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2022 David Stolberg Meritorious Service Award Winner

The David Stolberg Meritorious Service Award annually recognizes an SEJ member for their exceptional volunteer work. The 2022 Stolberg award goes to JoAnn Valenti, who joined SEJ in October 1990. Her volunteer work for SEJ has been primarily behind-the-scenes work that quietly spread SEJ's name over several continents. She was a judge for SEJ's Rachel Carson Environment Book category for 14 years and also served on the editorial board and wrote for SEJournal.

"'Steam Loops' Under Many Cities Could Be A Climate Change Solution"

"Across North America, hundreds of downtowns, college campuses and hospitals are heated by steam carried through networks of underground pipes. Electric companies installed many of these "steam loops" or district energy systems more than 100 years ago in older East Coast cities like New York, Boston, and Philadelphia."

Source: NPR, 10/11/2022

"England’s Summer Heat Waves Linked To Record Excess Deaths Among Elderly"

"England’s scorching summer that sent temperatures to record-breaking highs has now been linked to a record number of excess deaths among the elderly."

Source: Washington Post, 10/11/2022

"Half Of Voters Say Climate Change Is Important In Midterms, Poll Finds"

"With less than a month until Election Day, roughly half of registered voters say climate change is either “very important” or “one of the most important issues” in their vote for Congress, according to a recent Washington Post-ABC News poll."

Source: Washington Post, 10/11/2022

"Drive for Climate Compensation Grows After Pakistan’s Floods"

"Every part of Rajul Noor’s life has been wrecked by this summer’s massive monsoon-driven floods. The 12-year-old girl’s family home is destroyed, as is the school that she loved. The friends she used to walk to school and play with are scattered, finding refuge elsewhere."

Source: AP, 10/11/2022

Shutting An Agency Managing Sprawl Might Have Put More People In Ian's Way

"When Hurricane Ian roared ashore the Southwest Florida coast last week, it hit one of the fastest growing areas in the nation that's been fueled by sunshine and paved with lax growth management rules."

Source: NPR, 10/11/2022

Mongabay Probe Key As Brazil Court Rules On Palm Oil Pesticide Contamination

"Prosecutors in Brazil say the findings from a Mongabay investigation were key to obtaining a court decision this week to probe the environmental impacts of pesticides used by oil palm plantations on Indigenous communities and the environment in northern Pará state."

Source: Mongabay, 10/11/2022

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2022 David Stolberg Meritorious Service Award Winner

"'Steam Loops' Under Many Cities Could Be A Climate Change Solution"

"England’s Summer Heat Waves Linked To Record Excess Deaths Among Elderly"

"Half Of Voters Say Climate Change Is Important In Midterms, Poll Finds"

"Drive for Climate Compensation Grows After Pakistan’s Floods"

Shutting An Agency Managing Sprawl Might Have Put More People In Ian's Way

Mongabay Probe Key As Brazil Court Rules On Palm Oil Pesticide Contamination

Truss Plan To Ban Solar On Farmland Risks £20bn Of Investment, Sector Warns

"With 2025 Chesapeake Bay Goal Out Of Reach, Region Plans For What’s Next"

"How Fossil Fuel Firms Use Black Leaders To ‘Deceive’ Their Communities"

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