Rocky Kistner, Active-Category Candidate 2022
August 2022
Rocky Kistner
SEJ colleagues;
August 2022
Rocky Kistner
SEJ colleagues;
After 17 years of experiencing the immeasurable value of being a member of the Society of Environmental Journalists from the sidelines, I've decided it's time to give back to the organization that's been the one constant in my career as an environmental journalist. I've watched the organization grow both in numbers and in representation. I've eagerly signed up for as many annual conferences as I could swing as a freelance journalist. And more recently, I've been attending the SEJ-sponsored webinars, which have been invaluable as I find my bearings covering the western US.
Dear SEJ Members,
I've learned a lot from this passionate group since I first became a member nearly a decade ago. I’m running for the board because I want to help SEJ support and advocate for a new generation of journalists and audiences.
Like many of us, I found my way into environmental journalism through small opportunities: An internship, a reporting assignment, a new beat. At SEJ, I found a supportive, knowledgeable community that is dedicated to the beat and generous in sharing ideas and expertise.
"Drought is shrinking one of the country’s largest reservoirs, revealing a hidden Eden."
"Monsanto owner Bayer AG has lost another appeals court decision in the sweeping U.S. Roundup litigation, continuing to struggle to find a way out from under the crush of tens of thousands of claims alleging that Monsanto's glyphosate-based herbicides cause cancer."
"The world’s biggest emitters of greenhouse gases must produce clear plans to cut their carbon output drastically, the president of vital UN climate talks has urged, after scientists warned there was only a small chance of escaping the worst ravages of climate breakdown."
"The Biden administration will soon unveil a broad plan for curtailing methane emissions from the oil and gas sector, climate adviser Rick Duke says, amid mounting warnings of the potent greenhouse gas role in near-term warming."
"The oil industry will be able to continue working around polar bears on the North Slope for the next five years, thanks to a renewed authorization from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service."
"The chief executives of the world’s biggest automakers gathered with President Barack Obama at the Washington Convention Center in 2011 to announce they had agreed to double the average fuel economy of their vehicles to 54.5 miles per gallon -- the largest increase in history."
"Following critical stories about the policing of anti-pipeline activists, a Minnesota law enforcement agency barred a federally affiliated body from releasing documents through the state’s public records laws, according to documents obtained by The Intercept."