Katie Surma
Reporter, Phoenix
Katie Surma is a Roy W. Howard fellow at Inside Climate News focusing on environmental justice. Before joining ICN, she worked at the Chicago Tribune, the Arizona Republic and practiced law, specializing in commercial litigation and international rule of law. Katie has a master’s degree in investigative journalism from Arizona State University’s Walter Cronkite School of Journalism, an LLM from ASU’s Sandra Day O’Connor College of Law, a J.D. from Duquesne University, and was a History of Art and Architecture major at the University of Pittsburgh. Katie lives in Phoenix, Arizona with her husband, Jim Crowell.
The EPA Calls an Old Creosote Works in Pensacola an Uncontrolled Threat to Human Health. Why Is There No Money to Clean it Up?
By Agya K. Aning, Katie Surma, Kristoffer Tigue
As the Climate Crisis Grows, a Movement Gathers to Make ‘Ecocide’ an International Crime Against the Environment
By Nicholas Kusnetz, Katie Surma, Yuliya Talmazan
Lands Grabs and Other Destructive Environmental Practices in Cambodia Test the International Criminal Court
By Katie Surma
Mary Nichols Was the Early Favorite to Run Biden’s EPA, Before She Became a ‘Casualty’
By Katie Surma
‘We Need to Be Bold,’ Biden Says, Taking the First Steps in a Major Shift in Climate Policy
By Marianne Lavelle, Agya K. Aning, Dan Gearino, David Hasemyer, James Bruggers, Katie Surma, Kristoffer Tigue, Phil McKenna
