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Elizabeth McGowan

Elizabeth McGowan was the Washington, D.C.-based energy and environment reporter with Crain Communications before she joined InsideClimate News from 2010-2012. She has worked at daily newspapers in Vermont and Wisconsin, including The Journal Times and  The Janesville Gazette. In 2007 she won second place in the Cleveland Press Club Excellence in Journalism contest in the public service/investigative category for two stories about the five-year anniversary of September 11: one on the compromised health of clean-up workers, and another on environmental complications associated with the razing of the Deutsche Bank building at ground zero.

Articles

Timeline: How the Dilbit Disaster Unfolded

Jun 26 , 2012
A quick guide to the 2010 Enbridge oil spill near Marshall, Michigan.

Kalamazoo River Reopens, 23 Months after Spill, But Submerged Oil Remains

Jun 21 , 2012
The river is not yet free of the heavy oil that was spilled—Canadian diluted bitumen, or dilbit. Removing what remains submerged could take years.

'Yes' to Tar Sands, 'No' to Coal: Obama Confounds Climate Community

Apr 2 , 2012
With one eye on the polls and the other on energy goals, Obama appears conflicted and confounded by greenhouse gas emissions.

Plan to Build East Coast Gateway for Canada's Oil Sands Hits Legal Snag

Mar 20 , 2012
Court of Quebec ruling could hinder plans to reverse the flow of a pipeline to carry oil sands from Montreal to Maine, environmentalists say.

EPA Puts Greenhouse Gas Rules for Oil Refineries on Backburner

Mar 8 , 2012
'There are no current rules under development on that issue,' EPA Administrator Lisa Jackson tells Congress.

New Map Shows Location of Nation's Most Toxic Industrial Boilers

Feb 29 , 2012
Most of the biggest polluting industrial boilers are in manufacturing states east of the Mississippi River, but 68 dot the West coast states.

Appeals Court to Hear Arguments over EPA Carbon Rules This Week

Feb 27 , 2012
EPA’s endangerment finding and tailpipe, tailoring and timing rules to face legal challenges in a single case consolidated from dozens of lawsuits.

Dems Urge Hearing to Address Climate Change Skepticism on Capitol Hill

Feb 23 , 2012
Since May 2011, Democrats have made at least seven other requests to GOP leadership for climate hearings. Thus far, none has been granted.