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Sharon Lerner Wins 2022 Nina Mason Pulliam Award for Outstanding Environmental Reporting [1]

The winner of the 2022 Nina Mason Pulliam Award for Outstanding Environmental Reporting is Sharon Lerner for her two first-place winning entries: "The Department of Yes: How Pesticide Companies Corrupted the EPA and Poisoned America" (Kevin Carmody Award for Outstanding Investigative Reporting, Small) and "EPA Exposed" (Outstanding Beat Reporting, Small).

Topics on the Beat: 
Environmental Politics [2]
Government [3]
Journalism & Media [4]
Visibility: 
Public [5]
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On the Persistence of Ocean Plastics [6]

Concerns about seaborne plastic waste go back decades, but science writer Juli Berwald suggests that myths and disinformation about sources and solutions continue to cloud the waters. From lentil-sized nurdles to sprawling fishing nets, 200 million tons of plastic now fill the ocean and, for her, it has become evident that the ocean plastics story is really a land story. But will the newly signed international treaty on plastics offer relief?

SEJ Publication Types: 
Features [7]
Topics on the Beat: 
Activism [8]
Biodiversity [9]
Chemicals [10]
Climate Change [11]
Consumer [12]
Economy & Business [13]
Energy & Fuel [14]
Environmental Health [15]
Environmental Studies [16]
Fish & Fisheries [17]
Government [3]
Infrastructure [18]
Journalism & Media [4]
Laws & Regulations [19]
Natural Resources [20]
Policy [21]
Pollution [22]
Science [23]
Technology [24]
Waste [25]
Water & Oceans [26]
Wildlife [27]
Region: 
National (U.S.) [28]
Alaska and Hawaii [29]
California [30]
Northeast (CT MA ME NH NJ NY RI VT) [31]
Northwest (OR WA) [32]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [33]
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [34]
International [35]
Mexico [36]
Africa [37]
Asia [38]
Europe [39]
Visibility: 
Public [5]
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Beat Reporter’s Coverage Calls Out Natural Gas Proponents [40]

Electric utilities may sound like a wonky beat, but in the hands of L.A. Times’ Sammy Roth, it became an opportunity to weave together seemingly dry, technical subject matter into a series of award-winning stories on natural gas that captured flash points for climate change, communities of color and energy politics. Roth shares his reporting experience in the latest Inside Story Q&A.

SEJ Publication Types: 
Inside Story [41]
Topics on the Beat: 
Activism [8]
Air [42]
Climate Change [11]
Consumer [12]
Economy & Business [13]
Energy & Fuel [14]
Environmental Justice [43]
Environmental Politics [2]
Infrastructure [18]
Journalism & Media [4]
Natural Resources [20]
People & Population [44]
Policy [21]
Pollution [22]
Region: 
National (U.S.) [28]
California [30]
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [34]
Visibility: 
Public [5]
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Air Conditioner HFCs Are on the Way Out — The Kigali Amendment Explained [45]

For the first time in years, the United States has ratified a climate change-related treaty — one that phases out HFCs, the greenhouse gas widely used as a refrigerant. That leaves environmental reporters to report how the change will affect everyday objects like ACs, refrigerators and cars. TipSheet has the backstory on the Kigali Amendment, along with story ideas and reporting resources.

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TipSheet [46]
Topics on the Beat: 
Chemicals [10]
Climate Change [11]
Economy & Business [13]
Environmental Politics [2]
Government [3]
Journalism & Media [4]
Laws & Regulations [19]
Policy [21]
Pollution [22]
Technology [24]
Region: 
National (U.S.) [28]
International [35]
Visibility: 
Public [5]
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Experts Decry ‘Funny Math’ Of Plastic Industry ‘Advanced Recycling’ Claims [47]

"Environmental experts say there’s a strong possibility that a federal bill will be introduced in the U.S. that seeks to strengthen an industry known as “advanced recycling,” or “chemical recycling.” While proponents of advanced recycling tout it as a solution to the ever-growing plastic pollution issue, critics say that it’s not recycling at all, but a highly polluting incineration process that converts plastic into fuel."

Air [42]
Chemicals [10]
Environmental Politics [2]
Journalism & Media [4]
Pollution [22]
Public [5]
National (U.S.) [28]
Source: Mongabay [48], 09/30/2022
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#SEJSpotlight: Zoya Teirstein, Climate Reporter, Grist [49]

Meet SEJ member Zoya Teirstein! Zoya is a staff writer for Grist covering the intersection of public health and climate change, and the politics of climate change. Zoya's reporting can also be found in Wired, Slate, HuffPost, Mother Jones, Rolling Stone and other outlets.

Topics on the Beat: 
Climate Change [11]
Environmental Politics [2]
Health [50]
Journalism & Media [4]
Visibility: 
Public [5]
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SEJ's Fund for Environmental Journalism Awards $47,342 To Support Stories on U.S. Public Lands [51]

Oct 5, 2022 — The Fund for Environmental Journalism has awarded $47,342 for 12 projects selected through the 2022 round of competition for stories on U.S. public lands (lands owned and/or managed by federal, state, local or tribal governments).

Topics on the Beat: 
Environmental Health [15]
Journalism & Media [4]
Planning & Growth [52]
Water & Oceans [26]
Visibility: 
Public [5]
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October 6, 2022

Webinar: Covering Indigenous Land Rights and Extractive Industry Impacts [53]

In Mongabay's latest webinar, expert panelists will discuss Indigenous peoples and land rights, extractive industry impacts such as mining, oil and gas, among others, and the complexities, challenges and questions journalists often face when covering these topics. 7:00 p.m. ET.

Other Events [54]
Visibility: 
Public [5]
Topics on the Beat: 
Diversity [55]
Economy & Business [13]
Energy & Fuel [14]
Journalism & Media [4]
Natural Resources [20]
Region: 
International [35]

Open Data Is Still Important at the EPA — and Worth Updating [56]

Solid data can fuel great journalism. But the data must come from somewhere. For environmental reporters, one critical source is the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. Access to its data, however, is not always as free as journalists would like. So a new WatchDog takes an (admittedly geeky) look at the agency’s open data plan to clarify its efforts to promote access.

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WatchDog [57]
Topics on the Beat: 
Environmental Politics [2]
Government [3]
Journalism & Media [4]
Region: 
National (U.S.) [28]
Visibility: 
Public [5]
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Outfit Your News Kit With Disaster Resilience Resources [58]

Extreme weather and other natural disasters can bring a community to its knees. But journalists can be part of what gets it standing again — or even foresee the risk … if they’ve got the right resources. The latest Reporter’s Toolbox takes a close look at two federal products that could be a good starting point, along with several others worth a try.

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Reporters Toolbox [59]
Topics on the Beat: 
Disasters [60]
Government [3]
Infrastructure [18]
Journalism & Media [4]
Region: 
National (U.S.) [28]
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Public [5]
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