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
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
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
InvestigationEnvironment, Politics The Trump Team Has a Plan to Not Fight Climate Change It may take decades to see the worst effects of global warming. Yet Jim Reilly, the director of the US Geological Survey, is committed to short-term thinking. Adam FedermanWiredSeptember 15, 2020
InvestigationEnvironment, Health, Politics Fire Drill This Black community can’t escape sugar industry pollution. Even their school district is in on it. Gilda Di CarliGristAugust 19, 2020
InvestigationEnvironment, Politics The Man Determined to Deliver Trump’s Alaskan Oil Promise A political appointee at the Department of Interior has played a key, and sometimes controversial, role in opening a pristine wildlife refuge to drilling. Adam FedermanPolitico MagazineAugust 8, 2020