Fellows at Work: Controlled Burns, Rising Seas, Nuclear Energy, and More

Fellows + Grantees At Work

Curbing severe wildfire in Oregon depends on urgency, scale of controlled burns by state and feds Alex Baumhardt, Oregon Capital Chronicle (2024 Western Wildfire Institute)

Michigan to invest $110M in EV chargers. At $134K a plug, it won’t go far Kelly House, Bridge Michigan (2024 Great Lakes Energy Workshop)

The children of Flint, ten years later Shantal Riley, Harvard Public Health Magazine (2021 Great Lakes Institute)

Nuclear is getting a reaction in Michigan. Is it reaching critical mass? Sheri McWhirter and Garret Ellison, MLive (2024 Great Lakes Energy Workshop)

Buying Baja Krista Langlois, Hakai Magazine (2019 Bristol Bay Institute)

Rising Seas Are Wiping Out Some Older Americans’ Futures Craig Welch, AARP Magazine (2007 High Country Institute)

Mapping the Growth of Indigenous Marine Protected and Conserved Areas The Tyee (compilation of all 2020 and 2022 reporting supported by IPCA grants)

Opportunities + Announcements

The submission deadline for SEJ’s annual reporting awards is June 17

Katie Peikes, Iowa Public Radio (2019 Great Lakes Institute) won a Region 5 Edward R. Murrow Award for The Carbon Question, with Harvest Public Media

Eva Tesfaye with Harvest PM (2023 High Divide Tour) won a Region 5 Edward R Murrow for her coverage of the American Royal Livestock Show.

Ana Bueno with Univision (2024 Western Wildfire Institute) won a Telly Award for her coverage of the petrochemical industry in Port Arthur, Texas.