When members of the Pennsylvania American Legion gathered in Philadelphia on July 21, 1976, they were unaware that their organization’s annual conference would enter the epidemiological history books. America was in a celebratory mood that month. The country had just marked the bicentennial of the nation’s founding, and Philadelphia, as a leading player in the […]
Author Archives: Brett Walton
Brett writes about agriculture, energy, infrastructure, and the politics and economics of water in the United States. He also writes the Federal Water Tap, Circle of Blue’s weekly digest of U.S. government water news. He is the winner of two Society of Environmental Journalists reporting awards, one of the top honors in American environmental journalism: first place for explanatory reporting for a series on septic system pollution in the United States(2016) and third place for beat reporting in a small market (2014). He received the Sierra Club's Distinguished Service Award in 2018. Brett lives in Seattle, where he hikes the mountains and bakes pies. Contact Brett Walton
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