InvestigationBusiness, Environment Unstable Ground How thawing permafrost threatens a Biden-supported plan to drill in Alaska's Arctic. Adam FedermanGristOctober 3, 2022
InvestigationEnvironment The Big Thaw Alaska becomes the nation’s first frontier of climate disruption. Adam FedermanSierra MagazineDecember 14, 2021
InvestigationEnvironment Abrupt Permafrost Thaw Has Scientists Worried Adam FedermanSierra MagazineDecember 14, 2021
InvestigationEnvironment, Politics Biden Is Breaking a Promise To Block Drilling on Public Lands The federal government is still signing off on oil and gas leases. Adam FedermanThe Washington PostNovember 19, 2021
InvestigationEnvironment, Politics How Joe Biden’s Green Agenda Threatens the Alaskan Wilderness Donald Trump wanted to put a road through one of the most remote parts of North America. His successor could finish the job. Adam FedermanPolitico MagazineSeptember 17, 2021
InvestigationEnvironment, Politics ‘In the Dark of Night’: Trump’s Interior Chief Snuck Murkowski an 11th-hour Win Interior Secretary David Bernhardt ordered his agency to make novel use of a law to evade conservation restrictions that have blocked development of the Alaskan road to a remote village. Adam FedermanPolitico MagazineMarch 19, 2021
InvestigationEnvironment, Politics The Trump Administration Rushes to Sell Leases in the Arctic Refuge, But How Much Oil Is There? The Interior Department won't release geologic information, raising questions about petroleum potential. Adam FedermanSierra MagazineDecember 7, 2020
AnalysisEnvironment, Politics Trump’s Attacks on Climate Science Are Coming to Fruition There are signs that the administration’s disregard for scientific expertise may be morphing into outright meddling. Adam FedermanWiredNovember 2, 2020
InvestigationHealth, Politics ‘He Didn’t Want Any Covid-Related Studies’ Federal scientists want to study how the virus interacts with wildlife—but they say a Trump appointee is stopping them. Adam FedermanWiredOctober 9, 2020
InvestigationEnvironment, Politics Trump Administration Eyes Speedy Permit for Arctic National Wildlife Refuge Seismic Tests “This is unrealistically fast-tracked,” a DOI employee who has reviewed the application told POLITICO. Adam FedermanPolitico MagazineOctober 4, 2020