Environment Journalistsin the USA

Alan Halaly is a water reporter at the Las Vegas Review-Journal who treats the Colorado River as a working system, not a backdrop, making its governance, infrastructure and risks central to his beat. He covers how policy decisions and infrastructure projects shape the region’s water future, linking high-level choices on the Colorado River, dams, mining and data centers to everyday consequences under mounting heat and growth pressures. He reports deeply on new laws, lawsuits and regulatory shifts, focusing on on-the-ground impacts. His coverage spans Colorado River cuts, Hoover Dam operations, extreme weather, heat and parks, septic system rules, workplace and public health risks, lithium and gold mines, protected landscapes, data centers, AI infrastructure and public funding. Previously he reported for metropolitan dailies, digital outlets and public media, including the Miami Herald, WUFT, The Daily Beast and Miami New Times, with work recognized by Hearst, ONA and the Society of Environmental Journalists.

Alejandra Borunda reports on how climate change affects human health for NPR. Her work treats global warming as a direct cause of physical and mental health risks. She covers extreme heat, including undercounted deaths, lost sleep and local efforts to track heat-related fatalities. She also reports on wildfire smoke, hurricanes, disease spread such as dengue fever, trauma, stress and unequal health impacts. Her stories examine how communities protect themselves and recover, as well as practical solutions involving climate-resilient crops, agriculture and diet. Before NPR, she wrote about climate science and environmental issues for National Geographic, including glacier retreat, shade and heat inequity, and shrinking ice-fishing seasons. A former climate scientist, she combines field reporting with scientific data to connect atmospheric research to everyday risks, choices and people’s lived experiences.

Alex Lubben is an environment reporter at The Times-Picayune/The Advocate who connects climate risk to policy, industry and community change. He covers Gulf warming, flood protection, coastal restoration, wetlands litigation, industrial projects such as SpaceX’s possible expansion, invasive species and local ecosystems. His reporting tracks how law, politics and corporate decisions shape levees, drainage, marshes and long-term resilience. He also examines climate relocation, housing and labor, showing how hurricanes, floods and wildfires displace vulnerable communities and expose gaps in government systems. He works on a small environment team and brings an investigative background to document work, data analysis, legal and policy research, and field reporting. His work has appeared in VICE News, The Center for Public Integrity, The Nation, Jewish Currents and NBC News.

Alex Wigglesworth reports on how climate, land use and public policy shape California communities. She covers the Inland Empire and Mojave Desert for the Los Angeles Times and is part of its environment team. Her beat includes wildfires, megadrought, extreme weather, desert development, conservation, wildlife, industrial hazards, aging infrastructure and regulatory enforcement. She has covered Western Joshua trees, desert tortoises, beaver-led restoration, toxic lead pipes, air-quality concerns after industrial fires and the effects of nuclear war on food systems. Earlier, she was a general assignment reporter for the Philadelphia Inquirer, Daily News and Philly.com. She combines breaking news with detailed reporting grounded in scientific studies, modeling and expert interviews. Her work connects fires, drought and other hazards to climate change, while examining how agencies, companies and land-use decisions affect people and ecosystems.

Alexander C. Kaufman is a correspondent at Heatmap and the main writer of Heatmap AM, the weekday morning newsletter on climate and energy. He covers how energy systems, corporate decisions, and security questions shape the climate era, from nuclear startups to global emissions trends. His beat focuses on money, technology, policy fights, pipelines, mines, the power grid, and advanced nuclear and fusion projects. He reports through company-level scoops, regulatory detail, and field work from places like the Brazilian Amazon, Greenland, the Mongolian steppe, Finland’s nuclear waste repository, and the Philippines’ mothballed nuclear plant. His work has appeared at Latitude Media, Canary Media, and other outlets.

Amanda Zhou is a climate reporter who treats energy, planning and everyday life as one connected system. She covers climate and the environment for The Seattle Times, focusing on energy policy, environmental justice and how decisions about infrastructure play out on the ground. Her recent work tracks Washington’s shift away from fossil fuels, including natural-gas rules, coal plant retirements, imported wind power and the state’s carbon market. She reports on warming lakes, sea-level rise and major climate patterns, pairing scientific detail with lived experience in affected neighborhoods. Her beat includes wildlife and forests, from salmon harmed by toxic stormwater to debates over planting redwoods and everyday encounters with birds. As part of the Climate Lab, she uses local reporting and data analysis, combining records, budgets and regulatory timelines with interviews, site visits and clear explanations.

Andrew Freedman covers the shifting edge where extreme weather meets climate change. He is a senior reporter with CNN Climate & Weather, covering climate science and policy, extreme weather, and the energy transition. His work explains what new data, events, and decisions mean in practical terms. He reports on Super El Niño, heat records, compound disasters, ocean patterns, climate research, regulatory changes, and funding decisions affecting science and natural hazards programs. He connects storms and long-term climate trends with their effects on communities, emissions, resilience, and energy. Freedman previously held senior climate reporting and editing roles at major digital and newspaper outlets. He has covered science research and policy, broken stories on plans for national weather agencies, and reported for climate-focused publications. He combines technical understanding with clear explanations of complex research, focusing on what changed, why it matters, and how scientists and communities respond.

Angela Fortuna is an environment and hazard specialist at FOX Weather, focused on live tracking of extreme weather and environmental dangers. She covers storms, extreme heat, flooding and related threats, translating active systems into clear impact and risk for people and communities. Her beat centers on severe convective storms, major winter systems, life‑threatening flash floods and prolonged heat waves, with copy that pairs forecast details, radar and alerts with population counts and threat levels. She treats extreme heat, tropical setups and flash floods as major environmental hazards, not routine events, and follows multi‑day outbreaks across regions. Her reporting also covers environmental danger stories such as fatal wildlife encounters and the long tail of storm impacts, keeping scientific language plain while staying fixed on human stakes and real‑time changes in risk.

Angela Schilling turns complex weather patterns into clear, impact-focused forecasts and explainers. She is a broadcast meteorologist on the Storm Watch team at 2 News Nevada. Her coverage focuses on wind-driven fire behavior, sudden changes in storm intensity, record heat, humidity, dew point, seasonal patterns, climate context, and the daily forecast. She has covered the Bull Fire, Fire Weather Watches, hurricane remnants, and record-setting heat. She has also reported on tornadoes, hail, flooding, fires, atmospheric rivers, blizzards, and snow. With more than a decade of on-air experience across television markets, she has worked as both a meteorologist and a reporter. She explains forecast science in plain language, uses concrete examples, and connects wind, temperature, humidity, and fronts to effects on people, infrastructure, travel, property, and daily routines.

Anna Skinner treats climate, environment and weather as core breaking news, not niche science, covering how extreme conditions and policy shifts affect people across the United States. She reports for Newsweek’s national news team, focusing on climate change, environmental issues and high-impact events like heat waves, snowstorms, storms and wildfire threats. She leans on meteorological data, risk maps, agency forecasts and other visual tools to localize national environmental risks and highlight who is most exposed. Her work connects climate risk projections to public safety, energy infrastructure, regional economies and national politics. She covers federal climate regulations, drought, hurricanes, tropical storms and broader national news with an environmental lens. She files frequent, short, timely stories with clear news hooks and straightforward language built around data, official forecasts and regulatory developments.

Ashli Blow stands out for reporting where environment, public health and policy meet, with a focus on how land, water and infrastructure decisions affect local communities. She is the Environment and Public Health Correspondent at Lookout Eugene-Springfield. Her beat covers forests, rivers, hospitals and neighborhoods, and she follows issues from early warning through regulation and impact. She reports climate, pollution, wildfire, health-system and public safety stories in clear, data-informed, science-grounded prose. Her work includes forests and timber conflicts, the Holiday Farm Fire and its aftermath, contamination concerns along a running trail, safety issues on the Willamette River, and disputes over PeaceHealth Sacred Heart Medical Center’s emergency departments. She interviews residents, advocates, agencies, industry and medical professionals, and uses policy documents and court decisions to keep ecological impacts and human consequences in view.

Avi Salzman tracks how global energy shifts move companies, markets, and investors, treating energy as a driver of corporate earnings, government action, and sector performance. He covers oil and gas, nuclear power, and renewable energy, with recurring focus on energy prices, political fallout, and the corporate consequences of the energy transition. His reporting follows power demand from data centers, bitcoin miners, and AI, and how corporate procurement and infrastructure policy intersect in nuclear and other low-carbon deals. He closely follows oil and gas markets, energy stocks, and sector-focused funds, including themes in energy investing discussed on Barron’s Live. Salzman also writes long-form features on Texas economic growth, new stock exchanges, and energy build-outs, informed by earlier business and personal finance coverage. He now covers energy for Barron’s, after reporting for The Wall Street Journal, The New York Times, Businessweek, and the Hartford Courant.

Ben Noll links daily weather events to the larger forces of a warming climate, using data and graphics to explain why heat waves, storms and shifting patterns are changing. He is a meteorologist and global weather writer on The Washington Post’s climate and environment team, covering national and international weather, climate extremes and trends. His reporting has examined heat waves that exceed past expectations, the warmest U.S. summer on record, ocean heat, El Niño, drought, heavy rain and repeated storms. He also covers local events such as Hudson Valley snow days. Before joining The Post, he worked as a government meteorologist on long-term forecasts, drought prediction and marine heatwave assessment, and led operational forecasting. He combines forecasting, analysis and visual storytelling, using records, model projections, maps, charts, timelines and comparative graphics to make complex patterns clear.

Bigi Alt is an environment editor who links climate and energy coverage with peace and human rights. She co-runs editorial work at Sonnenseite – Ökologische Kommunikation mit Franz Alt, a platform dedicated to climate, energy and ecological change, where she keeps content current on a daily basis. Her reporting centers on EU climate policy, cross-border climate action and how agreements are implemented in practice. She covers climate policy alongside climate impacts, the greenhouse effect and the long transition away from fossil fuels. A core strand of her work is the energy turnaround and renewable power, including solar building, storage, upgrades to existing PV systems and practical routes to cut emissions. She also tracks extreme summers, drought, water levels, ecological transport, water management, organic farming and ecological tax reform as an interconnected environmental system.

