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Aman Azhar

Aman Azhar

Reporter, Washington, D.C.

Aman Azhar is a Washington, D.C.-based journalist who covers environmental justice for Inside Climate News with focus on Baltimore-Maryland area. He has previously worked as a broadcast journalist and multimedia producer for the BBC World Service, VOA News and other international news organizations, reporting from London, Islamabad, the United Arab Emirates and New York. He holds a graduate degree in Anthropology of Media from University of London’s School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS) and an MA in Political Science from the University of the Punjab, and is the recipient of the Chevening scholarship from the UK government and an academic scholarship for graduate studies from the Australian government.

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EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin speaks during a press event at the agency’s headquarters on Feb. 18. Credit: Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images

EPA Administrator Defends Sweeping Grant Terminations Amid Legal Blowback

By Aman Azhar

Maryland Senate President Bill Ferguson closes out the first meeting as state lawmakers convene for a new session on Jan. 8. Credit: Jonathan Newton/The Washington Post via Getty Images

Maryland Lawmakers Show Support for Bills Favoring Fossil Fuels, Jeopardizing Climate Commitments

By Aman Azhar

The EPA flag flies outside the agency’s headquarters on Feb. 6 in Washington, D.C. Credit: Bill Clark/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images

Former Top EPA Official Warns of Dire Consequences of Planned Purge at the Agency’s Science Office

By Aman Azhar

Congressmembers speak to a crowd during a demonstration in front of the EPA headquarters on Feb. 6 in Washington, D.C. Credit: Al Drago/Getty Images

EPA Freezes, Then Terminates, Multi-Billion Dollar Climate Grants, Scuttling Projects and Triggering Lawsuits

By Aman Azhar

Rollbacks Gut Environmental Justice Gains, Former EPA Official Says

By Aman Azhar

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's logo is displayed on a door at its headquarters on March 16, 2017 in Washington, D.C. Credit: Justin Sullivan/Getty Images

EPA Reinstates Environmental Justice Staff Amid Workforce Turmoil

By Aman Azhar

A home is damaged by a fallen tree after a tornado hit Gaithersburg, Md. in June last year. Credit: Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images

Weathering the Storm: Maryland’s Chief Resilience Officer Reflects on Year One as Climate Threats Increase

By Aman Azhar

PJM Interconnection claims that these power projects are needed to help meet growing energy demand and keep the grid reliable. Credit: Joe Raedle/Getty Images

Federal Regulator’s Approval for Gas Plant ‘Queue-Jumping’ Sparks Outrage

By Aman Azhar

Workers walk past a turbine inside the Calvert Cliffs nuclear power plant in Lusby, Md. Credit: Marvin Joseph/The Washington Post via Getty Images

Maryland Environmental Leaders Slam Legislative Push for Gas-Powered Plants, Split Over Nuclear Energy

By Aman Azhar

EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin recently called grants from the Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund reckless spending. Credit: Rebecca Droke/AFP via Getty Images

Former EPA Officials Blast Effort to Rescind Climate Funds, Calling It a Political ‘Smokescreen’

By Aman Azhar

An electric vehicle charges at a shopping mall parking lot in Torrance, Calif. Credit: Patrick T. Fallon/AFP via Getty Images

Trump Has Thrown a Wrench Into a National EV Charging Program. Can He Make It Disappear?

By Lee Hedgepeth, Aman Azhar, Jake Bolster, Lisa Sorg, Sarah Mattalian

Lawmakers, led by Sen. Ed Markey, hold a press conference in front of the EPA headquarters in Washington, D.C., expressing concern over what they called an unlawful funding freeze and staffing disruptions. Credit: Aman Azhar/Inside Climate News

Lawmakers Demand Accountability From EPA Leaders Amid Funding Freeze, Staffing Disruptions

By Aman Azhar

The entrance to the Environmental Protection Agency headquarters in Washington, D.C. Credit: J. David Ake/Getty Images

‘It’s Worse Every Day’: Environmental Justice Staffers at EPA Face Uncertain Future as Potential Layoffs Loom

By Aman Azhar

Transmission lines connect to a substation in Mount Morris, Pa. Credit: Salwan Georges/The Washington Post via Getty Images

Mid-Atlantic States, PJM Agree to Price Cap for Capacity Auction, Temporarily Easing Energy Affordability Concerns

By Aman Azhar

An aerial view of wind turbines on the spine of Backbone Mountain next to a coal processing plant in Oakland, Md. Credit: Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images

Maryland’s Renewable Energy Program: More Smoke and Mirrors Than Wind and Solar, New Report Alleges

By Aman Azhar

Maryland's climate action plans include reducing transportation-related emissions under the Advanced Clean Fleets program. Credit: Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images

Harsh Realities Confront Maryland and Its Bold Climate Plans

By Aman Azhar

A wind turbine generates electricity at the Block Island Wind Farm off the shores of Rhode Island. Credit: John Moore/Getty Images

Executive Orders on Energy and Climate Have Advocates Across the Nation on Edge

By Dan Gearino, Aman Azhar, Amy Green, Dylan Baddour, Jake Bolster, Keerti Gopal, Kiley Bense, Lauren Dalban, Lisa Sorg, Liza Gross, Marianne Lavelle, Nicholas Kusnetz, Phil McKenna

Speaker of the House Adrienne A. Jones introduces Lieutenant Gov. Aruna Miller and Gov. Wes Moore as Maryland lawmakers convene for a new legislative session on Jan. 8 in Annapolis. Credit: Jonathan Newton/The Washington Post via Getty Images

Maryland’s Climate Goals Under Strain as Budget Gaps and Looming Federal Cuts Threaten Progress

By Aman Azhar

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