InvestigationEnvironment, Justice How the FBI Used ‘Cop City’ Protests to Snoop on Activists in Chicago Internal FBI documents indicate a larger federal law enforcement assessment related to “Anarchist extremism” and domestic terrorism. Adam FedermanGristMarch 23, 2023
InvestigationEnvironment, Politics Alaska’s Fisheries Are Collapsing. This Congresswoman Is Taking on the Industry She Says Is to Blame. Mary Peltola won her election by campaigning on a platform to save the state’s prized fisheries. A powerful fishing lobby is standing in her way. Adam FedermanPolitico MagazineMarch 3, 2023
InvestigationEnvironment, Justice The Scorched-Earth Legal Strategy Corporations Are Using to Silence Critics Energy and extractive industry giants are targeting environmentalists with racketeering charges. Sasha ChavkinThe InterceptDecember 16, 2022
InvestigationEnvironment Desert Ruins In the US-Mexico borderlands, Customs and Border Protection activities continue to harm the desert wilderness—and the land management agencies seem helpless to stop it. Adam FedermanSierra MagazineDecember 12, 2022
InvestigationBusiness, Environment Unstable Ground How thawing permafrost threatens a Biden-supported plan to drill in Alaska's Arctic. Adam FedermanGristOctober 3, 2022
AnalysisEnvironment When Climate Change Makes Home Unsafe Is the government doing enough to help people move away from climate disasters? Here’s how we investigated. Alex LubbenColumbia Journalism Investigations, The Center for Public IntegrityAugust 19, 2022
BackstoryEnvironment The Backstory: Alex Lubben and Olga Loginova Reporting on the Front Lines of the Climate Crisis Paco AlvarezAugust 17, 2022
InvestigationEnvironment Leaving the Island: The Messy, Contentious Reality of Climate Relocation In Louisiana, the Isle de Jean Charles project is a test case for how the government could voluntarily resettle communities threatened by climate change. It hasn’t gone smoothly. Olga Loginova & Zak CasselColumbia Journalism Investigations, The Center for Public IntegrityAugust 17, 2022
InvestigationEnvironment Too Little, Too Late for People Seeking Climate Relief With complicated applications and long wait times, the government’s primary effort to move people out of harm’s way falls woefully behind in the era of climate change. Mc Nelly Torres, Alex Lubben & Zak CasselColumbia Journalism Investigations, The Center for Public IntegrityAugust 10, 2022
AnalysisEnvironment How We Found Communities in Harm’s Way We compiled data from federal agencies to investigate the impact of climate-driven disasters on communities and whether they’re receiving the assistance they need. Alex Lubben & Zak CasselThe Center for Public Integrity, Columbia Journalism InvestigationsAugust 3, 2022