Drilled Local: The Climate Election 2020

Drilled News — I conceived and produced this series of local 2020 election and environmental racism stories, the inaugural reporting project of Drilled Local.

Climate, Energy, Environment, Indigenous Peoples, RegulationEmily J GertzMarch 3, 2021

Proposed Arctic Railway Would Cut Through Lapland Reindeer Habitat

Arctic Deeply—Indigenous Saami communities are expressing concerns about a proposal to build a railway across northern Norway and Finland, saying that the line would disrupt their reindeer herding traditions.

Indigenous Peoples, Wildlife, ArcticEmily J GertzAugust 3, 2017Arctic Deeply

Gwich’in Gear Up to Fight for Alaska’s Arctic National Wildlife Refuge

Arctic Deeply—By including $1.8 billion in oil and gas revenues from the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge (ANWR) in its 2018 budget, the Trump administration has set out to dismantle former president Barack Obama’s conservation and climate legacies in the American Arctic.

Climate, Energy, Wildlife, Indigenous Peoples, ArcticEmily J GertzJune 14, 2017Arctic Deeply

A Vast Arctic Marine Wilderness Moves One Step Closer to Protection

TakePart—A 40,000-square-mile marine wilderness will be off limits to oil and gas drilling.

Arctic, Indigenous Peoples, Oceans, WildlifeEmily J GertzJune 10, 2016TakePart

Fatal Thaw: The Sámi Fight to Preserve an Ancient Culture as the Arctic Warms

TakePart — The indigenous Scandinavian people are taking matters into their own hands to save the salmon and reindeer integral to their traditions.

Climate, Science, Arctic, Indigenous Peoples, Wildlife, FoodEmily J GertzNovember 30, 2015TakePart

Inuit fight climate change with human-rights claim against U.S.

Grist—An Inuit group charges the United States—the world's largest greenhouse gas polluter—with violating their right to live and thrive in the cold