Kristina Marusic and Cami Ferrell won four 2025 Golden Quill awards for their reporting on hydrogen energy and chemical recycling. Read the details and see the reporting here.

EHN’s series examining “BPA’s evil cousin” won 2nd place in the Outstanding Explanatory Reporting category for small market newsrooms in the 2024 Society of Environmental Journalists’ annual awards. It was written by freelance reporter Meg Wilcox.

An investigation co-produced by Environmental Health News into toxic pollution in communities along the Houston Ship Channel has won a 2024 LION Publishing (Local Independent Online News) Sustainability Award for best collaboration. The bilingual Altavoz Lab investigation documented failures of the Texas state air monitoring system and increased community awareness of pollution linked to Houston’s petrochemical industry.

Golden Quill Awards from the Press Club of Western Pennsylvania to Kristina Marusic. Multiple awards in multiple categories, including a Best in Show Ray Sprigle Memorial Award for for reporting on the use of PFAS by the oil and gas industry and for “Titans of Plastic” in 2023, and for cancer/environment reporting in 2020. Marusic is also a finalist for the 2024 Golden Quill awards.

First place for health and medical writing in the Society of Professional Journalists’ Keystone State Chapter Spotlight Contest 2020 to Kristina Marusic for reporting on PFAS pollution in Pennsylvania, with Oliver Morrison of PublicSource.

Science Communicator Award to reporter Kristina Marusic by the Carnegie Science Center, 2020 for reporting on PFAS pollution in Pennsylvania, with Oliver Morrison of PublicSource.

Inaugural Michelle Madoff Award of Environmental Excellence from the Pennsylvania-based nonprofit Group Against Smog and Pollution (GASP), for reporter Kristina Marusic’s journalism, 2019.

Second Place, Beat Reporting by the Association of Health Care Journalists in 2019 to Kristina Marusic for reporting on environmental health in Southwestern Pennsylvania.

Honorable mention, Outstanding Beat Reporting in 2019 by the Society of Environmental Journalists, to Kristina Marusic for coverage of air pollution in Pennsylvania.

Finalist, 2018 National Institute of Health Care Management Digital Media Award, for “Breathless,” an investigation into asthma in Pittsburgh.

The 2017 Aronson Award for Social Justice Reporting, for “Sacred Water,” an in-depth investigation of water quality in Indian Country.

2017 Sierra Club Distinguished Service Award to Pete Myers for public service for long-term commitment to conservation

Inaugural Champion of Environmental Health Research by the National Institutes of Health (2016), to Pete Myers.

The 2016 Laureate Award for Outstanding Public Service from the Endocrine Society, to Pete Myers for dedication to public awareness in support of the field of endocrinology.

International Greenaccord Media Award 2015 for Daily Climate’s coverage of the environment.

Third Place, 2014 Public Health Reporting by the Association of Health Care Journalists, for Brian Bienkowski’s story linking pesticide application to depression and suicide.

Outstanding Beat Reporting (2013 and 2014), by the Society of Environmental Journalists, to Brian Bienkowski.

Inaugural Jean and Leslie Douglas “Pearl” Award, recognizing organizations and individuals “dedicated to improving the lives of others and to providing a sustainable Earth for future generations,” to Pete Myers in 2013 from the Cornell Douglas Foundation.

The 2013 Frank Hatch Sparkplug Award for Enlightened Public Service by the John Merck Fund, to Pete Myers for outstanding leadership improving human health and the environment.

Third Place, 2013 Investigative Reporting by the Association of Health Care Journalists, for an EHN special project examining industry ties to EU policy.

2012 Honorable mention, Oakes Award for Environmental reporting, for “Pollution, Poverty, People of Color.”

Earth Journalism Awards 2009, Climate Diplomacy Award to Douglas Fischer for coverage of the international climate talks.