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Avril Silva is an award-winning journalist and an Outrider fellow at Inside Climate News. She has experience covering environmental and public health policy and is interested in pursuing investigative political journalism. She is currently pursuing a master’s at NYU’s Science, Health, and Environmental Reporting program. You can find more of her work on the New York Times, CBS News, POLITICO’s E&E News, and more.

Firefighters are barely visible as smoke from the Bain Fire fills the air on May 19 in Jurupa Valley, Calif. Credit: Gina Ferazzia/Los Angeles Times via Getty Images

Wildfires Are Reversing Years of US Air Quality Gains, Study Finds

By Avril Silva

Oil rigs on the shores of Venezuela’s Lake Maracaibo in Cabimas. Credit: Maryorin Mendez/AFP via Getty Images

In Venezuela, Anxiety About Ramping Up Oil Production in the Heavily Polluted Lake Maracaibo Region

By Avril Silva

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