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Judy Fahys

Judy Fahys

Reporter, Mountain West, National Environmental Reporting Network

Judy Fahys has reported on the West for decades from Washington, D.C., and Salt Lake City. After covering the environment, politics and business at the Salt Lake Tribune, she fell in love with audio storytelling as the environment and public lands reporter for NPR Utah/KUER. Previously, she spent an academic year as a Knight Science Journalism fellow at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Her work has appeared in the New York Times, the Washington Post, High Country News and Outside magazine and aired on NPR. She serves on the board of the Society of Environmental Journalists.

Democratic presidential candidate former Vice President Joe Biden speaks at the Chase Center July 14, 2020 in Wilmington, Delaware. Biden delivered remarks on his campaign's 'Build Back Better' clean energy economic plan. Credit: Chip Somodevilla/Getty Im

Biden’s $2 Trillion Climate Plan Promotes Union Jobs, Electric Cars and Carbon-Free Power

By Marianne Lavelle, Dan Gearino, Ilana Cohen, James Bruggers, Judy Fahys

Clay Nelson is using a floodlight to find stunned fish and retrieve them at a sampling site on the main Colorado downstream from the Little Colorado River. Scientific findings are being used to help guide Colorado River operations. Credit: Judy Fahys

Humpback Chub 'Alien Abductions' Help Frame the Future of the Colorado River

By Judy Fahys

Maleta "Queen" Kimmons stands at the North Minneapolis O'Reilly Auto Parts store on Broadway Ave. The store was destroyed during a recent demonstration for George Floyd. Credit: Katie G. Nelson

Across America, Five Communities in Search of Environmental Justice

By David Hasemyer, Ilana Cohen, Judy Fahys, Kristoffer Tigue, Nicholas Kusnetz

Farm fields in southwestern Utah were dry in the weeks leading up to a statewide drought declaration in 2018. Credit: Judy Fahys/InsideClimate News

Drought Fears Take Hold in a Four Corners Region Already Beset by the Coronavirus Pandemic

By Judy Fahys

President Donald Trump tours a Honeywell International Inc. factory producing N95 masks in Phoenix, Arizona. Credit: Brendan Smialowski/AFP via Getty Images

To Mask or Not? The Weighty Symbolism Behind a Simple Choice

By Judy Fahys

Old lodgepole pines in Montana killed by the mountain pine beetle stand beside young, healthy trees in the Beaverhead-Deerlodge National Forest. Credit: Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images

In Montana, Children File Suit to Protect ‘the Last Best Place’

By Judy Fahys

Grand Canyon rafters often make a stop at the confluence of the Little Colorado and Colorado’s rivers. Credit: Judy Fahys/InsideClimate News

New Trump Nuclear Plan Favors Uranium Mining Bordering the Grand Canyon

By Judy Fahys

Fire crews work a wildfire in Sunshine Canyon on March 19, 2017 in Boulder, Colorado. Credit: RJ Sangosti/The Denver Post via Getty Images

For Emergency Personnel, Disaster Planning Must Now Factor in Covid-19

By Judy Fahys

Keith Lawrence, a biologist with the Utah Division of Wildlife who tracks Columbia spotted frogs each spring, reaches for a mass of spotted frog eggs.

In the Mountains and Deserts of Utah, Columbia Spotted Frogs Are Sentinels of Climate Change

By Judy Fahys

The School Strike for Climate a year ago drew hundreds of protesters to the Utah State Capitol, and to locations worldwide. Credit: Judy Fahys/InsideClimate News

In the Face of a Pandemic, Climate Activists Reevaluate Their Tactics

By Judy Fahys

The Cedar Mesa Ruins, were within the Bears Ears National Monument created by President Obama in 2016, but were removed by President Trump in 2017. Now, the Trump administration’s recently finalized guidelines allow drilling, mining and development on 2 m

Drilling, Mining Boom Possible But Unlikely Under Trump’s Final Plan for Southern Utah Lands

By Judy Fahys

Smog trapped in the Salt Lake valley by a temperature inversion. Credit: George Frey/Getty Images

Has Conservative Utah Turned a Corner on Climate Change?

By Judy Fahys

Rocky Mountain National Park. Credit: Allie Petersen/National Park Service

Journalists: Apply Now for the InsideClimate News Mountain West Environmental Reporting Workshop

By Judy Fahys

William Perry Pendley, who has been leading the Bureau of Land Management since July, testifies before a House committee. Credit: Congress

Controversial BLM Chief's Tenure Extended Again, Despite Protests

By Judy Fahys

The ski industry is working to turn winter sports enthusiasts into climate supporters. Credit: Michael Ciaglo/Getty Images

Turning Skiers Into Climate Voters with the Advocacy Potential of the NRA

By Judy Fahys

A computer model show oxygen levels at the ocean's surface off Newfoundland, near the mouth of the Gulf of St. Lawrence. Red indicates more oxygen. Credit: Mariona Claret/University of Washington

Celebrating Supercomputers and 40 Years of the World Climate Research Programme

By Judy Fahys

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