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The Society of Environmental Journalists is pleased to announce the Outstanding Explanatory Reporting, Large winners of the 2023 SEJ Awards for Reporting on the Environment. Read the stories and hear from the first-place winner.

Patricia Ferrin was born with a congenital heart defect that has subdivided her heart into three chambers. The condition is life-threatening, especially in warm weather.

Residents face "urban heat islands" — areas with little shade, buildings, seas of concrete — and one project aims to capture that variance in Wilmington.

Congratulations to our local reporters who were recognized for their investigative work.

Flooding and panic are still fresh on the minds of many in northeast Wilmington. And these residents aim to never face similar disasters unprepared.

Expect even more legislation on the environment this year to build on laws passed in the past two years. Top of the list could be a solar siting bill.

The greenway project will run along 3.1 miles of former rail line through Yonkers. Its a first step toward erasing redlining in the city, lawmakers said.

Declaring blood emergency, R.I. center hopes to increase donations with an innovative program to plant trees.

Rhode Island is starting an electric bike rebate program, named for a late journalist and environmentalist, to help reduce greenhouse gas emissions.

These are the latest stories from the News Journal/Delaware Online team highlighted on our Instagram page.