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.
Why the Chesapeake Bay’s Beloved Blue Crabs Are at an All-Time Low
By Aman Azhar
From the Middle East to East Baltimore, a Johns Hopkins Professor Works to Make the City More Climate-Resilient
By Aman Azhar
As SpaceX Grows, So Do Complaints From Environmentalists, Indigenous Groups and Brownsville Residents
By Aman Azhar
North Carolina’s Bet on Biomass Energy Is Faltering, With Energy Targets Unmet and Concerns About Environmental Justice
By Aman Azhar
A Biomass Power Plant in Rural North Carolina Reignites Concerns Over Clean Energy and Environmental Justice
By Aman Azhar
In Florida, DeSantis May End the Battle Over Rooftop Solar With a Pen Stroke
By Aman Azhar
Fish on Valium: A Multitude of Prescription Drugs Are Contaminating Florida’s Waterways and Marine Life
By Aman Azhar
EPA to Probe Whether North Carolina’s Permitting of Biogas From Swine Feeding Operations Violates Civil Rights of Nearby Neighborhoods
By Aman Azhar
Florida’s Red Tides Are Getting Worse and May Be Hard to Control Because of Climate Change
By Aman Azhar
Video: Aerial Detectives Dive Deep Into North Carolina’s Hog and Poultry Waste Problem
By Aman Azhar
An African American Community in Florida Blocked Two Proposed Solar Farms. Then the Florida Legislature Stepped In.
By Aman Azhar
Pollution from N.C.’s Commercial Poultry Farms Disproportionately Harms Communities of Color
By Aman Azhar
Civil Rights Groups in North Carolina Say ‘Biogas’ From Hog Waste Will Harm Communities of Color
By Aman Azhar
North Carolina’s New Farm Bill Speeds the Way for Smithfield’s Massive Biogas Plan for Hog Farms
By Aman Azhar
Why Is Texas Allocating Funds For Reducing Air Emissions to Widening Highways?
By Aman Azhar
Houston’s Mayor Asks EPA to Probe Contaminants at Rail Site Associated With Nearby Cancer Clusters
By Aman Azhar