Environmental Journalism
In 2005, after years spent covering business, economics and technology, I began my journey into environmental journalism, specializing in the emerging climate crisis, natural resources and environmental policy, mostly as applied to the western U.S. Lately my primary focus has been on climate-driven migration, insurance and real estate implications of extreme weather events.
MONEY & POLICY
What Did We Learn From Hurricane Katrina?
Twenty years after the storm that devastated New Orleans, a look back at what the disaster taught us about climate resilience, infrastructure investment, and environmental justice.
Next Avenue
Floodwaters from Hurricane Katrina fill the streets near downtown New Orleans, La., on Aug. 30, 2005. Photo: AP/David J. Phillip - PBS
NATURE & THE OUTDOORS
The Problem with Plastic
The big blue bin makes recycling seem simple: It’s anything but
Next Avenue
CURRENT AFFAIRS
Saving a Sacred Lake: A Century of Pollution Haunts the Haudenosaunee
On a sultry summer day more than a decade ago, Betty Lyons and her young son, Garrett, were driving past Onondaga Lake when the 7-year-old noticed an acrid smell.
American Indian Magazine (Smithsonian)
Judith Enck’s retro-solution to juice in plastic jugs: frozen concentrate! Photo: Craig Miller
Tadadaho Sid Hill (Onondaga), the Haudenosaunee (Iroquois) Confederacy's leader, stands near Onondaga Lake, holding the Hiawatha Belt. This wampum belt represents the five founding nations of the confederacy, which were brought together by their prophet, the Peacemaker, at this lake. Photo: Providence Pictures from the PBS series Native America, 2018