Bill Hutchinson is a multimedia journalist for ABC News whose core beat is where environmental danger and public safety meet. He covers wildfires, extreme heat, flash floods, wildlife hazards and aviation incidents, along with shootings, criminal cases and law enforcement. His wildfire reporting tracks destruction, official cause findings and effects on residents and emergency crews. He also explains health risks from heat and broader climate and security threats. His work has appeared across ABC News and Good Morning America in text, video and show segments. Before ABC News, he held breaking news editing and reporting roles at metropolitan daily outlets. He reports quickly and directly, using official statements, investigative findings, charge sheets, scientific assessments, data and on-the-ground accounts. His stories connect incident details and impact figures to the people and communities affected.

Bill McKibben writes about climate as a fight over power, money and public mobilisation, not just science. At Countercurrents, he covers climate overshoot, fossil-fuel finance, energy policy, extreme heat, elections, AI data centers, clean-energy infrastructure, faith and movement strategy. He connects decisions in parliaments, boardrooms, data centers and churches to heat, instability and ecological damage. His reporting explains how small changes in emissions and timing affect outcomes, who benefits from energy choices, and how communities organize pressure on politicians. He is a long-time climate author and campaigner, Schumann Distinguished Scholar at Middlebury College, and co-founder of 350.org and ThirdAct.org. He wrote The End of Nature, Eaarth: Making a Life on a Tough New Planet, Deep Economy: The Wealth of Communities and the Durable Future, and Falter: Has the Human Game Begun to Play Itself Out?

Brooklyn Draisey covers higher education in Iowa as a Report for America corps member at Iowa Capital Dispatch, treating colleges and universities as drivers of statewide change rather than isolated institutions. She reports on funding and philanthropy, tracking major gifts and public university fundraising campaigns and explaining how donor relationships, leadership and governing boards shape long term projects and campus finances. She covers campus initiatives and academic programs, including grants for new curricula and visiting faculty, with attention to how programs work day to day for students and staff. Her work follows statewide higher education debates and governance, linking board and legislative decisions to lived experience. She also reports on university research and environmental impact, and brings prior business, lifestyle and culture beat experience to people driven higher education stories.

Bryant Furlow is an investigative journalist focused on public health, medical accountability and how institutions fail people with the least power. He works for New Mexico In Depth and contributes to The Lancet’s medical journal news desks. His reporting covers hospitals, schools, nursing homes, assisted living facilities, drinking water, rural ambulance services, public health systems and infrastructure hazards. He has investigated racial profiling of Native American mothers, newborn death disparities, insurance regulation, school discipline disparities, nursing home conditions, COVID-19 policies and off-label sedation of jail inmates. His work has also examined industrial safety violations and refinery explosions. Furlow writes document-heavy, data-driven stories that use records requests, datasets and clinical evidence to connect policy failures with harm. His reporting has prompted official investigations, policy changes and an end to a hospital practice that violated Native mothers’ rights.

Alan Smith is Buckrail’s dedicated meteorology voice, known for turning complex atmospheric patterns into clear, day-by-day forecasts. He covers short- and medium-range weather, heat waves, precipitation cycles, snowfall, drought, wildfire smoke, climate records, extremes, and seasonal trends. His regular outlooks explain high pressure, storm tracks, moisture, temperature anomalies, and their effects on local conditions. He also writes monthly recaps and previews, including wet, dry, and mild periods, and longer-term analyses such as “Snowfall averages in Jackson Hole and Greater Yellowstone.” Smith is a meteorologist and operations manager for OpenSnow, where he produces forecasts for the Tetons, the Pacific Northwest, British Columbia, and North America. He reports in an operational style, linking atmospheric drivers to concrete expectations for temperature, sunshine, precipitation, snowfall, air quality, and changing environmental conditions.

Catrin Einhorn is a journalist at The New York Times who focuses on biodiversity, wildlife and ecosystems, with an emphasis on how human decisions shape extinction risk and the integrity of nature. She reports on plants, animals and people on the front lines, and the political, legal and economic forces behind them, as part of the Climate and Environment desk. Her core coverage includes endangered species, the extinction crisis, the Endangered Species Act and other conservation policy, global biodiversity deals and conservation finance. She reports from initiatives and negotiations, follows Red List updates, and explains technical changes and court rulings in plain language grounded in specific species, places and habitats. She also covers climate impacts, faith and everyday life, and draws on experience in long-term investigative, narrative and multimedia projects in print, film, audio and visual storytelling.

Charlotte Carl turns complex weather and environmental risk into clear, practical coverage. She is a broadcast meteorologist on the morning team at CBS12 News. Her beat includes extreme heat, drought, flooding, fog, smoke, wind, severe storms, tornadoes, hurricanes, coastal flooding, dangerous surf, rip currents, and changing conditions around fronts. She has covered worsening drought, heat advisories, heavy afternoon storms, smoke closing Alligator Alley, a tornado crossing a busy highway, and the tornado outbreak linked to Hurricane Milton and the jet stream. Her work connects atmospheric patterns to safety, travel, outdoor plans, marine conditions, and daily comfort. She studied lightning research as an undergraduate and completed graduate work on communicating hurricane risks. She reports in plain language, using concise forecasts and original graphics to explain why hazards develop and what people can expect.

Chelsea Gohd connects space science with questions about planetary environments, habitability and life beyond Earth. She is Content Manager at Space.com, where she covers climate change, planetary science and human spaceflight through news, explainers, features, on-camera videos and live segments. Her reporting examines habitable exoplanets, deep-space chemistry, meteorites, lunar geology, major observatories and missions such as the James Webb Space Telescope. She also covers the human experience of space, including weightlessness, Mars analog habitats, isolation, confinement and private missions such as Inspiration4. Gohd explains complex research and engineering in clear, grounded language, linking discoveries to their effects on Earth and other worlds. She has written and worked for NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory, a major natural history museum, Scientific American, Discover Magazine Blog, Astronomy Magazine and Live Science.

Chelsea Harvey connects cutting-edge climate science to the systems that govern data, policy, courts and everyday risk. She covers climate science for Climatewire at E&E News, focusing on global temperatures, scientific uncertainty and the questions researchers are asking. Her beat includes federal science agencies, climate data loss, science funding cuts, extreme heat, wildfires, disasters and resilience gaps. She follows research into legal fights, energy markets, grid planning and investment decisions. She also investigates diversity, equity and inclusion in science, and how institutional changes affect climate research, forecasting and disaster preparation. Her reporting explains what peer-reviewed evidence shows, tracks how climate findings are contested and used in court, and connects agency decisions to economic and public consequences. Her work has appeared in The Washington Post, Popular Science and Men’s Journal.

Cheryl McCloud specializes in clear, actionable coverage of Florida’s hurricane and weather risks. She works on USA TODAY Network-Florida’s service journalism Connect team. Her main beat is the Atlantic hurricane season, including National Hurricane Center advisories, storm tracks, forecast changes, landfall risks, rainfall, storm surge, wind, rip currents, flooding and lightning. She also covers cold-weather warnings, daylight-saving time, lottery wins, consumer technology and platform outages. Her reporting explains what changing conditions mean in daily life. She uses short formats, bullet-point summaries, direct subheads, maps and specific details about timing, locations and watches or warnings. She follows storms from formation through weakening or dissipation and distinguishes threats to Florida from impacts elsewhere. Her work includes coverage of Tropical Storms Fay, Gonzalo, Bertha and Edouard, nor’easters and frontal boundaries, often in collaboration with other reporters.

Chloe Koast is a two-time Emmy Award-winning journalist, meteorologist and morning anchor at News 3 Las Vegas. Her reporting focuses on desert weather, fire risk, air quality, pollen and the effects of changing conditions on health, safety, infrastructure and daily life. She covers extreme heat, storms, strong winds, wildfires, red flag warnings, dry conditions and storm chances, while explaining official alerts and practical risks in plain language. Her work also connects environmental conditions to local policy and community concerns, including homelessness, street vendors, travel disruptions and infrastructure failures. On ARC Las Vegas, she hosts interviews and conversations about urban issues, civic life, health, consumer choices and local events. She also reports on fireworks safety, school shopping and community causes. Before joining News 3 Las Vegas, she covered severe storms, wildfires and breaking news at other regional television stations. She combines forecasts, live interviews, on-air conversations and service reporting.

Conrad Swanson reports on climate change for The Seattle Times and stands out for covering climate policy as a technical system and a political fight. Since 2023 he has covered the climate beat and now contributes to the paper’s Climate Lab project. He focuses on how climate impacts and policy intersect with environmental and political issues. His reporting centers on Washington’s cap-and-invest program, carbon markets, water scarcity and drought, industrial pollution cleanup, wildfire risk, and energy development. He has written on carbon auction money, state dashboards, the Yakima River Basin, the Chehalis River pulp mill, the Lower Duwamish River, and a proposed wind farm in the Horse Heaven Hills. Before joining The Seattle Times, he covered environmental and political issues for another outlet. He often uses records, state data, and officials and local producers to explain what policy means on the ground.

Danielle Prokop focuses on water, climate and the Rio Grande, tracing how policy and litigation shape daily life. She reports on environment and local government for Source New Mexico. Her work covers water rights, irrigation, nuclear policy, radiation exposure, pollution, extraction, public health, infrastructure and regulatory battles. She has produced a 14-part series on the Rio Grande and previously covered state government, cities and counties for the Santa Fe New Mexican, Scottsbluff Star-Herald and El Paso Matters. Prokop follows court fights, legislative hearings, agency decisions and local boards. She connects technical disputes with their effects on farmers, towns and people living with contamination or changing water supplies. Her reporting moves between long explanatory projects and fast stories, and she also explains complex legal and regulatory issues on broadcast and radio.

David Gelles is a climate reporter at The New York Times whose work is grounded in years of business reporting, giving his coverage a clear view of who holds power, how they use it and what that means for the planet. He covers climate change with a focus on how money, corporate power and government policy shape the pace and direction of the crisis, treating it as a system problem that links science, economics and politics. He leads the Climate Forward newsletter and events series, where he explains weekly developments in energy, weather, policy, technology and philanthropy, and scrutinizes corporate climate commitments, lobbying and ESG reporting. He previously spent eight years as a business reporter at The Times and reported for the Financial Times, and has written books on corporate behavior and capitalism, including a forthcoming work on Yvon Chouinard.

