Meet SEJ member Elizabeth H. McGowan! Elizabeth is an independent reporter who focuses on renewable energy, energy efficiency, climate change, pipelines, just transition and utilities at the state level. A fellowship has allowed her to do most of her reporting for the Energy News Network since 2019. Her award-winning writing has also appeared in A.T. Journeys, Blue Ridge
A chance encounter with a social media post from a retired government official led environmental journalist Sharon Oosthoek on a virtual, pandemic-era journey deep into the waters of Lake Superior to chase down an algal bloom. In her contribution to FEJ StoryLog, Oosthoek shares how she leveraged the tip into a grant that allowed her and her TV channel partner to produce a
Meet SEJ member and volunteer Christy George! Christy is a print reporter-turned public television political reporter-turned public radio environment reporter-turned freelance editor. She began her journalism career in Boston, covering noise and air pollution at Logan Airport for a free biweekly. She segued into radio, then TV, and spent a glorious sabbatical year at Stanford
The media has spilled much ink covering the Green New Deal, the ambitious but light-on-specifics policy package that promises to tackle climate change while guaranteeing new jobs in green industries. Much of the coverage to date has focused on the grand aspirations: Net-zero emissions in three decades through trillions of dollars of investment. But this ebook contains the small. The modest. One company, one program. Just one idea at a time, but one that could be scaled up in every city around the country. We hope these ideas inspire you to take your own small steps. Thanks to our contributors Jared Brey, Chad Small and Senior Economics Correspondent Oscar Perry Abello for the reporting they did for this series. The stories in “Jump-Starting the Green New Deal” were generously supported by a Fund for Environmental Journalism grant from the Society of Environmental Journalists. And as always, a special thanks to all of the Next City donors who make our ebook program possible.