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 Joe Manchin’s Dirty Empire The West Virginia senator reaps big financial rewards from a network of coal companies with grim records of pollution, safety violations, and death. Daniel BoguslawThe InterceptSeptember 3, 2021
InvestigationBusiness, Environment, Politics The Subprime Solar Trap for Low-Income Homeowners Predatory deals from the financial crisis are back in time for the climate crisis. Rebecca BurnsBloomberg GreenApril 6, 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, Health I Tested My Tap Water, Household Products and Cat for Toxic ‘Forever Chemicals’ The extent of PFAS contamination is only now coming into focus. Here’s what I learned from investigating my home. Tom PerkinsThe Guardian, Consumer Reports, Great Lakes NowFebruary 23, 2021
InvestigationEnvironment, Politics Defanged Money and politics could doom the Florida panther — and the Endangered Species Act. Jimmy TobiasThe InterceptJanuary 24, 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