Denise Chow is a science reporter at NBC News whose work centers on extreme heat and how climate change affects human health. She covers the environment, climate change and space, focusing on rising temperatures, heat stress, health risks and changing working and living conditions. Her reporting follows extreme weather, storms, flooding and sea‑level rise as they reshape communities, infrastructure and coasts, connecting long‑term warming with short‑term disruption. She also reports on wildfire smoke, air quality and respiratory risks, highlighting vulnerable people and uneven adaptation. Her beat extends into space and astronomy, including NASA, commercial spaceflight and major rocket and shuttle milestones, and she uses satellite data and Earth‑system science to ground her climate coverage. She relies on expert interviews, field reporting and clear, nontechnical explanations to link global climate dynamics to everyday impacts on how people move, work and live.

Derek Harrison fuses systems-focused climate reporting with art and production work, bringing a structural and visual lens to complex environmental stories. He is art and production director at Inside Climate News and writes explainer features, policy analyses and science-driven pieces on climate impacts, biodiversity loss and conservation responses. His beat centers on how climate change reshapes ecosystems, wildlife and land management, with recurring coverage of extreme weather, land conservation, wildlife corridors and migratory species. He starts from scientific studies or policy proposals and traces consequences across landscapes, species and communities over long time horizons. He reports on climate negotiations, federal climate regulation and industrial transitions such as EV battery waste, connecting climate targets to regulatory design and practice. His reporting prioritizes clarity and practical implications, making climate systems and risks intelligible to non-specialist readers.

Dharna Noor is a fossil fuels and climate reporter at the Guardian US whose work stands out for its mix of industry scrutiny, technology reporting and climate justice framing. She covers how powerful industries and political actors drive the climate crisis and shape public understanding of it, focusing on systems behind emissions such as oil and gas companies, tech firms, regulators and lawmakers. She is a lead reporter on “Big oil uncovered,” examining campaigns to sow doubt about climate science and block environmental policy. She reports on datacenters, artificial intelligence and the data economy as contested sites of climate and energy risk. Her beat links climate policy to democracy and justice through elections, work, housing and insurance, and she often covers plastics, pollution, factory farming and everyday consumer choices. She draws on documents, expert testimony and policy analysis and keeps the focus on responsibility and power.

Doyle Rice connects complex weather and climate science to daily risks and costs. He is a national correspondent at USA TODAY covering weather, climate and related environmental science. His beat includes extreme heat, shifting seasons, climate change, drought, storms, hurricanes, lightning, El Niño, the polar vortex and seasonal forecasts. He reports on how warming affects health, water bills, utilities, infrastructure and everyday conditions. He also covers climate reports, scientific studies and major assessments. Rice explains forecast models and atmospheric patterns in plain language, then links them to winter storms, rainfall, temperatures and severe weather risk. His reporting combines quick forecast explainers with deeper stories on climate trends and large-scale weather patterns. He relies on current data, scientific research and expert analysis to show how environmental change shapes specific hazards, costs and conditions.

Ellyn Lapointe connects Earth’s changing systems, scientific experiments, and near-space infrastructure, showing how science reshapes the planet and daily life. She is a science writer and staff reporter at Gizmodo covering the environment, Earth science, and space. Her reporting focuses on climate impacts, ocean deoxygenation, biodiversity, planetary habitability, climate data access, orbital networks, satellite internet, launch systems, and the space environment. She also writes about experimental physics, nuclear fusion, damaged artifacts, biology, gene therapy, health, and future passenger travel. Her work treats experiments as practical efforts to solve problems in energy, materials, and information. She uses question-driven explainers and plain, technically grounded reporting, examining experimental design, engineering choices, scientific risks, and effects on planetary systems and human lives. Before joining Gizmodo in May 2025, she wrote for Business Insider, Scientific American, and Smithsonian Magazine online.

Emily Mae Czachor is a reporter and news editor at CBS News who covers breaking news, with a focus on extreme weather, climate and the human consequences of environmental risk. She reports on heat waves, hurricanes, disasters, accidents, public safety, crime, justice and long-running cases. Her work connects fast-moving events to the people, systems and decisions that shape their impact. She combines meteorological detail, official warnings, investigative developments and practical implications. She has covered staffing and equipment shortages among firefighters, deepfake sextortion schemes, cold-case breakthroughs, disappearances and families seeking answers about stalled trials. Before joining CBS News, she covered entertainment and politics for the Los Angeles Times, BuzzFeed and Newsweek. She began by reporting on homelessness and briefly worked in local radio. Her reporting has been cited in the Northwestern Law Review and Harvard Law Review.

Eric Berger is a certified meteorologist and space and science journalist who leads Space City Weather and serves as a senior space editor at Ars Technica. He is known for hype-free Houston forecasts, no-nonsense risk communication, and clear explanations of complex atmospheric dynamics. He covers daily weather, heat, dust season, rain chances, hurricanes, climate patterns, El Niño, and tropical activity, while also reporting on space, science, technology, and aerospace. He previously covered weather and hurricanes for the Houston Chronicle and has written books on the origins and development of SpaceX. Berger reports with precise numbers, practical local detail, and steady weekday updates. He distinguishes coastal and inland conditions, explains shifts in risk, and connects local weather to broader climate drivers. His forecasts use human judgment alongside numerical models and other tools, with writing kept clear, transparent, and free of hype.

Eric Ralls turns complex science into clear, data-rich stories about the planet and its living systems. He is founder and a prolific author at Earth.com, where he writes about the environment, earth science, space and health. His environmental coverage examines pollution, ecosystem decline, climate stress, forest responses and urban wildlife such as coyotes. He also covers genetics, neurodevelopment, diet and long-term health risks, including research on Neanderthal DNA and artificial sweeteners. His space and physics reporting spans quantum measurements, dark energy, Mars biosignatures, planetary habitability and major mineral discoveries. Earlier, he created RedOrbit.com and launched PlantSnap. His articles usually follow a new study from its main finding through methods, data and implications. He uses researcher quotes, explains technical terms in plain language and distinguishes evidence from proof. His work favors measured risk, adaptation and scientific context over politics, advocacy or opinion.

Erik Hoffner is an environmental journalist, editor, photographer and award-winning podcast producer whose work connects community power, land use and biodiversity protection. He is a senior editor at Mongabay, where he edits and reports on conservation solutions, agroforestry, climate-smart agriculture, agroecology, wildlife, coasts, rural livelihoods and environmental policy. His work has appeared in The Guardian, National Geographic News Watch, Yale Environment 360, Grist and Orion. He follows money, markets and supply chains behind environmental harm, while examining biodiversity credits, carbon finance, transition minerals and conservation funding. He elevates local and Indigenous voices and covers community-led conservation, land rights, food sovereignty and ecosystem restoration. He reports through interviews, photojournalism, audio and narrative features, highlighting practical tools such as living shorelines, social media, virtual fences and ecotourism.

Erin Stone is a climate and environment reporter at LAist who focuses on how the climate emergency reshapes daily life, with a distinct emphasis on environmental justice and fossil fuel neighborhoods. She reports on community-driven climate solutions, covering nature-based coastal defenses, grid resilience and grassroots organizing, and shows how residents, cities and advocates adapt in practical ways. Her beat includes translating climate science, policy and the energy transition into clear language, tying risk, governance and infrastructure to everyday life and public health. She is an active audio storyteller and moderator, extending her work into podcasts, events, forums and broadcast segments to connect climate information to civic participation. Her current role builds on reporting at The Arizona Republic, the San Francisco Chronicle, the Dallas Observer, the Midland Reporter-Telegram and work with National Geographic, Mother Jones and The Atlantic.

Evan Bush stands out for connecting hard science, government rules and long-term climate risks to daily life. He is a science journalist at NBC News covering climate change, the environment and science. His beat includes wildfire contamination, flood maps, property risk, climate-driven heat and drought, El Niño, biodiversity, emissions rules and the politics of climate information. He explains how fire pollutants affect whether homes are safe, how maps shape insurance and rebuilding, and how new research changes understanding of weather and ecosystems. His notable past work includes reporting for The Seattle Times and other outlets. Bush builds stories around recent studies, policy decisions and community adaptation rather than isolated weather events. He uses expert interviews, on-the-ground examples, regulatory language and plain explanations to show how scientific findings affect housing, public health, landscapes and everyday decisions.

Evan Simon leads Floodlight’s visual and video-based climate accountability reporting. He investigates how powerful interests shape pollution, energy, land use and relocation decisions. His current work examines AI data centers, pollution permits, power plants and regulatory gaps, including xAI’s power project and the rules governing its emissions. He also reports on climate relocation and the private influence reshaping public lands. Simon grounds investigations in permits, enforcement records, public hearings and on-the-ground conditions, using video, mini-documentaries, thermal drone imagery and other visual evidence to make hidden impacts clear. He is an award-winning investigative journalist and documentary filmmaker, a Peabody Award nominee and winner of two National Emmy Awards. Before Floodlight, he held investigative, broadcast and digital roles at major national news outlets.

Freddy Vela connects fast-changing weather with its effects on daily life, wildlife and health. He is a meteorologist on the First Warning Weather team at KXAN, where he delivers regular forecasts and environmental explainers across broadcast and digital platforms. His beat covers extreme heat, drought, rain, thunderstorms, hurricanes, rapid intensification, severe-weather risk, wildlife, seasonal allergies and plant-related health issues. He has also held a chief meteorologist role before joining KXAN. Vela explains storm timing, rainfall totals, forecast changes and risk categories in clear, practical terms. He uses maps, forecast cones and graphics to translate model output and atmospheric science into guidance viewers can use. His reporting also connects temperature, moisture and pollen cycles to allergy impacts, and follows wildlife stories through recovery, conservation and habitat.

Gabriel Arizon is a reporter for The San Fernando Valley Sun/El Sol who links climate, law, policy and culture to everyday community life. He covers environment and local news with a focus on heat, infrastructure, public safety and how decisions affect residents day to day. He treats extreme weather as a practical safety and health issue, offering concrete guidance on staying cool and showing how housing, outdoor work and neighborhood systems shape risk. He reports on wrongful death, child welfare settlements and fatal violence as legal accountability stories grounded in families’ experiences. His local coverage of memorials, cultural celebrations and protests tracks how communities use public space to defend values and challenge power. He also covers green school investments, immigrant protections and youth organizations, explaining money, systems and organizing in clear detail.

