [28]
South America [29]
Visibility: 
Public [30]
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When a Climate Denier Becomes Louisiana Governor: Landry’s First Month [31]

"In his first four weeks in office, Louisiana Republican Gov. Jeff Landry has filled the ranks of state environmental posts with fossil fuel industry executives."

Climate Change [5]
Energy & Fuel [7]
Environmental Politics [10]
Public [30]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [32]
Source: Floodlight [33], 02/16/2024
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"Report Blasts ‘Campaign Of Fraud’ On Plastic Recycling" [34]

"A new report aims to lay the foundation for future legal action against oil and plastics companies for deceiving the public about the efficacy of plastics recycling."

Chemicals [4]
Energy & Fuel [7]
Environmental Politics [10]
Journalism & Media [15]
Pollution [19]
Waste [20]
Water & Oceans [21]
Public [30]
National (U.S.) [23]
Source: E&E News [35], 02/16/2024
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"House OKs Bill Targeting Natural Gas Export Permit Pause" [36]

"The House passed legislation Thursday to limit President Joe Biden’s authority over liquefied natural gas export permits."

Climate Change [5]
Energy & Fuel [7]
Environmental Politics [10]
Laws & Regulations [37]
Public [30]
National (U.S.) [23]
Source: E&E News [38], 02/16/2024
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"The Plastics Industry Would Like A Word With Your Kids" [39]

"Wearing a lab coat, Eve Vitale asked a chemistry class at Warren Mott High School if anyone had heard anything bad about plastics. Hands shot up. It doesn’t degrade, said one student. It hurts the environment, said another. But “that’s not really the plastic’s fault,” said Vitale, chief executive of the Society of Plastics Engineers Foundation, a group of industry professionals. “That’s the fault of humanity.”"

Chemicals [4]
Consumer [40]
Economy & Business [6]
Environmental Politics [10]
Journalism & Media [15]
Public [30]
National (U.S.) [23]
Source: Washington Post [41], 02/15/2024
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"Anxiety Builds As Deadline For Biden Rules Nears" [42]

"The administration is facing a deadline this spring to finalize rules to ensure that they’re shielded from procedural rollbacks in the event that Republicans take hold of Congress and the White House next year."

Environmental Politics [10]
Laws & Regulations [37]
Public [30]
National (U.S.) [23]
Source: E&E News [43], 02/15/2024
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Giant Baytown Refinery Complex Wants To Expand Amid Community Backlash [44]

"Exxon’s Baytown complex in the Houston-area has the third largest oil refinery in the U.S. and is requesting permit renewal for its olefins plant despite repeated violations to the Clean Air Act."

Air [45]
Chemicals [4]
Energy & Fuel [7]
Environmental Health [8]
Environmental Justice [9]
Environmental Politics [10]
Laws & Regulations [37]
Pollution [19]
Public [30]
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [46]
Source: EHN [47], 02/15/2024
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"Farmers, Tribes Reach ‘Historic’ Klamath River Deal" [48]

"The Interior Department on Wednesday announced an armistice in the battle over the Klamath River, unveiling an agreement between farmers reliant on the waterway for irrigation and tribal nations seeking to restore the region’s fisheries."

Agriculture [49]
Environmental Politics [10]
Fish & Fisheries [50]
Infrastructure [14]
Laws & Regulations [37]
Natural Resources [16]
Water & Oceans [21]
Public [30]
Mountain West (CO ID MT NV UT WY) [51]
Northwest (OR WA) [52]
Source: E&E News [53], 02/15/2024
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"Certified Natural Gas Is ‘Dangerous Greenwashing Scheme’, US Senators Say" [54]

"Certified natural gas – or methane gas that is purportedly produced in a low-emissions manner – is a “dangerous greenwashing scheme”, a group of progressive senators wrote in a letter to federal regulators on Monday."

Climate Change [5]
Energy & Fuel [7]
Environmental Politics [10]
Journalism & Media [15]
Laws & Regulations [37]
Public [30]
National (U.S.) [23]
Source: Guardian [55], 02/13/2024
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"Supreme Court Watchlist: Agency Power, Air Rules, Water Rights" [56]

"The Supreme Court is halfway through another term that will have transformative consequences for environmental law."

Environmental Health [8]
Environmental Politics [10]
Government [12]
Laws & Regulations [37]
Public [30]
National (U.S.) [23]
Source: E&E News [57], 02/13/2024
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