Coverage Stories: SEJ's 31st Annual Conference

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• "Top 10 Wins for Texas' Environment in 2022" (#6/photo), Environment Texas, December 21, 2022, by Luke Metzger.
• "Making the World's Case for Water and Biodiversity," ShareAmerica, November 14, 2022, by Noelani Kirschner (bottom photo).
• "50 Years Later, Toledo Area Continues To Reap Benefits of Clean Water Act," The (Toledo) Blade, October 19, 2022, by Tom Henry (subscription required).
• "Christian Menefee Aims To Bring Polluters to Justice," The Texas Observer, October 5, 2022 (conference photo by Dale Willman is in this story).
• "My Job Is To Police Energy Use in My Office. Here's How We Got to Net Zero." (opinion), The New York Times, August 22, 2022, by Carlos Gamarra (senior research scientist for clean energy technology, Houston Advanced Research Center, one of the sites of Thursday Tour 5).
• "The Water Diplomats," Arizona Public Media, August 22, 2022, by Megan Myscofski, AZPM, and Chantal Cough-Schulze, Texas Water Resources Institute.
• "'Justice For All' Must Include Voices of Those Impacted by Environmental Degradation and the Actions Taken To Repair It," Winrock International blog, August 10, 2022, by Hannah Butler.
• "Saving a Texan Bayou, '16 Bottles' at a Time," The New York Times, June 14, 2022, by Cara Buckley.
• "How Plastic Is Affecting the Earth's Oceans," Good Morning America, June 8, 2022. [This story came about due to a connection that was forged between two attendees who sat next to each other at the first dinner, Wednesday evening, in Houston. After the conference they kept in touch and, months later, the opportunity arose to work together — one attendee helped the other and her team report on how the planet's oceans protect us from climate change and what we can do to protect the oceans from climate change and plastic pollution.]
• "SEJ 2022 Focus on Environmental Justice," Cinema Verde, May 16, 2022, by Christine Heinrichs.
• "Chemical Recycling of Plastic Gets a Boost in 18 US States — But Environmentalists Question Whether It Really Is Recycling," Chemical & Engineering News, May 15, 2022, by Cheryl Hogue.
• "A Low-Income Energy-Efficiency Program Gets $3.5B Boost, But Leaves Out Many in Need," NPR, May 13, 2022, by Laura Benshoff (informed by Thursday Tour 5. The Future of Clean Energy and Friday Lunch Plenary: The Energy Transition and Environmental Justice.
• "Journalists Explore the Texas Coast’s Migratory Birds," Unearthed, May 6, 2022, by Barb Kuensting.
• "Environmental Justice, Including at Waste Sites, Takes Center Stage at Houston Event," Waste Dive, April 27, 2022, by Cole Rosengren.
• "Reporters Notebook From: Society of Environmental Journalists 2022 Conference, Days Four and Five," Native News Online, April 22, 2022, by Valerie Vande Panne.
• "The Pursuit of Energy Equity in Milwaukee, and Across the US,"  WUWM/NPR, April 18, 2022, by Chuck Quirmbach.
• "Reporter's Notebook From: Society of Environmental Journalists 2022 Conference, Day Three," Native News Online, April 14, 2022, by Valerie Vande Panne.
• "Sea-Level Rise: 'The Impacts Are Here. They Will Get Worse'," Climate News/WFAE, April 14, 2022, by David Boraks (an interview with NOAA's William Sweet).
• "Houston and Other Disasters at #SEJ2022," SEJournal, April 13, 2022, by David Helvarg.
• "Firm Contracted To Make Postal Service Trucks Plans To Do It at a Non-Union Facility," WUWM/NPR, April 11, 2022, by Chuck Quirmbach (story informed by Concurrent Sessions 4, Transportation in Environmental Coverage).
• "One Planet: The Society of Environmental Journalists Annual Conference," Your Call/KALW, April 11, 2022, by Rose Aguilar (interview with Los Angeles Times' Sammy Roth, moderator of Friday's Lunch Plenary).
• "Touring Houston’s Highways," Connecticut Public Interest Research Group, April 11, 2022.
• "Historian Highlights UAW Leader's Role in Early Environmental Movement," The (Toledo) Blade, April 10, 2022, by Tom Henry (subscription required).
• "Climate Change Ravaged America’s Oil Capital. Can It Lead on Clean Energy?" Boiling Point/ Los Angeles Times, April 7, 2022, by Sammy Roth.
• "Senate Committee Again Ties on Waterhouse Nomination for EPA Office," Waste Dive, April 7, 2022, by Megan Quinn; Cole Rosengren contributed to this report.
• "House Democrats Take Up Wisconsin Union Fight Over Postal Vehicle Production," WUWM/NPR, April 6, 2022, by Chuck Quirmbach (story informed by Concurrent Sessions 4, Transportation in Environmental Coverage).
• "Race & the Environment," The Recast/POLITICO, April 5, 2022, by Brakkton Booker (approximately halfway down the page).
• "Reporters Notebook From: Society of Environmental Journalists 2022 Conference, Day Two," Native News Online, April 5, 2022, by Valerie Vande Panne.
• "Reporters Notebook From the Society of Environmental Journalists 2022 Conference, Day One," Native News Online, April 5, 2022, by Valerie Vande Panne.
• "Jumping Out of the Fishbowl," April 4, 2022, by SEJ member Mike Smith, Environmental Reporter, Coastal Point.
• "Justice40 Screener Gets Backlash," Morning Energy/POLITICO, April 4, 2022, by Matthew Choi (approximately two-thirds of the way down the page).
• Instagram post, April 3, 2022, by Science, Health and Environmental Journalism at Mizzou student Tayler Gilmore (Saturday events).
• Instagram post, April 3, 2022, by Science, Health and Environmental Journalism at Mizzou student Tayler Gilmore (Friday events).
• "SEJ Day 4: Engagement and Collaboration in Environmental Journalism," The SHEJ blog, April 3, 2022, by Science, Health and Environmental Journalism at Mizzou student Adam Goldstein.
• "EPA Plans To Tackle Climate, Environmental Justice in Revised Risk Management Program Rule," POLITICO, April 1, 2022, by Gloria Gonzalez and Matthew Choi (subscription required for full article).
• "SEJ Day 3: Religion and Solutions in Environmental Journalism," The SHEJ blog, April 1, 2022, by Science, Health and Environmental Journalism at Mizzou student Adam Goldstein.
• Instagram post, March 31, 2022, by Science, Health and Environmental Journalism at Mizzou student Tayler Gilmore.
• "SEJ Day 2: Galveston Fishing Field Trip," The SHEJ blog, March 31, 2022, by Science, Health and Environmental Journalism at Mizzou student Adam Goldstein.
• "NOAA Chief: We Need To Heed Data and Adapt to Climate Change," Climate News/WFAE (Charlotte, N.C.), March 31, 2022, by David Boraks (about halfway down the page).
• Instagram post, March 30, 2022, by Science, Health and Environmental Journalism at Mizzou student Tayler Gilmore.
• "SEJ Day 1: Oceans and Coasts Workshop!," The SHEJ blog, March 30, 2022, by Science, Health and Environmental Journalism at Mizzou student Adam Goldstein. Related Instagram post by fellow SHEJ student Tayler Gilmore.