Gabrielle Canon is the Guardian’s senior climate reporter and extreme weather correspondent, covering how climate change reshapes life across the American West. Her beat spans extreme storms, floods, fires, water shortages, wildfire response, public lands, endangered species, land management, and climate policy. She connects atmospheric shifts and policy decisions to specific places, communities, infrastructure, farms, and ecosystems. Her reporting examines failures in warnings, planning, and mitigation while also highlighting repair, resilience, and practical solutions. She has written for VICE and the East Bay Express, as well as the Guardian, and has more than a decade of reporting experience. Canon combines field reporting, detailed scenes, expert interviews, and clear explanations of complex science and policy. Her work focuses on people, problems, and possibilities, showing how environmental change affects daily life and how communities respond.

Gavin Nguyen stands out for connecting local weather and environmental conditions to public safety and civic life. He works across News Channel 3’s reporting and weather coverage, delivering clear forecasts and enterprise stories. He covers temperature shifts, humidity, heat risk, and prolonged warm spells, explaining how conditions affect daily routines, preparedness, residents, and decision-makers. His investigations examine emergency response risks, strained mental health services, and how police handle people in crisis. He also reports on elections and local government, including voter information errors, candidate forums, and a city manager’s priorities. His civic coverage includes sponsorship challenges for Palm Springs Pride. Nguyen reports through direct explanations, field reporting, interviews, and system-level scrutiny, focusing on how official decisions and public services affect people.

Heather Waldman combines on-air forecasting with climate reporting as a meteorologist and climate reporter at KCRA 3. An AMS-certified broadcast meteorologist and climate science storyteller, she covers heat, storms, wildfire seasons, water systems, agriculture and other environmental pressures. Her real beat is the link between weather, climate change and daily life, including fire risk, smoke, air quality, drought, snowpack, lakes, reservoirs and local economies. Her work includes Forecasting Our Future, Wildfire Ready and NorCal Weather Chat. She has reported on darkening lakes, overwintering wildfires, heat waves, tropical systems and climate risks facing cannabis growers. She uses data, clear graphics, plain language and repeatable science to explain both the immediate forecast and the larger patterns behind it. She also connects wind, humidity and fuel conditions to preparedness, home hardening and defensible space.

Hilary Beaumont is an investigative journalist covering the climate crisis through climate accountability, Indigenous rights and immigration. She reports for the Guardian and has written for WIRED, Rolling Stone, National Geographic, Al Jazeera, VICE News, The New Republic and High Country News. Her work follows fossil fuel companies, politicians, security contractors and government decisions into affected communities. She covers anti-protest laws, pipelines, wildfire policy, Indigenous water crises, murdered and missing Indigenous women and girls, solar geoengineering, border surveillance, immigration data privacy and risks to climate defenders. She centres Indigenous voices, migrants, protesters and others facing the sharpest effects of environmental policy. Her reporting connects climate-driven disasters and energy projects to corporate responsibility, political neglect, policing, surveillance and civil liberties. She uses investigations, on-the-ground reporting, public records and affected communities’ accounts to trace who holds power and who bears the consequences.

Ian James covers how water and climate change reshape California and the West for the Los Angeles Times. He treats Western water crises as connected systems, linking policy, lawsuits, climate research and affected communities. His beat includes the Colorado River, reservoirs, aquifers, groundwater rules, rural communities, rivers, ecosystems, industrial pollution, drinking-water funding and climate extremes. He reports on how allocation fights and federal decisions affect cities, farms, tribal nations and small communities. He explains research on snow, groundwater recharge and water depletion, and follows both drought and flood preparation. His stories combine specific events with the larger forces behind them. Before joining the Los Angeles Times, he covered the environment for the Arizona Republic and the Desert Sun. He previously worked as a correspondent in the Caribbean and a bureau chief in Venezuela for the Associated Press.

Imaan Moin reports on how climate and local policy shape everyday life in New Hampshire, treating climate as a practical force that reshapes routines, leisure and access to nature. She is an audio journalist and producer for New Hampshire Public Radio, working across broadcast pieces and companion digital stories. Her environment reporting follows how hotter summers and changing conditions alter the way people spend time outdoors, from daily recreation to broader traditions. She also covers state politics and elections, focusing on campaign mechanics, State House process and voting logistics during the 2026 election season. Her feature work explores local history, cultural identity and community spaces, from institutions that surface lesser-known stories from New Hampshire’s past to projects that support Kazakh and Afghan communities. She moves between scripted reporting and conversational news recaps to give clear, accessible summaries for listeners.

Inayat Singh is a data-driven climate reporter for CBC News who focuses on how science, policy and money intersect in the transition away from fossil fuels. He covers the politics and economics of energy transition through concrete cases in oil, gas, electricity and emerging nuclear strategy, tying projects and policy debates to emissions pathways, investor behaviour and the credibility of climate commitments. His work tracks how energy and climate decisions affect ecosystems, peatlands, wildlife, extreme weather and everyday institutions, grounding stories in physical mechanisms like heat, moisture, soil carbon and species behaviour. He reports on finance, investment and clean technology, using major studies, outlooks and climate report cards as accountability tools. Earlier in his career, he worked on data-heavy national projects and covered complex beats such as policing and labour during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Jacqueline Kehoe writes science, nature, and travel stories that turn water, weather, and wild places into clear reporting on how the planet works. At Yahoo, she covers drought, mudslides, reservoirs, zoo weigh-ins, and underground networks, with a focus on the systems and species behind the headline. Her freelance work has appeared in National Geographic, Smithsonian, Travel + Leisure, AFAR, REI, Forbes, and Sierra. She reports on climate change, national parks, conservation, severe weather, and disasters. Her style is restrained and factual. She moves between quick news briefs and feature-length narratives, using clear explanations, concrete numbers, and official figures to connect environmental change to specific landscapes and decisions.

Jael Holzman is a senior reporter at Heatmap News who covers local fights over solar, wind, battery storage, and data center projects. Her beat is the political and regulatory contest over whether these developments move forward. She reports on permitting battles, zoning disputes, community campaigns, legal challenges, and the industry and political forces shaping outcomes. Her work connects project-level conflicts to national policy, executive power, investor risk, and the energy transition. She also tracks the backlash to data centers, including disputes over electricity bills, water use, jobs, land, and grid capacity. Holzman reports as an investigative journalist, combining scoops, detailed case studies, proprietary data, and interviews across government, industry, and activist networks. Before Heatmap, she covered energy and climate policy at Axios, mining, metals, and energy transition resources for E&E News and specialized outlets, and climate and trans rights for Rolling Stone.

Jake Spring traces how political and agency decisions change climate protections, programs and the role of science in government. He is a climate and environment policy reporter at The Washington Post, covering federal agencies, Congress and the White House, with a focus on regulation, industry and accountability. His reporting examines federal climate programs, scientific integrity, EPA emissions rules, power plants, clean-energy grants, public lands, mining and monument rollbacks. He explains how appointments, regulations, court decisions and land designations affect emissions, public health, affordability, equity, industry and conservation. Before joining The Washington Post, he spent about a decade at Reuters, reporting from Brazil and China on global climate and environmental issues. He covered Amazon deforestation, Pantanal fires, environmental safeguards, illegal logging and investor responses. He combines legal and regulatory detail with field reporting that follows consequences through agencies, industries and affected communities.

Jeff Roper turns changing weather into clear, time-specific guidance. He is a television weather forecaster and reporter on the First Alert Weather team at Local News 8. He covers local forecasts, temperature swings, fronts, air quality, heavy rain, flash flooding, storms, and safety risks. His work focuses on when conditions will change, how severe they will be, which areas face the greatest risk, and how long those conditions will last. He has forecast weather on television since 1995 and joined Local News 8 in 2018. His past work includes news and weather anchoring, reporting, producing, and talk show hosting. He appears in morning and midday forecasts and reports on local people and events during evening newscasts. His reporting is concise, practical, conversational, and tied to commutes, workdays, weekends, events, and daily life.

Jenese Harris covers how rules, infrastructure and the physical environment affect people’s lives at News4JAX, where she is an anchor, reporter and meteorologist. Her accountability reporting examines illegal dumping, nuisance liens, water and sewer service, unsafe motels, stadium land deals, violent crime and civil rights history. She follows cases from resident complaints to regulatory action, showing who is responsible and what remedies exist. Her reporting connects housing, public safety, land use, local government and code enforcement. She uses resident testimony, city records, inspection reports, arrest records, court documents and legal guidance to explain both the facts and practical options. Her past coverage includes the Ahmaud Arbery murder investigation and trial, civil rights commemorations, court cases and community stories. She is an Emmy Award–winning anchor and Gracie Award winner for on-air talent.

Jennifer McDermott is a green energy reporter who treats the transition to clean energy as a collision of politics, markets and everyday life, with a focus on the practical consequences of climate decisions. She is the green energy reporter on The Associated Press Climate and Environment team and describes herself as the masthead’s green energy expert, working with colleagues worldwide on spot news, features, profiles and analysis about innovations to address climate change. Her core beat is the tug-of-war between fossil fuels and renewables, tracking concrete policy moves, federal permitting and their fallout, and placing US decisions in a global context. She also reports on climate impacts on winter sports and the Olympics, everyday climate choices and technology, and writes deeper-dive pieces for the Climate Watch newsletter on issues such as green shipping and microplastics.

John Baranick is an agricultural meteorologist for DTN Progressive Farmer who turns forecast models and climate signals into decisions for agriculture and commodity markets. He covers how showers, heavy rain, heat waves, pattern changes, El Nino, and La Nina affect crops, planting windows, crop growth, and agronomics. His forecasts track the Corn Belt, the Plains, and the Canadian Prairies, with attention to rainfall timing, location, duration, and market effects. He also reports on impacts to energy, transportation, and aviation. Since 2011, he has used written articles, blogs, videos, podcasts, and Ag Weather Briefs to explain short-term outlooks, model disagreement, seasonal patterns, and forecast confidence. His reporting links specific weather systems to crop areas and operational outcomes. He helps producers and market participants follow changing conditions without parsing model data themselves.

