Drilled Local: The Climate Election 2020
Among the many stories I worked on as senior editor for Drilled News from January 2020 to February 2021, I conceived, assigned, edited, and photo-edited Drilled Local: The Climate Election, a series of stories on candidates around the country running on climate and environmental justice platforms, as well as local communities fighting environmental racism:
“As Border Wall Advances Across Sacred Lands, Native Activists Meet It with Prayer and Protest,” by James Stout, Dec. 28, 2020
“A Black ‘Cancer Alley’ Community Makes Gains Against Massive Plastics Plant,” by Sarah Durn, Dec. 17, 2020
“Alaska’s Climate Candidate for Senate Won’t Concede Until Every Vote Is Counted,” by Bailey Berg, Nov. 12, 2020
“A South Bronx Climate Candidate Is Making Her Third Bid for State Assembly,” by Audrey Carlton, Nov. 2, 2020
“Louisiana Ballot Measure Could Slash Oil and Gas Property Taxes,” by Rebecca McCarthy, Oct. 28, 2020
“In Solid Red Tennessee, Senate Candidate Marquita Bradshaw Is Talking Environmental Justice,” by Grant Currin, Oct. 26, 2020
“A New Generation Is Making Climate Change a Local Election Issue,” by Marianne Dhenin, Oct. 21, 2020
“Will Ohio’s Nuclear Energy Bribery Scandal Put Climate on the Ballot?”, by Nancy Averett, Oct. 20, 2020