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Keerti Gopal

Keerti Gopal

Reporter, Health and Justice

Keerti Gopal covers intersections between climate change, public health and environmental justice at Inside Climate News. Previously, she covered climate activism and movement repression. She is a National Geographic Explorer and has received fellowships from Fulbright, the Solutions Journalism Network, The Lever, and the National Press Foundation.

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Students vote at the University of California, Irvine on Tuesday. Credit: Paul Bersebach/MediaNews Group/Orange County Register via Getty Images

Despite Climate Concerns, Young Voter Turnout Slumped and Its Support Split Between the Parties

By Keerti Gopal

U.S. Capitol Police arrest a climate activist during a protest on Capitol Hill in 2021. Credit: Alex Wong/Getty Images

A Second Trump Presidency Could Threaten Already Shrinking Freedoms for Protest and Dissent

By Keerti Gopal

A large crowd gathers on the National Mall, holding signs and banners advocating for anti-abortion causes, with the U.S. Supreme Court visible in the background.

‘Womb to Tomb’: Can Anti-Abortion Advocates Find Common Ground With the Climate Movement?

By Keerti Gopal

Rodrigue Mugaruka Katembo has been a park ranger in the Democratic Republic of Congo's Virunga National Park for two decades, fighting to protect the park from extractive industries. He is facing legal battles and constant threats of physical danger for his work as an environmental defender. Credit: Moses Sawasawa/CliDef

New Report Condemns Increasing Violence and Legal Retaliation Against Environmental Activists

By Keerti Gopal, Mathilde Augustin

From left: Sandra Silva, Jorge Nawel and Gonzalo Verges deliver a letter to the Securities and Exchange Commission's Manhattan office on Sept. 26. Nawel's Indigenous Mapuche community in Argentina has been heavily impacted by fracking since the early 2010s. Credit: Keerti Gopal/Inside Climate News

Indigenous Group Asks SEC to Scrutinize Fracking Companies Operating in Argentina

By Katie Surma, Keerti Gopal

A group of activists with Climate Defiance take the stage during the New York Times’ Climate Forward event on Wednesday. Credit: Ken Schles/Climate Defiance

Activists Disrupt Occidental Petroleum CEO’s Interview at New York Times Climate Event

By Keerti Gopal, Jake Bolster

Sunrise Movement activists march to the Democratic National Committee’s office to urge Kamala Harris to make bold climate policy central to her campaign on July 29. Credit: Rachael Warriner/Sunrise Movement

Will Young Voters’ Initial Excitement for Harris Build Enough Momentum to Get Them to the Polls?

By Keerti Gopal

Strikers with Fridays for Future marched from Foley Square in Manhattan to Borough Hall in Brooklyn, New York City. Credit: Keerti Gopal/Inside Climate News

New York City Youth Strike Against Fossil Fuels and Greenwashing in Advance of NYC Climate Week

By Keerti Gopal

Activists in Pueblo, Colorado, march during a utility justice action organized by Mothers Out Front and 350 Colorado. Credit: Mothers Out Front

Ratepayers Have Had Enough Of Rising Energy Bills

By Keerti Gopal

Activists from Public Citizen and the Chesapeake Climate Action Network deliver a letter with more than 10 thousand signatures from climate survivors and their allies to the Department of Justice on Thursday in Washington. Credit: Kevin Wolf/AP Content Services for Chesapeake Climate Action Network and Public Citizen

Thousands of Disaster Survivors Urge the Department of Justice to Investigate Fossil Fuel Companies for Climate Crimes

By Keerti Gopal

Since June, the Summer of Heat has organized more than 18 protests against Wall Street for its role in fueling climate change. In recent weeks, law enforcement has responded to some activists with more serious charges. Credit: Keerti Gopal/Inside Climate News

An Activist Will Defy a Restraining Order to Play a Cello Protest at Citibank’s NYC Headquarters Thursday

By Keerti Gopal

Vice President Kamala Harris greets people during a campaign stop on Tuesday in Atlanta, Georgia. Credit: Elijah Nouvelage/AFP via Getty Images

Harris Grabs Green New Deal Network Endorsement That Eluded Biden

By Marianne Lavelle, Keerti Gopal

Sunrise Movement activists rally to protest J.D. Vance’s ties to Big Oil outside his office in Washington on Monday. Credit: Adah Crandall

‘Vance Profits, We Pay The Price’: Sunrise Movement Protests J.D. Vance Over Billionaire Influence and Calls on Kamala Harris to Take Climate Action

By Keerti Gopal

Climate activists blockaded the doors to Citigroup's headquarters in New York City on Friday morning. Credit: Keerti Gopal/Inside Climate News

Climate Activists Blockade Citigroup’s Doors with Model Pipeline and Protest Bank’s Ties to Israel

By Keerti Gopal

U.S. Capitol Police officers were prepared for the protesters' arrival and mobilized quickly to arrest activists who entered the field. Credit: Keerti Gopal/Inside Climate News

Climate Protesters Take to the Field at the Congressional Baseball Game

By Keerti Gopal

UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres delivers a special address on climate action at the American Museum of Natural History in New York City on Wednesday, World Environment Day. Credit: Charly Triballeau/AFP via Getty Images

UN Secretary-General Calls for Ban on Fossil Fuel Advertising, Says Next 18 Months Are Critical for Climate Action

By Keerti Gopal

Wolfgang Metzeler-Kick has lost more than 61 pounds during a hunger strike that has continued for nearly three months in Berlin, Germany. Credit: Stefan Müller/PIC ONE

A German Climate Activist Won’t End His Hunger Strike, Even With the Risk of Death Looming

By Keerti Gopal

Sister Susan Francois is part of a group of nuns from New Jersey who have filed a shareholder resolution with Citibank for the past three years, on Indigenous rights and fossil fuel funding. Credit: Keerti Gopal/Inside Climate News

Investor Nuns’ Shareholder Resolutions Aim to Stop Wall Street Financing of Fossil Fuel Development on Indigenous Lands

By Keerti Gopal

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