InvestigationEnvironment, Health Sporadic Monitoring of Emissions in California Oil Country Adds to Air Pollution Concerns A patchwork of regulations is out of sync with the urgency of the climate crisis, experts say. Aaron Miguel CantúCapital & MainJuly 13, 2022
InvestigationEnvironment, Health California Air Regulators Try to Salvage Faulty System That Permitted ‘Extreme’ Pollution Residents challenge regulators’ claims that they can’t account for toxic oil and gas emissions in the San Joaquin Valley. Aaron Miguel CantúCapital & MainJuly 12, 2022
InvestigationEnvironment, Justice Who Does the State of Wyoming Consider a Poacher? Three years ago, the Supreme Court upheld the Crow Tribe’s off-reservation hunting rights. But treaty hunters in Wyoming still risk prosecution, even as non-Natives poach wildlife on tribal land with impunity. Savannah MaherHigh Country NewsJuly 1, 2022
BackstoryEnvironment, Justice The Backstory: Sarah Sax Reporting on Prison Conditions during a Climate Crisis Paco AlvarezJuly 1, 2022
InvestigationEnvironment, Justice When the Heat Is Unbearable but There’s Nowhere to Go How last year’s record-breaking heat wave caused misery and chaos for Washington’s incarcerated population — and why it’s set to happen all over again. Sarah SaxHigh Country NewsJune 1, 2022
InvestigationEnvironment How a Major Tar Sands Pipeline Project Threatens Indigenous Land Rights Much of the Trans Mountain pipeline’s route lies within the territory of the Secwepemc Nation, which has never relinquished its land to the Canadian government by treaty, land sale, or surrender. Will ParrishHuffPostMay 1, 2022
InvestigationEnvironment How the Country’s Most Prominent Conservation Agency is Failing to Tackle Climate Change Newly obtained documents show FWS officials pursued plans to remove protections from an endangered Florida animal despite internal warnings about sea level rise. Jimmy TobiasThe GuardianMarch 1, 2022
BackstoryEnvironment, Politics The Backstory: Adam Federman Reporting on a slow-moving catastrophe Paco AlvarezDecember 16, 2021
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