John L. Smith is a longtime journalist, columnist and author at The Nevada Independent. He writes a regular opinion column that uses environmental and political stories to examine power, ethics and the human impact of policy. His real beat covers clean energy, public lands, criminal justice and national politics, with recent work on data centers, climate denial, utility regulators, land-use fights, elections and institutional trust. He reports with narrative style, historical context and a focus on accountability, asking who benefits and who bears the cost. His work also reflects decades of reporting and more than a dozen books on Nevada history and public life. He has also published in Time, Reader’s Digest, Rolling Stone, The Daily Beast, Reuters and regional magazines, and offers regular commentary on public radio.

Jonathan Belles links long-range weather patterns to everyday impacts as a senior digital meteorologist and writer for The Weather Channel’s digital platforms. He has worked on these platforms since 2016, producing forecast-led news, seasonal outlooks and explainers on storms, climate-linked events and emerging weather science. He is a core voice on tropical storms and hurricane seasons, covering Atlantic seasons, standout Category 5 hurricanes, rare quiet periods and historical hurricane impacts in places like Hawaii. His work centers on El Niño, polar vortex shifts and other seasonal patterns, showing how they shape travel, ski trips, wildfire smoke, air quality and winter getaways. He reports on high-impact hazards such as flooding and winter storms, and turns new research and complex atmospheric phenomena into simple explainers. He also creates forecast graphics and assists with Spanish-language video content.

Jonathan Kegges stands out for turning complex weather and climate signals into clear, practical coverage. He works for News 6, creating content for television, the website, streaming platforms, newsletters and live interactive chats. His main beat is tropical systems, including storms, hurricanes, hurricane-season patterns and the history behind them. He also covers seasonal outlooks, El Niño, Saharan dust plumes, air quality, flooding, road conditions, utility notices and other local effects of weather. His work includes daily forecasts, climate explainers, service pieces and recurring Tropics Watch newsletters. He follows storms from formation through weakening or redevelopment, explains forecast uncertainty and connects broad atmospheric shifts to what people will see, feel and need to do. He joined News 6 in 2019 and has more than a decade of broadcast meteorology experience.

Julia Donovan combines weather reporting with on-the-ground coverage of Colorado’s mountain communities, outdoor safety, and environmental pressures. She works on the weather team at KRDO NewsChannel 13, tracking severe storms, heavy rain, flooding, heat, smoke, and critical fire danger. Her reports explain timing, risks, and practical steps for roads, outdoor plans, and fast-changing conditions. She covers tourism, heritage, erosion, waste, and environmental limits in mountain towns, including Ouray, Cripple Creek, and South Fork. Her outdoor work includes rappelling, survival skills, wilderness challenges, and life off the grid. She also reports on restaurant inspections, public health enforcement, and safety. Before returning to KRDO, she worked at a major Colorado law firm, sharing crash survivors’ stories and advocating for justice. Earlier, she wrote for news stations in Boston. She reports through live segments, articles, field pieces, and a survival blog.

Julia Rock-Torcivia is an associate editor at R&D World and Drug Discovery & Development. She stands out for turning early-stage research and complex technical work into clear, feature-led stories about the systems those advances may change. Her beat spans research and development across disciplines, with a focus on climate risk, pollution, scientific infrastructure, and innovation. She covers climate models, PFAS, energy-intensive industrial processes, scientific leadership, global innovation clusters, computing methods, biological tools, microbottle resonators, automation platforms, space materials, and pharmaceuticals. She often ties lab methods and materials science back to environmental, public health, and industrial impact. Her reporting combines institutional analysis, patent data, technical detail, and interviews with CSOs, CROs, and subject-matter experts.

Kasha Patel stands out for explaining how sky, climate and weather events affect people and systems. She is a senior science reporter for CNN Weather covering atmospheric, environmental and space science, including eclipses, solar storms, El Niño, wildfires, air quality and climate’s effects on health, emotions and vulnerable groups. Before CNN, she was deputy weather editor and a weekly columnist at a national newspaper, and earlier reported on Earth science, climate change, satellite research and natural disasters at a US space agency. Her work has included satellite data on pollution during COVID-19 lockdowns and a long-form feature on blue crabs. Patel connects science to daily life through data, expert interviews, field conversations and clear visuals. She also uses humor, entertaining videos, podcasts, live presentations and stand-up comedy to make complex subjects accessible while keeping the reporting evidence-driven.

Kate Dario reports on where policy, the environment and local economies meet daily life. She is a general assignment reporter at New Hampshire Public Radio, covering housing, agriculture, forestry and food insecurity. Her work connects those subjects with children, older residents and others affected by change. She reports on school meals and children’s health, utility regulation and people on fixed incomes, ecofriendly affordable housing, land use, climate change, carbon offset sites on logging tracts, and seasonal agriculture. She also covers how shifting weather, forestry policy and development affect communities. Her reporting follows stories across traditional beats and focuses on economic and social outcomes. She has also reported for The Vineyard Gazette, GBH and Outside/In, covering coyotes, lead and conservation, timber and recreation.

Kay Vandette writes short, direct science stories that explain how Earth systems, climate, and evolution work. She currently reports for Earth.com. Her beat centers on magnetic field shifts, ice loss, mass extinctions, pollution, conservation gaps, and other environmental risks. She covers how scientific studies clarify present and future change, with pieces on Antarctic ice mass loss, microplastic pollution from organic fertilizers, and the pace of recovery after mass extinctions. She also writes on volcanic activity, meteoroids, tectonic rifting, permafrost, and human evolution. Her reporting style is mechanism-first and evidence-led. She turns technical findings into plain explanations, with attention to timelines, measurable indicators, and what scientists actually conclude from research.

Kevin Ozebek is an investigative reporter who makes environmental fallout from industrial incidents and the performance of authorities his core focus. He works at ABC7 Eyewitness News, where he links real-time air quality data, regulatory records and community experience to show what pollution and hazardous releases mean for nearby residents. His recent coverage of the Lineage Logistics warehouse fire in Boyle Heights details how stored food became bulk waste, creating odors and vermin, and tracks cleanup milestones under air quality abatement orders. He covers air quality index readings and health categories in plain terms, pointing residents to tools that help them understand local conditions. Alongside his environment beat, he reports on fraud and misuse of public funds in social programs and has previously covered orphan wells, chronic flooding and the aftermath of Hurricane Harvey.

Kiley Price is a climate reporter who tracks how global warming reshapes ecosystems, communities and major events, with a steady focus on wildlife, ocean health, food systems and extreme weather. She is a reporter at Inside Climate News and writes its Today’s Climate newsletter, a regular roundup of pressing environmental stories. Her work also appears in National Geographic, Time, Scientific American, Slate, Grist and Ars Technica. Price covers how climate change magnifies heat waves, storms, drought and wildfires, and how it strains urban infrastructure, large gatherings like the Hajj pilgrimage and events such as the Winter Olympics. She reports on conservation, vessel strikes on whales, mangrove forests and “beauty bias” in wildlife protection. She also examines climate’s links to food security, conflict, fossil fuel influence in academia, climate data politics and fairness in clean energy transitions, using clear science and systems-focused reporting.

Kimberly Miller connects Florida’s extreme weather, environment and rapid growth to everyday life. She reports for the Palm Beach Post and the USA TODAY Network’s Florida operation. Her coverage includes hurricanes, heat waves, climate patterns, wildlife, drought, water shortages and the real estate market. She has worked at the Palm Beach Post since 2000, previously covering education and real estate before focusing on weather, climate and environmental risk. Miller examines how construction, property values and policy intersect with hurricanes, heat, coastal exposure and changing water conditions. She uses forecast science, climate signals, official outlooks, expert sources and on-the-ground details to explain storms, fronts and prolonged heat. Wildlife stories, including those about alligators and gopher tortoises, give broader environmental changes a human and ecological face. Her work has been recognized for environmental writing.

Kylie Mohr links wildfire science, policy and human stories across the American West. She is an interim news editor, correspondent and contributing editor at High Country News, and an award-winning freelance journalist. Her work has appeared in National Geographic, The Atlantic, The New York Times, Outside Magazine, The Guardian, Grist, Vox, CNN, NPR, CBS News, Hakai Magazine, Deseret Magazine, Business Insider and Popular Science. She covers wildfire, conservation, public lands, water, wildlife, recreation and climate change. Her reporting examines risk, emergency response, infrastructure, prediction markets, fire effects on communities and wildlife, and the links between fire, snow, permafrost, water and climate. She also covers wolves, habitat, parks and recreation. She combines field reporting, scientific research, interviews and clear explanation in features, Q&As, essays and explanatory stories.

Leslie Santibañez-Molina is a weekend weather anchor and multimedia journalist at KSBY News who connects weather and environmental conditions to daily life and local decisions. She covers heat, short-term forecasts, marine and coastal conditions, El Niño, flooding, wildfire risk, defensible space, energy policy, transportation and infrastructure. Her past reporting includes stories on Diablo Canyon Power Plant, California governor hopefuls debating climate policy, Highway 101 construction, liquor licenses, an election fraud trial, a damaged bus stop and proposed federal changes to Head Start. She reports through on-air forecasts, digital stories and bilingual weather segments. Her work explains temperature trends, storm readiness, agency planning and household actions, including emergency kits, alerts, gutter cleaning and brush removal. She also covers local governance, courts and social services, focusing on how public decisions affect residents.

Lindsay Shachnow links fast-changing weather, health and civic developments to their practical impact on everyday life in and around Pittsburgh. She is a reporter for the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, covering trending news and other topics as part of the express and general assignment team. Her environment and weather reporting translates complex patterns such as a historically strong El Niño into clear expectations for local conditions, with a steady focus on severe storms, rare flooding, heat advisories and how wet stretches shape local routines. She also covers infectious disease and public health, framing measles cases and cyclosporiasis concerns through concrete risks, institutional responses and their effects on families and the food system. Her general assignment work tracks how major events, business openings, education stories, political primaries and science milestones drive economic and community change, using quick, clearly structured stories that explain why developments matter now and what they change for people in and around Pittsburgh.

