Louisiana’s $2-Billion Gamble: Flood the Land to Save the Coast
Co-published with Scientific American. A new engineering project would bring much-needed land to eroding marshes but at a huge cost to the fishing industry.
Can This Tribe of ‘Salmon People’ Pull Off One More Win?
Co-published with The New York Times. The Lummi Nation has a long, proud history of contesting ecologically unfriendly projects. Will it succeed against yet another threat?
California’s Dirty Little Secret: Oil Wells in the Backyard
Co-published with Grist. Even Texas and Wyoming do a better job protecting communities from oil and gas drilling.
Can’t See the Forest for the Trees
Co-published with The American Prospect. A proposed wood pellet plant in North Carolina would increase air pollutants in a majority-minority community already hammered by climate change.
A Mega-Dairy Is Transforming Arizona’s Aquifer and Farming Lifestyles
Co-published with High Country News. Minnesota’s Riverview Dairy has deep pockets and long straws.
Mega-Dairies, Disappearing Wells, and Arizona’s Deepening Water Crisis
Co-published with The Guardian. When wells run dry in the Willcox basin those who can afford to just dig deeper – leaving homes high and dry as the …
How (Un)compassionate Conservatism Failed Texas
Co-published with Religion News Service. As Texas conducts a post-mortem on the Deep Freeze, this moment reveals a critical disconnect in the political and moral framework for …
Unhealthy Air Quality From Wildfires Putting Vulnerable Communities at Risk
Co-published with KPBS. Smoke from the fires throughout California has impacted air quality levels in San Diego County, causing an advisory for vulnerable communities, especially communities …
‘They Deserve To Be Heard’: Sick and Dying Coal Ash Cleanup Workers Fight for Their Lives
Co-published with The Guardian and Southerly. Hundreds of workers fell ill after cleaning up America’s largest industrial disaster without proper gear. Twelve years …
Coronavirus Strikes Latino Families Near California’s Salton Sea
Co-published with The Intercept. People who live near the dying lake are caught in a perfect storm of environmental neglect, poverty, and Covid-19.
America’s Radioactive Secret
Co-published with Rolling Stone. Oil-and-gas wells produce nearly a trillion gallons of toxic waste a year. An investigation shows how it could be making workers sick and …
Can You Afford to Be Green When You’re Not Rich? I Kept a Diary to Find Out
Co-published with The Guardian. Politicians and corporations have placed the burden of environmental responsibility on the consumer – but how easy is it to go green when …