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Quinn and photojournalist Stephanie Strasburg led a workshop on photographing climate change and the environment at Silver Eye Center for Photography in October 2023. Photo credit: Screenshot from video taken by Stephanie Strasburg.
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Dear Reader,
This year, I traveled the Ohio River to uncover how the state is regulating one of the largest plastics plants in the country.
I spent days rising before dawn to hike deep into urban woodlands with avian scientists and bird enthusiasts, to understand what migrating songbirds are telling us about the health of local ecosystems.
I visited slippy, sliding slopes across the city to see the ways climate change is threatening lifestyles, and reviewed insurance denials that left our neighbors with no financial resource.
Behind the scenes, I spent weeks reviewing troves of documents and emails from public agencies.
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At times, local reporting can feel small in contrast to the global forces of a changing climate. But more often than not, I find that working on stories in my hometown makes invaluable connections between the local and the global. It gives me (and I hope you, too) an understanding of how our granular experiences and decisions affect an earth-sized crisis. And it gives me the information I need to intelligently search for solutions where I can: in everyday life.
My hope is that our reporting leaves Pittsburghers with a sense of where we stand amid a problem almost too big to see.
PublicSource’s ability to be thorough and detailed, and to prioritize empathy in our storytelling is what sets us apart from other news organizations. But we can only devote the time it takes to report in-depth on these stories because of the members who support our work.
If you value this reporting, please make sure we have the resources we need to continue doing it. There’s a very limited amount of time remaining to multiply the impact of your gift up to 24 times. Make your new monthly gift now, and it’ll be multiplied twenty-four times, so your $15/month brings an additional $360. Make a one-time gift and it’ll be tripled, so your $50 becomes $150. But this match ends in a matter of days, so don’t wait — step up for environment and climate coverage you value with a donation now.
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With gratitude,
Quinn Glabicki
Environment and climate reporter
PublicSource
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