Lucas Brady Woods translates climate and weather risk into clear, actionable local reporting for LAist. He covers weather, disasters, climate, science, health, pollution, air quality, infrastructure and the policy decisions that shape daily life. His reporting explains heat alerts, humidity, hurricanes, El Niño, coastal change, unusual marine life, disease risks, pollution incidents and environmental challenges in politics. He gives readers practical steps, from protecting themselves during typhus and mosquito seasons to reporting odors and dust. His stories use short sections, plain definitions and specific guidance to connect forecasts and official warnings with health, infrastructure and emergency planning. He previously covered a state capitol, elections and a congressional delegation for KUNC. That experience informs his focus on government responsibility and policy trade-offs. He treats climate as both a scientific system and a civic issue.

Majd Al-Waheidi shapes Morning Edition and Up First’s digital coverage of climate, energy and public policy, turning complex issues into clear explainers, briefings and feature pieces. She works at the intersection of beat reporting and format design, and her reporting links climate to legislation, protest, fuel prices, AI, trade policy and Middle East flashpoints. She covers environment-related topics through stories on heat waves, shutdown talks, housing legislation, diesel prices and farm costs, and she also handles technology and AI as questions of regulation and collective risk. Her broader work includes Gaza, free speech and cultural flashpoints, where she traces how art, war and law collide. She has also edited interviews and helped launch the Up First newsletter and From Our Hosts essay series. Earlier in her career, she reported for The New York Times, Channel News Asia, Rest of World and Business Insider.

Makenzie Stamets covers the tension between outdoor recreation, environmental risk and public policy, with a focus on how changing conditions on public lands affect the people who use them. She is an outdoor intern at the Statesman Journal, filing breaking news, service journalism and reported features across the environment and outdoors beat. Her most visible work tracks wildfire seasons and emergency response in real time, translating incident reports and agency briefings into clear updates on what is burning, who is affected, and what closures or evacuations are in place. She also reports on outdoor accidents, search and rescue and weather hazards, treating incidents in wilderness and river corridors as part of the environmental beat. Beyond immediate risk, she covers public lands policy, wildlife, drought, energy projects and climbing history, connecting policy text, ecological impact, recreation culture and public participation.

Marina Bolotnikova is a senior reporter at Vox whose distinct focus is the link between factory farming and the criminalization of animal rights activism. She reports on how meat and dairy industries shape politics, climate, public policy, and everyday life. Her coverage includes disease outbreaks, mass animal killings, protests, investigations, corporate power, regulatory capture, and government support for industrial meat producers. She also writes about the future of food, climate damage, biodiversity, agriculture, cities, housing, transit, and sustainability. Her work appears in reported features, explanatory essays, interviews, Q&As, and the Processing Meat newsletter. She connects farms, supply chains, law, infrastructure, and moral responsibility rather than treating food or animal welfare as lifestyle topics. Before Vox, she wrote for The Guardian, The New York Times, and The Intercept. She combines deep reporting with moral philosophy and social science to examine systems, accountability, and possible reforms.

Mark Nelsen is the chief meteorologist at Fox 12 Oregon who delivers detailed, concrete forecasts rather than broad climate commentary. He focuses on high-impact events such as heat waves, winter storms, strong wind episodes, and thunderstorms, explaining how evolving patterns will feel on the ground and whether conditions will be disruptive. His main beat is weather and environment, with attention to short-term atmospheric shifts, dry stretches, heavy rain, and wind damage. Nelsen reports through long-form blog posts, a daily 12–30 minute weekday weather show, and two regional podcasts, where he unpacks models, timelines, and scenario changes in clear language for non-specialists. He links watches and warnings to specific timing and impacts, compares events to past storms, and participates in public outreach and educational material on water resources and environmental protection.

Mark Segal is a climate and ESG reporter who treats environmental stories as business, finance and governance stories grounded in transactions, standards and measurable outcomes. He writes for ESG Today, where his bylines date back to 2021 and he is a key writer of the recurring week in review feature. His beat covers how climate and sustainability commitments translate into finance, technology and corporate change, with a focus on companies, investors and regulators driving decarbonization. He reports on net zero pledges, clean energy and climate tech finance, including large funding rounds, green bonds, fleet transitions and philanthropy. He covers ESG regulation, investor guidelines and reporting standards, emphasizing numbers, target years, mechanisms and practical implications rather than rhetoric or political commentary.

Mark Torregrossa is a meteorologist who leads weather and environmental coverage at MLive. His distinct focus is translating atmospheric patterns into practical guidance for daily life, outdoor plans, and the Great Lakes environment. He covers daily and short-term forecasts, severe storms, seasonal outlooks, El Niño, climate change, planting zones, beach advisories, flooding, air quality, unusual temperature maps, and fall foliage timing. His beat connects weather with water quality, flood risk, breathing conditions, travel, recreation, gardening, agriculture, and commuting. He reports in clear, direct language without exaggeration. He gives specific locations, time windows, probabilities, and expected conditions, explaining when rain will start and end, how long showers may last, and which hours are best for outdoor activities. He also explains scientific findings on regional radio and appears in broader news and environment coverage.

Matthew Daly tracks how U.S. climate, environmental and energy policy is made, rolled back and challenged in court. He reports on climate, environment and energy policy for the Associated Press. His beat covers federal agencies, regulation, industry costs, emissions, clean energy, grid capacity, chemicals, pollution and household expenses. He focuses on agencies such as the Environmental Protection Agency, Securities and Exchange Commission and Energy Department. His reporting has covered green bank grants, climate disclosure rules, the endangerment finding, refrigerants and the MAHA agenda. He explains how agency decisions affect businesses, investors, local projects and consumers. He links policy details to national politics, legal fights and public impact. Before focusing on climate and energy, he covered Congress, the White House, regional beats and state capitols. He emphasizes timelines, promised actions and gaps between commitments and policy.

Matthew Hutchison is a veteran journalist and public affairs host who brings a public affairs lens to environmental and policy coverage, centering clear stakes and community impact. He is a part-time news reporter and anchor at WHMI and hosts “Meet the People,” a long-form public affairs program built on substantive conversations with candidates, elected officials and community leaders. His beat spans campaigns, water safety, land use, extreme weather, partisan controversies and education finance. He covers how water enforcement cases, lake development disputes, regional heat waves, party social media posts, online campaign appearances and large school bond proposals connect to regulation, local governance and everyday civic life. His reporting combines straight news and in-depth interviews, with detailed sourcing, clear issue framing and a consistent focus on consequences for local residents and the decisions that shape state and national races.

Matthew Zeitlin covers the energy transition as an economic story, tracing how money, policy, and market design affect the power grid, electricity bills, and clean energy. He is an energy and economics correspondent at Heatmap News. His beat includes financing, regulation, rate cases, nuclear deals, clean energy credits, battery tariffs, electricity demand, grid reliability, climate risk, wildfires, and insurance markets. He reports on how regulators, utilities, investors, insurers, and federal policy shape prices, infrastructure, project timelines, and decarbonization. His work connects technical and financial details to costs for households and businesses. Before Heatmap, he covered macroeconomics and energy at Grid and business and finance at BuzzFeed News. He has also written for The New York Times, the Guardian, Barron’s, and New York Magazine.

Max Goldwasser makes weather a continuing story, not just a forecast. He focuses on heat waves, storms, unusual seasons and weeklong changes for ABC 10News San Diego, where he is an evening anchor, weekend forecaster and weekday feature reporter. His short Pinpoint Weather segments explain when heat, humidity, rain and clearing will arrive, using direct, trend-focused forecasts and a Super 7 Day Forecast. His written forecasts add cloud cover, temperature ranges and differences from seasonal averages across local areas. He also connects weather to major events, including a splashdown and Artemis II spaceflight, and reports on science and technology. Beyond environmental coverage, he tells community stories about service, history and individual lives, including a feature on a USS Midway docent and veteran. He joined the station in 2024 after reporting for FOX 17 in West Michigan.

Maxine Joselow is distinct for treating climate policy as an ongoing story of power, money and public goods, not isolated events. She is a climate and environmental reporter at The New York Times, focused on how governments address climate change and the environment. Her beat centers on climate policy and federal power, especially how laws, regulations and agency decisions shape the United States response to climate change. She covers pollution rules, energy infrastructure, industrial impacts, public lands and environmental stewardship, tracking Trump-era rollbacks, reversals and their consequences. Her reporting follows the mechanics of rulemaking, litigation, oversight and funding, and shows who benefits and who bears the costs in communities, parks and ecosystems. Before joining The New York Times, she reported on climate change and climate policy for The Washington Post and E&E News.

Michael Sol Warren reports for WNYC and Gothamist on how environmental hazards, state policy and local power struggles shape daily life in New Jersey and the broader New York City region. He covers heat waves, storms, wildfire smoke and air-quality crises, along with pollution rules, energy systems, environmental enforcement and government accountability. He also reports on taxes, budgets, public money, crime, immigration and public life. His past work has covered illegal dumping, drinking water crises, nursing home vulnerabilities, animal-facility abuse allegations and mass murder. Warren explains emergency plans, legal fights, legislative mechanics and financial risks in plain language. His reporting is precise and grounded in documents and expert sources. He tracks money flows, institutional structure and long-term consequences, while showing how policy choices and environmental conditions affect real lives.

Molly Enking is a climate editor at Maine Public who shows how climate change affects specific forests, farms, coastlines, schools and businesses. She covers warming temperatures, shifting seasons, pests, diseases, invasive species, migrating wildlife, sea-level rise, stronger storms, infrastructure, federal resilience funding, clean energy, supply chains and climate risk for companies. She also reports on climate education, student action, public understanding and practical responses. Enking anchors Planet Maine, a climate newsletter connecting science, policy, community stories and guidance to everyday life and long-term economic and environmental change. Her reporting links local decisions to larger climate systems. She previously covered national news at PBS NewsHour Weekend and climate and environmental news at Grist. Across broadcast segments, newsletters and reported stories, she relies on specific institutions, communities and ecosystems to make broad climate trends concrete.

