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They took on mining companies in the Philippines and paid for it with their lives
World Politics Review
In the Philippines polluted mines have damaged farmland and water supplies. When locals have fought back, they’ve met military resistance. Some have paid the ultimate price. This two-part series won the Society of Environmental Journalist’s 2019 Kevin Carmody Award for Outstanding Investigative Reporting. This is a PDF file of an entire two-story series. The original link is behind a paywall.
Diminishing returns
Searchlight New Mexico
In the San Juan Basin, small oil and gas firms like Hilcorp reap profits from high-polluting wells. The impacts are major.
No eyes on the skies
Searchlight New Mexico
New Mexico’s tough new pollution rules rely on oil and gas operators to report their methane emissions. Can self-policing work?
Chief adversary
Searchlight New Mexico
Mariel Nanasi has been PNM’s watchdog for years. Could she kill the state’s biggest energy merger?
When the well runs dry
Searchlight New Mexico
Nobody knows how much water New Mexico has or when it could run out. Meanwhile, state political interests collide over the best way to manage worsening drought and climate change. This two-part series explores New mexico”s water future.
Saving the Greenback, take two
Biographic
After a case of mistaken identity, scientists double down on their efforts to save a fabled fish.
As the Salton Sea Shrinks, It Leaves Behind a Toxic Reminder of the Cost of Making a Desert Bloom
The Weather Channel/Food and Environment Reporting Network
The Salton Sea has been shrinking for decades, but climate change and shifting water agreements may accelerate its decline leaving the communities nearby to contend with the toxic health consequences.
Why Jairo Died
The Tico Times
Turtle conservationist Jairo Mora was killed by poachers while patrolling the beach for turtle eggs.
What is killing the young men of Cañas
The Tico Times
A mysterious kidney disease is killing young sugar cane workers in Costa Rica’s northwest.
Selected Recent Work
The age of consequence: Wildfires in New Mexico
Searchlight New Mexico
Increasingly catastrophic fires threaten to decimate forests and communities in coming years. What can be done about it?
ExxonMobil lobbyist joins NM Game Commission
Searchlight New Mexico
The appointment of Deanna Archuleta, an ExxonMobil lobbyist, raises alarm amongst conservationists who say that the commission has recently been plagued by politics and special interests.
Oil boom feeds NM budget, but environmental agencies left wanting
Searchlight New Mexico
A boom in the oil and gas industry helped deliver a record-breaking $8.5 billion budget to New Mexico this year, but little of that money went to the agencies tasked with regulating the industry.
Ignoble gas
Searchlight New Mexico
The Hydrogen Hub Act hopes to help New Meico solve its reliance on fossil fuels. But is hydrogen just another dirty energy option?
Bad energy
Searchlight New Mexico
The Energy Transition Act was supposed to get New Mexico away from coal, but PNM is using it to line its pockets.
Powerful ties
Searchlight New Mexico
New Mexico attorney general accused of violating state ethics laws in negotiating utility merger.
Back to the well
Searchlight New Mexico
Oil and gas funds everything from campaigns to government functions in New Mexico, complicating the state’s transition away from fossil fuels.
Link Between Air Pollution And COVID-19 Leaves One Denver Neighborhood On Edge
Denverite and CPR News
Residents of Globeville and Elyria-Swansea have long lived with lead in their soil and pollution in their air. Now they have a larger share of COVID-19 cases too.
‘We Don’t Want Other People to Suffer’: JBS Families Wait, Fight And Hope For Accountability
NPR and CPR News
Families are seeking compensation after COVID-19 outbreaks at JBS meatpacking facilities killed and sickened workers.
Ancient winemaking techniques in Israel offer hints for the future of wine in a warmer world
Smithsonian Magazine
Overcoming scorching heat and little rain, experimental vineyards teach winemakers to cope with climate change.
Covid-19 hits conservation efforts
Undark
Researchers behind habitat restoration and wildlife protection groups are struggling to continue work amid the pandemic.
How to rename a mountain
Sierra Magazine
Mt. Evans is one of Colorado’s most recognizable and accessible peaks, but its namesake has a troubling past.
With Uncertainty Surrounding Their Seasons, Colorado’s High School Athletes Workout And Wait
CPR News
The pandemic has put the college dreams of many high school athletes in jeopardy.
Why George Floyd protests resonated so early in Denver
High Country News
After years of community pressure for police reform, the city was primed for protest.
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