Some more great news
| October 21, 2024
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I’ve just been elected to the national board of directors of the Society of Environmental Journalists.
You may remember that I was a host for its national conference when it was held in Philly in the spring.
It’s quite an honor to be helping this organization with its mission: To strengthen coverage of environment, energy, health and climate news, by supporting the journalists who report that news.
As we’ve talked about, the journalism universe is diminished and more and more journalists find themselves without the support of a newsroom. That’s very much the case for many environmental journalists. With climate change wreaking havoc worldwide, this is an awful time to be without solid, fact-based reporting. It will be great to help support these journalists and their work.
In my own way here at Delaware Currents, we’re working to supply fact-based news about our four-state watershed. Here are some recent examples:
Caught by surprise, one park learned its true landslide risk
The writer, Jonathan Malzone, is the physical scientist for Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area. This was originally published in Park Science magazine.
DRBC gets $715,000 in federal money through U.S. Rep. Bonnie Watson Coleman
Delaware Currents has been writing for years about the shortfall in support from the federal government, and Rep. Watson Coleman has stepped into the breach, again. As we feel the effects of climate change in our watershed, the promised funding is essential.
Florida county reaches contingent agreement to buy and sink the SS United States
We’ve written quite a few stories about the plight of the SS United States, and it looks like she’ll be heading to Florida.
Dozens of projects awarded $17.3 million from Delaware Watershed Conservation Fund
Forty-five projects across Delaware, New Jersey, New York and Pennsylvania recently received millions of dollars in grant funding from the federal Delaware Watershed Conservation Fund through the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation.
Delaware River Festival: A day to connect people and the environment
The Partnership for the Delaware Estuary, the Philadelphia Water Department, Center
for Aquatic Sciences, Independence Seaport Museum, New Jersey American
Water, and others joined forces to celebrate the river and encourage residents to understand it and enjoy it.
Reporting for this article was drawn from more than 600 pages of internal records from the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, the Delaware River Basin Commission and Philadelphia’s Office of Emergency Management that Delaware Currents secured through the Freedom of Information Act and other public records requests.
Thanks for reading and supporting Delaware Currents.
Meg