Molly Taft is a senior writer at WIRED whose distinct beat is the collision of climate science, infrastructure, and politics, especially the growing footprint of data centers and AI. They anchor the “Power Play” column on how these technologies reshape the US power system and public debate. Taft also covers El Niño, extreme weather, climate technology, geoengineering, AI’s water use, and the resource demands of cloud infrastructure. Their reporting explains complex systems such as oceans, electric grids, clouds, and computing in clear language. It connects technical details to pollution, public health, food systems, community opposition, and policy. Taft previously reported and edited for Drilled, wrote about climate change and technology for Gizmodo, and served as a contributing editor for The New Republic. Their work follows money and power and foregrounds affected communities.

Molly Wetsch examines how policy, economic development and environmental change affect rural and Native communities. She is an investigative reporter at South Dakota News Watch and a Report for America corps member. Her beat covers rural services, infrastructure, food access, opioid settlement funds, legal deserts, energy, land use, tourism, utilities and local economies. She also reports on Native communities, boarding-school history, unmarked graves and unresolved trauma. Her work examines churches, elections, business holdings and how local power shapes everyday life. She previously wrote for Forbes and SiouxFalls.Business. Wetsch uses data and local voices to explain gaps in funding and access, trace environmental and economic trade-offs, and connect present-day policy with historical harm. Her reporting foregrounds community voices while examining who controls resources and narratives in small places.

Neel Dhanesha is a science and climate journalist who also reports on the platforms, media systems, and audio formats that shape public understanding. He is a staff writer at Nieman Journalism Lab. His beat includes climate change, biodiversity, coastal erosion, energy transition, environmental law, artificial intelligence, search results, online information, and the business and ethics of audio journalism. He has covered Held v. Montana, the lesser prairie chicken, species discovery, AI-generated local news, and fact-checking systems. Previously, he was a founding staff writer at Heatmap, a science and climate reporter at Vox, a fellow at Audubon magazine, and an assistant producer at Radiolab, where he helped produce The Other Latif. He reports across text and audio, grounding complex systems in specific places, species, decisions, and lived experience.

Nicole Yu covers environmental stories for The Wash, with a distinct focus on how climate interventions reshape ocean ecosystems and the global carbon cycle. Her work examines ocean iron fertilization, carbon dioxide removal, marine biodiversity, food webs and ecological risk. She combines reporting with scientific analysis, using process-rich ocean biogeochemical models to assess climate benefits and ecological costs across ocean regions. She examines how fertilization efficiency varies between the Southern Ocean and equatorial Pacific, how engineered algal blooms alter nutrient flows and oxygen-minimum zones, and how impacts reach higher trophic levels. Yu also covers governance and equity, including carbon crediting, policy design and who bears ecological risks when local interventions produce global benefits. Her reporting treats climate technologies as scientific, political and ethical choices, and presents them as long-running experiments with measurable gains and limits.

Oliver Milman covers the climate crisis through the lens of political power, economic cost and daily experience, showing how decisions in Washington translate into real-world damage and disruption. He is an environment reporter and correspondent for the Guardian’s US operation, focused on climate change, pollution and the policies that shape them. His core beat is US climate politics, tracking regulation that constrains or enables fossil fuel interests, industry influence over policy, and shifts in international climate commitments. He uses economic data to quantify climate damage, explain who pays the costs and show how warming reshapes markets and consumer goods. Milman reports on cities, transport and infrastructure, from cars versus public transport to electric planes and gas pump warning stickers. He translates climate science, energy issues and ecological threats into clear, concrete reporting that links global trends to everyday life.

Olivia Richardson is a health and environment reporter who treats health care, climate and law as one interconnected beat, with equity at the center of her coverage. She reports for New Hampshire Public Radio, primarily on how health systems are changing under demographic, technology and policy pressures, including hospital closures, population growth and the adoption of artificial intelligence in medicine. She explains federal and state policy changes, infectious disease outbreaks and public health alerts in plain, actionable terms focused on real impacts. Her climate and environment work tracks how pollen, land use decisions, carbon offset proposals and ecofriendly housing projects show up in daily life. She also covers community debates over LGBTQ+ visibility, public art and legislation affecting trans youth. Richardson works in radio and podcast formats, appears on programs such as Outside/In, held a reporting fellowship at a Midwestern station and has bylines in national and digital outlets.

Ophelia Young stands out for weather reporting that connects storms, wind and heat to daily life, wildfire risk and local infrastructure. She is a meteorologist at KCRA 3, where she focuses on Northern California weather. Her coverage blends short-term forecasts with clear context on rainfall totals, travel conditions and seasonal patterns. She tracks storm systems over several days, explains what they mean for the region’s water supply, and uses specific measurements from local stations to show when a month is unusually wet or dry. She also covers wind-driven fire danger, power shutoffs and winter travel impacts. Young joined the KCRA 3 weather team in 2025 and had prior experience reporting on weather, environmental issues, news and education in another television market.

Patrick Evans turns extreme heat and daily weather shifts into public safety coverage. He is Chief Meteorologist at News Channel 3, leading morning and midday First Alert Weather Team coverage and hosting Eye on the Desert. His beat is short-range local forecasting, with a focus on prolonged heat, humidity, dew points, atmospheric patterns, tropical moisture, thunderstorms, lightning, and related impacts such as road closures. He explains when heat becomes dangerous, how long warnings will last, when relief is expected, and how conditions may affect comfort and safety. His forecasts pair temperature thresholds and alert windows with practical steps for protecting people and families. He explains high pressure, low-pressure troughs, changing flows, and storm movement in plain language. His career includes leading News Channel 3’s weather coverage, an Emmy Award, and induction into the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences Silver Circle.

Patrick Galbraith is The Telegraph’s environment correspondent, known for reporting environmental change through the people who live and work with it. His beat covers rural Britain, land use, food, farming, water, waste, wildlife and climate policy. He writes about farmers, gamekeepers, anglers, conservationists, small rural businesses and local campaigners, showing how decisions on trade, energy, water and emissions affect livelihoods, landscapes and food security. His background in countryside journalism and conservation writing includes field sports, wildlife and rural culture, as well as work on Britain’s disappearing birdlife. He has written about guerrilla rewilding, pea shortages, chalk streams, drought, fly-tipping and illegal waste sites. His reporting combines features, colour pieces and opinion columns. He foregrounds local knowledge, practical experience and the unintended effects of environmental rules.

Robert Arnold is an investigative reporter known for connecting environmental risks and public policy failures to everyday life. At KPRC 2, he covered storms, Saharan dust, criminal justice, policing, executions, housing, probate, immigration and infrastructure. His reporting examined how institutions manage risk, respond to system failures and affect public safety. He has covered more than two dozen tropical storms and hurricanes, investigated police response times, bond decisions and neglected properties, and reported from border communities. Arnold also served as investigative reporter and show producer for The Evidence Room, a long-form docuseries focused on evidence, timelines and procedural gaps. He reports through records, interviews, field coverage and sustained investigations that translate technical and legal details into clear explanations. His work has prompted changes in law and policy and earned more than three dozen awards, including Emmys. He signed off after 26 years at KPRC 2 and a 31-year journalism career.

Rong-Gong Lin II reports for the Los Angeles Times on California’s natural hazards, public health and extreme weather. His work stands out for showing how climate science and health data affect daily life. He covers El Niño, sea-level rise, coastal flooding, beach erosion, heat waves, humidity, marine heat waves, Kelvin waves, wildfires, earthquakes, COVID-19, industrial pollution and environmental justice. He explains complex risks through clear, scenario-driven stories with scientific experts, forecasts, maps, models, health metrics and concrete timelines. He quantifies damage and reconstructs disasters using radio traffic and official records. His reporting has examined how rising seas and seawalls could reshape California’s coast, how heat and weather extremes fuel fires, and how hazards affect communities near industrial sites. He has reported for the Los Angeles Times since 2004.

Ruben Vives is a general assignment reporter and longtime staff writer at the Los Angeles Times. His reporting focuses on how environmental emergencies, violence, policy and power struggles affect everyday life and the communities closest to them. He covers breaking news and deeper stories about crime, politics, infrastructure, public safety, protests, civic conflict, Latino and immigrant communities, and institutional accountability. He reports through on-the-street voices, eyewitness accounts, video, archival material and clear explanations of physical impacts. Earlier, he helped uncover financial corruption in the city of Bell, leading to criminal charges against eight city officials and earning a Pulitzer Prize for public service and other major awards. That investigative work still shapes his scrutiny of official failures and his habit of following stories beyond the initial event.

Ryan Kennedy stands out for linking solar and storage growth to grid performance, project economics, and reliability. He is a senior editor at pv magazine USA covering solar power, energy storage, the changing electric grid, and power demand from data centers and AI infrastructure. His beat includes utility-scale buildout, behind-the-meter projects, microgrids, commercial and industrial systems, markets and policy, and project performance. He uses federal and industry data to explain capacity growth, solar irradiance, climate variability, financing risk, and grid resilience. He also tracks project deals, construction, commissioning, and new technology. His reporting connects hardware and project design to operational and financial results. He draws on experience in residential solar installation and inverter manufacturing. He moderates pv magazine USA Week and produces project roundups on solar, storage, microgrids, community solar, and technology.

Ryan Phillips connects large-scale climate patterns to concrete South Florida impacts. He is an evening meteorologist for NBC 6 and has forecast Florida weather for more than two decades, joining the station’s weather team in 2005. His coverage focuses on rainfall, drought, flooding, water balance, hurricane season and tropical systems. He explains how El Niño, ocean temperatures and atmospheric conditions shape storm risk, precipitation and seasonal weather. He has covered hurricanes Matthew, Irma, Dorian, Eta, Ian and Nicole, along with Hurricane Beryl and other tropical systems. His reporting also examines wildfire smoke, drought relief and precipitation extremes. With a background in geography and meteorology, he reports through broadcasts, streaming video and digital articles. He uses graphics, radar and live updates to explain timing, intensity, uncertainty and practical impacts in plain language.

