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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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An installer places a solar panel system on the roof of a home on Jan. 23, 2018 in Palmetto Bay, Florida. Credit: Joe Raedle/Getty Images

In Florida, DeSantis May End the Battle Over Rooftop Solar With a Pen Stroke

By Aman Azhar

Redbreast sunfish are seein in Florida. Credit: Reinhard Dirscherl/ullstein bild via Getty Images

Fish on Valium: A Multitude of Prescription Drugs Are Contaminating Florida’s Waterways and Marine Life

By Aman Azhar

A concentrated animal feeding operation in North Carolina. Credit: 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

Thousands of dead fish float in the Boca Ciega Bay located near the mouth of Madeira Beach on July 21, 2021 in Madeira Beach, Florida. Credit: Octavio Jones/Getty Images

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

Outside Orlando, Florida, the 6 megawatt Stanton Solar Farm. Archer, where the Archer Solar Project was proposed, is 110 miles northwest of Orlando. Credit: Paul Hennessy/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images

An African American Community in Florida Blocked Two Proposed Solar Farms. Then the Florida Legislature Stepped In.

By Aman Azhar

A flooded poultry farm stands in this aerial photograph taken above Chinquapin, North Carolina on Friday, Sept. 21, 2018 after Hurricane Florence. Credit: Alex Wroblewski/Bloomberg via Getty Images

Pollution from N.C.’s Commercial Poultry Farms Disproportionately Harms Communities of Color

By Aman Azhar

Pigs stand in a pen at a farm in Ayden, North Carolina on Wednesday, Sept. 12, 2018. Credit: Callaghan O'Hare/Bloomberg via Getty Images

Civil Rights Groups in North Carolina Say ‘Biogas’ From Hog Waste Will Harm Communities of Color

By Aman Azhar

A damaged hog farm stands in this aerial photograph taken above Cypress Creek, North Carolina, U.S., on Friday, Sept. 21, 2018 in the wake of Hurricane Florence. Credit: Alex Wroblewski/Bloomberg via Getty Images

North Carolina’s New Farm Bill Speeds the Way for Smithfield’s Massive Biogas Plan for Hog Farms

By Aman Azhar

Cars are lined up in traffic on Airline Drive after a food distribution site at Reyes Produce opened on April 13, 2020 in Houston, Texas. Credit: Mark Felix / AFP via Getty Images

Why Is Texas Allocating Funds For Reducing Air Emissions to Widening Highways?

By Aman Azhar

Houston's skyline, as seen from a railroad yard on the city's perimeter. Credit: Loren Elliott/ AFP via Getty Images.

Houston’s Mayor Asks EPA to Probe Contaminants at Rail Site Associated With Nearby Cancer Clusters

By Aman Azhar

A bridge support pile for the Corpus Christi Harbor Bridge beside Interstate 37 in Corpus Christi, Texas, on Friday, April 2, 2021. Credit: Eddie Seal/Bloomberg via Getty Images

In Corpus Christi’s Hillcrest Neighborhood, Black Residents Feel Like They Are Living in a ‘Sacrifice Zone’

By Aman Azhar

A Citgo oil refinery stands in Corpus Christi, Texas, on Thursday, Jan. 7, 2016. Credit: Eddie Seal/Bloomberg via Getty Images

13 Refineries Emit Dangerous Benzene Emissions That Exceed the EPA’s ‘Action Level,’ a Study Finds

By Aman Azhar

Birds nest on an island in Lavaca Bay, close to Dredge Island and its mercury contamination. Credit: Spike Johnson

‘Suezmax’ Oil Tankers Could Soon Be Plying the Poisoned Waters of Texas’ Lavaca Bay

By Aman Azhar

With the downtown skyline in the background cars jam the northbound lanes of I-45 in Houston, Texas. Credit: Stan Honda/AFP via Getty Images

Expansion of I-45 in Downtown Houston Is on Hold, for Now, in a Traffic-Choked, Divided Region

By Aman Azhar

People walk down a flooded street as they evacuate their homes after the area was inundated with flooding from Hurricane Harvey on August 27, 2017 in Houston, Texas. Credit: Joe Raedle/Getty Images

After Hurricane Harvey, a Heated Debate Over Flood Control Funds in Texas’ Harris County

By Aman Azhar

Ships are docked along refinery facilities at the Houston Ship Channel, part of the Port of Houston, on March 6, 2019 in Houston, Texas. Credit: Loren Elliot/AFP via Getty Images

During February’s Freeze in Texas, Refineries and Petrochemical Plants Released Almost 4 Million Pounds of Extra Pollutants

By Aman Azhar

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