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Author Archives: Rachel Leven

Rachel Leven joined the Center for Public Integrity's environment and labor team in 2017, where she writes about environment and energy issues. Rachel previously reported for Bloomberg BNA and The Hill newspaper. She has earned distinctions such as being included in the book, "Best American Science and Nature Writing 2018" and awards including from the Society for Professional Journalists. She is a graduate of the University of Maryland, College Park, with a degree in journalism.

Posted inOne Disaster Away

How our data can help you dig into disasters

Avatar photo by Rachel Leven and Joe Yerardi October 28, 2019February 28, 2023

For most of 2019, we’ve been investigating natural disasters, particularly those that science shows are intensified by the planet’s warming. We now have data you can use as a guide to look for impacts. Here’s the backstory: We wanted to know who’s being affected by these extreme weather events. People with fewer resources and less […]

Posted inOne Disaster Away

A disastrous disconnect

by Rachel Leven and Zach Goldstein October 28, 2019January 28, 2022
Posted inEnvironment

Natural disasters are getting worse. People with the least power are most at risk.

by Rachel Leven April 25, 2019January 28, 2022
Posted inBLOWOUT: Inside America's Energy Gamble

Drilling overwhelms agency protecting America’s lands

by Rachel Leven November 13, 2018December 6, 2018
Posted inEnvironment

Blowout: Inside America’s Energy Gamble

Avatar photo by Jamie Smith Hopkins, Jie Jenny Zou, Rachel Leven, Jim Morris and Kiah Collier October 11, 2018January 28, 2022
Posted inBLOWOUT: Inside America's Energy Gamble

As oil and gas exports surge, West Texas becomes the world’s ‘extraction colony’

Avatar photo by Jamie Smith Hopkins, Rachel Leven and Kiah Collier October 11, 2018January 28, 2022
Posted inCarbon Wars, Environment

What Scott Pruitt’s been doing while you weren’t looking

by Rachel Leven and Fatima Bhojani May 15, 2018January 28, 2022
Posted inEnvironment

For the EPA, ‘reform’ means giving industry what it wants

by Rachel Leven February 16, 2018January 28, 2022
Posted inEnvironment

Most of the EPA’s pollution estimates are unreliable. So why is everyone still using them?

by Rachel Leven January 29, 2018January 28, 2022
Posted inEnvironment

A behind-the-scenes look at Scott Pruitt’s dysfunctional EPA

by Rachel Leven November 9, 2017January 28, 2022
Posted inEnvironment

These companies support climate action, so why are they funding opposition to it?

Avatar photo by Rachel Leven and Jamie Smith Hopkins September 19, 2017January 28, 2022
Posted inInequality

Financial reform moves forward, with many loopholes

Avatar photo by Rachel Leven and Maria Zilberman December 10, 2009April 1, 2019

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