James Bruggers, Veteran Environmental Journalist, Dies at 68
James Bruggers, a veteran environmental journalist known for his passionate and kind approach to reporting on polluting corporations, environmental regulations, and environmental justice, has died at age 68 from thyroid cancer and pneumonia. His decades-long career spanned from his high school newspaper in Michigan to reporting jobs in Montana, Alaska, California, and finally Louisville, Kentucky, where he made a significant impact covering environmental issues with dogged determination and generosity toward colleagues.
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James Bruggers, whose decades of dogged reporting shined a light on polluting corporations, inadequate regulations and the people who fought against them for environmental justice, died Tuesday at a hospital in Louisville, Kentucky.
The cause of death was a combination of thyroid cancer and pneumonia, said his wife, Chris Bruggers.
Bruggers' journalism career stretched back to his high school newspaper in Saginaw, Michigan, and brought him to reporting jobs in Montana, Alaska, California and Louisville.
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