Ryan Truchelut is a specialist hurricane forecaster who turns probabilities, climate patterns and model guidance into clear risk assessments. He is chief meteorologist at WeatherTiger and writes columns for the Tallahassee Democrat and the USA TODAY Network in Florida. He has more than two decades of professional hurricane forecasting and research experience. His beat is Florida’s hurricane season, tropical storms, landfall threats, seasonal outlooks, El Niño, flash flooding, storm surge and unusual local weather. He also covers the agricultural and economic effects of weather forecasts. His past publications include the Washington Post and USA Today. Truchelut tracks storms from disturbance to landfall and explains how forecast changes affect residents, businesses and coastal communities. He uses explicit odds, historical comparisons and scenario ranges. His writing is technical but conversational, with practical guidance on evacuation, flooding and preparation.

Sam Brasch stands out for linking climate science and policy to vivid scenes and personal voices. He covers climate and the environment for Colorado Public Radio, reporting on wildfires, storms, snowpack, water supplies, energy systems and environmental justice. His work tracks how warming temperatures, regulation and local decisions affect utilities, businesses, consumers and communities. He has covered coal plant closures, electric vehicle tax credits, electric cooking, climate career programs, urban bison and Indigenous harvest traditions. Earlier, he worked for Modern Farmer Magazine and held a news fellowship at Colorado Public Radio, where he built data projects and reported on the coal industry. He reports through daily news hits and longer features, often using field tape, interviews and explanatory narration in audio stories with digital companions.

Sarah Kuta is a Smart News writer and daily correspondent for Smithsonian Magazine who explains environmental science, climate extremes and material science through concise, accessible stories. She also covers museums, exhibitions, archaeology, historical memory, animals and online culture. Her reporting connects new research, artifacts and curatorial choices to practical or broader historical meaning, from polar temperature records and low-carbon concrete to exhibitions about Emmett Till, a Revolutionary War-era gunboat and underwater shipwrecks. She favors clear summaries of studies, expert commentary, archival research, court records and interviews. Beyond Smithsonian, she writes crime history and missing-persons features, along with service journalism on communication and leadership. Her freelance work has appeared in National Geographic, Condé Nast Traveler, AFAR, Travel + Leisure, NBC News, Food & Wine, Robb Report, Lonely Planet, the Denver Post, 5280 Magazine and the Toronto Star.

Sean Breslin is a managing editor for the digital editorial team at The Weather Channel, known for tracking extreme weather impacts on daily life, infrastructure and routine decisions. He has worked in digital weather coverage since 2009 and has been part of the outlet’s operation since 2011. He leads live blogs on major storms such as Winter Storm Hernando, stitching together regional reports into clear timelines that follow changing forecasts, warnings and ground impacts. His hurricane and severe storm coverage focuses on measured data like wind speeds, power outages, fatalities and emergency responses in places such as Hawaii, Chicago and Cincinnati. He extends this environment beat to heat, pet safety and seasonal travel, explaining tools like a dog-walking heat scale and covering events disrupted by dangerous temperatures. His reporting stays factual and practical, translating complex risk into simple choices about safety, preparedness and resilience.

Seth Borenstein is a national science writer at The Associated Press who explains what climate findings mean for people, infrastructure and policy. He covers climate change, extreme weather, disasters and the physics behind them, including hurricanes, heat waves, droughts, wildfires, floods and marine heat waves. He also reports on Earth’s environmental health, biodiversity loss, pollution, the Anthropocene and deep questions about planetary history. His work connects global research with measurable effects, such as rainfall totals, burn times, flood exposure, public-health risks, energy use and water demand. He has a distinct focus on artificial intelligence, data centers, energy systems and their climate footprint. He has covered science and the environment for decades, including hurricanes, space and space shuttle accidents. He was part of a Pulitzer Prize finalist team for reporting on the Columbia disaster and has received major awards for environment reporting.

Shelby Slaughter is a reporter and fill-in anchor at KATU News who focuses on practical, service-driven coverage of environmental stress, public safety and local policy. She reports on how city and county decisions about extreme heat, hazardous incidents, homelessness and park safety affect day-to-day life, with clear guidance on what residents can do right now. Her work includes coverage of extreme heat and the Cooling Portland program, park exclusion rules under the Safe Parks Ordinance, the new Bridge Shelter and nearby camping bans, and hazmat incidents that trigger evacuations. She explains eligibility, deadlines, contact points and geographic boundaries in simple terms. Before joining KATU News in January 2024, she reported in Tucson, Arizona and Ottumwa, Iowa and worked as a multimedia and entertainment reporter.

Susanne Rust investigates how environmental policy, industry power and scientific evidence collide, especially around plastics, chemicals and climate impacts. She is an investigative reporter at the Los Angeles Times specializing in environmental issues, following the chain from corporate lobbying and legislation to ecological damage and human health. Her most distinctive work tracks single-use plastics, recycling policy and efforts to weaken those laws, including leaked industry emails, secretive campaigns against landmark plastics statutes, and legal accountability cases involving Exxon Mobil and plastic recycling. She reports on climate change in specific places, from El Niño-damaged coastal infrastructure and deep-sea mining to nuclear legacy and rising seas in the Marshall Islands and ecosystem shifts killing whales. Her coverage of environmental health and regulation spans microplastics and cardiovascular disease, bird flu in pets, pesticide-laced marijuana, chemical exposures and medical conflicts of interest, built on a long career in science and environmental investigative reporting with major awards and fellowships.

Thomas Frank covers the politics and money behind climate impacts and disasters for E&E News. He oversees the outlet’s climate finance team and also works as an editor and reporter. He focuses on carbon markets, property insurance, disaster aid and financial regulation. His reporting follows FEMA, Congress, governors and federal agencies as they shape disaster response, climate risk and infrastructure decisions. He writes about investigations into FEMA leadership, shutdowns, staffing shortages, federal assistance denials, infrastructure fights, water rights, the Delta tunnel, high-speed rail, trade and commodity decisions, mining investment, and climate threats to critical infrastructure like data centers. His work treats disasters and climate change as contests over power, equity, rules and financial risk.

Tracy Loew is an investigative reporter at the Statesman Journal whose distinctive beat connects environmental risk, public institutions, and everyday consequences. She covers wildfires, smoke, air quality, pollution, solid waste, industrial oversight, environmental policy, elections, education, and school safety. Her work has included wildfire updates, extended air quality advisories, an incinerator shutdown, agricultural pollution, landfill appeals, environmental grants, land-management legislation, election contests, clean-energy fact checks, and a teacher arrest case. She has reported for the Statesman Journal for more than two decades. Loew moves between breaking news, enterprise reporting, and fact checks. She explains regulatory proposals, enforcement actions, agency decisions, and technical policy details while showing their effects on residents, schools, and communities. Her clear, direct reporting follows stories beyond the initial incident and focuses on accountability, risk, and practical information.

Tracy Mumford uses daily audio news to surface the environmental stakes behind major stories, anchoring The Headlines from The New York Times with a consistent focus on climate risk, infrastructure and public safety. She covers the intersection of environment, politics and technology, pairing urgent climate episodes with legislative, security and economic developments. Her reporting explains how large systems translate into concrete hazards for people, often through climate extremes colliding with housing and social policy. She highlights less visible pollution tied to data centers, power plants and toxic wastewater, following the chain from industrial decisions to regulatory gaps and community impact. She treats technology and surveillance through the lens of public risk, civil liberties and oversight, and places environmental and infrastructure stories alongside conflict and global politics. She also contributes to culture and books coverage, bringing narrative audio craft, clear timelines and plain language to complex material.

Tracy Tullis is an environment reporter for Newsday who connects climate change, pollution and land management with daily life. She covers coastal resilience, sea level rise, erosion, wetlands, clean water, aquifer stress, contamination, dams, wildlife and habitat conservation. Her reporting examines managed retreat, restoration, wildfire risk, prescribed burns, endangered species and how animals adapt to human spaces. She has also covered animal welfare, education and criminal justice. Her work has appeared in stories on the Grumman contamination plume, Long Island’s aquifer, eroding coasts, coastal wetlands, river otters, wild turkeys and hurricanes Helene and Milton. She uses specific locations, technical details, concrete numbers and expert and resident voices to explain environmental change. Her formats range from explanatory features to forward-looking stories and clear takeaways on complex events.

Uwa Ede-Osifo is a breaking-news reporter for the Guardian US who covers public safety, extreme events and everyday life, especially across the western US. Her beat includes heatwaves, flash floods, earthquakes, natural hazards, fires, outbreaks, maritime incidents, shootings, crime, courts, elections, military mental health, politics, science and public life. Notable coverage includes norovirus on cruise ships, a Grand Canyon flood recovery, a fertility-treatment embryo error, alleged voter-registration fraud, a Minneapolis apartment shooting, Lil Durk’s acquittal and a campaign-style rally by Donald Trump. She reports in a straightforward style, keeping detail close to the event and foregrounding human impact. Her stories establish clear timelines, use official statements and records, and connect incidents to preparedness, infrastructure, safety, oversight and institutional accountability.

Zahra Hirji is a climate solutions reporter at Bloomberg News and Bloomberg Green. She covers how climate change, environmental policy and industry decisions affect health, infrastructure, workers, communities and household choices. Her reporting focuses on extreme heat, climate disasters, public health, power-plant emissions, climate regulation, toxic chemicals, PFAS in consumer products, cleaner energy, climate technologies, financing and local resilience programs. Previously, she was a senior science reporter at BuzzFeed News and a staff writer at Inside Climate News, covering natural gas drilling, fossil fuel divestment, renewable energy policy and climate science. Her work has also appeared in Brown Alumni Magazine, Wired’s Eruptions blog, Discovery News and EARTH magazine. She combines explanatory reporting, feature writing, investigations and broadcast segments, using data, documents and field reporting to connect science and policy with lived experience.

Zeke Hausfather is a climate scientist and writer at the Climate Brink who combines original temperature and model analysis with clear explanations of uncertainty, attribution and mitigation. He studies how fast the planet is warming, how well models capture that history, and what it means for risk and solutions. His beat includes global temperature records, model performance, El Niño, extreme rainfall, event attribution, near-term climate risk, emissions pathways, carbon removal and net zero. He helps produce a major global land–ocean temperature record and builds tools such as an interactive temperature dashboard. He also leads climate research for Frontier at Stripe and writes for Carbon Brief. His past work includes New York Times opinion writing, peer-reviewed research and contributions to major climate assessments. He reports as a working researcher, showing datasets, models, methods and uncertainty in accessible explainers.