EHN's reporting honored in national environmental journalism awards

Kristina Marusic's air pollution coverage recognized by the Society of Environmental Journalists

EHN reporter Kristina Marusic received an honorable mention for her beat reporting on air pollution in Western Pennsylvania by the Society of Environmental Journalists.

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Environment reporters facing harassment and murder, study finds

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Chemical storage facility faces water pollution charges in Houston

Intercontinental Terminals Company faces five misdemeanor counts of water pollution in the aftermath of a plant fire in March that resulted in toxic chemicals leaking into Houston-area waterways and caused local schools to close and residents to be told to stay indoors.

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Peter Dykstra: Of bended knees and thin ice

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Peter Dykstra: Why I became an environmental reporter.

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Wars and threats to our coffee supply: Lessons from covering climate change

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Video shows security guard shove reporter out of building

Security footage shows an EPA security guard push an Associated Press reporter out of the agency's headquarters last year.

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Censorship of climate change research has been going on longer than we thought, journalist says

An investigative journalist is gathering examples of scientific censorship from the Trump administration, but has uncovered some from the Obama years, too.

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New Yorker's Elizabeth Kolbert on her 'depressing' beat

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Journalists reporting on the environment faced increased dangers in 2018

A pair of “French spies" had infiltrated India by sea to commit a “treasonous conspiracy," an Indian minister claimed in late November. In reality, they were two visiting journalists, and their mission was an investigation into allegations of illegal sand mining in the southern state of Tamil Nadu.

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EHN's reporting honored in national environmental journalism awards

Kristina Marusic's air pollution coverage recognized by the Society of Environmental Journalists

Environment reporters facing harassment and murder, study finds

Environmental reporting can help protect citizens in emerging democracies

Peter Dykstra: The crisis formerly known as climate change

Sean Holman: Dear journalists of Canada, start reporting climate change as an emergency

Chemical storage facility faces water pollution charges in Houston

Peter Dykstra: Of bended knees and thin ice

Shrinking newspapers and the costs of environmental reporting in coal country

Peter Dykstra: Why I became an environmental reporter.

Wars and threats to our coffee supply: Lessons from covering climate change

Video shows security guard shove reporter out of building

Censorship of climate change research has been going on longer than we thought, journalist says

New Yorker's Elizabeth Kolbert on her 'depressing' beat

Peter Dykstra: I have breaking news….

Journalists reporting on the environment faced increased dangers in 2018

Op-ed: The biggest casualty of Trump’s Dorian deceit? Our common bonds

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EHN reporter wins local media award for "environmental excellence"

Kristina Marusic is the recipient of a Michelle Madoff Award of Environmental Excellence for her reporting on environmental health and justice in Western Pennsylvania

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Global renewable energy has quadrupled over past decade

With solar leading the way, clean energy capacity growth is helping the planet avoid billions of tons of carbon dioxide emissions each year.

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Nearly 20 percent of people in Philadelphia are food insecure. We visited the researchers, restaurateurs, and entrepreneurs changing this by rethinking food waste.

Kristina Marusic's air pollution coverage recognized by the Society of Environmental Journalists

Trump ripped at a thread of our nation's social fabric—the weather.

Kristina Marusic is the recipient of a Michelle Madoff Award of Environmental Excellence for her reporting on environmental health and justice in Western Pennsylvania

Neonicotinoids are harming more than bees.

It's often our duty to report bleak news on climate and the environment. But let's not skimp on the good news—like the continued momentum of clean energy

With solar leading the way, clean energy capacity growth is helping the planet avoid billions of tons of carbon dioxide emissions each year.

Nearly 20 percent of people in Philadelphia are food insecure. We visited the researchers, restaurateurs, and entrepreneurs changing this by rethinking food waste.

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