Britny Cordera
Britny Cordera was StateImpact Oklahoma's environment and science reporter from July 2023 to April 2024.
Britny is a poet and journalist who previously worked at St. Louis Public Radio and also taught creative writing with the St. Louis Poetry Center, building capacity for storytelling nonprofits in the area. Britny's goal is to empower communities to act on climate solutions by reporting on environmental justice and culture.
Britny was part of the 2022 NPR Next Generation Radio Project at St. Louis Public Radio and their work can be found in Grist Fix, The New Territory, Atmos, and Next City.
When not doing journalism, or writing poetry, Britny connects with her inner child by watching anime and roller skating.
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Butterflies are on the move, and Oklahomans are keeping track of them in monarch conservation effortIt's peak migration season for monarch butterflies in Oklahoma, and scientists and citizens are getting involved in their conservation.
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A new economic development project is coming to Barttlesville. The battery recycling company Blue Whale Materials announced on Thursday it is committed to establishing a lithium battery recycling facility at Bartlesville Industrial Park.
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The Oklahoma Department of Wildlife Conservation is looking forward to fall for quail hunting season. Changing weather patterns have impacts on quail populations.
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An oil geyser spouted in northwest Oklahoma City on Monday. The spill is contained and officials said clean up should be quick.
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Late September and early October are peak migration season for the eastern population of monarchs in Oklahoma.
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The plains spotted skunk received good news from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service this week. The Service finds there is a viable population species in its range and that it is not at risk of extinction.
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More than 250 volunteers collected temperature and air quality data around Oklahoma City through a community science project in August to study the urban heat island effect.
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More than twenty species of milkweed grow in Oklahoma, mostly in the Black Mesa and South-Central Plains ecoregions.
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The Oklahoma Department of Environmental Quality has received a $3 million federal planning grant to develop a statewide greenhouse gas inventory and develop plans for reducing emissions. The funding comes from the Biden administration’s Inflation Reduction Act.
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The metals refinery startup, Westwin Elements, is building the nation’s first cobalt and nickel refinery in Lawton.