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Kristoffer Tigue

Reporter, Midwest

Kristoffer Tigue is a staff writer for Inside Climate News, covering climate issues in the Midwest. He previously wrote the twice-weekly newsletter, Today’s Climate, and helped lead ICN’s national coverage on environmental justice. His work has been published in Reuters, Scientific American, Mother Jones, HuffPost and many more. Tigue holds a Master’s degree in journalism from the Missouri School of Journalism.

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The capped site of the former Diamond Alkali factory on the Passaic River in Newark, New Jersey, which is part of one of the largest and most expensive cleanup projects in the EPA's Superfund program. The community surrounding the toxic site is primarily lower-income Black and brown residents. Credit: NBC News

Will 2021 Be the Year for Environmental Justice Legislation? States Are Already Leading the Way

By Kristoffer Tigue

A new phone app called "Cranky Uncle" uses a science-denying uncle cartoon character to illustrate different methods of disinformation on science topics like climate change. Credit: Autonomy/John Cook

Warming Trends: The ‘Cranky Uncle’ Game, Good News About Bowheads and Steps to a Speedier Energy Transition

By Kristoffer Tigue, Katelyn Weisbrod, Sabrina Shankman

President-elect Joe Biden delivers remarks about the U.S. economy during a press briefing at the Queen Theater on Nov. 16, 2020 in Wilmington, Delaware. Credit: Joe Raedle/Getty Images

Is Climate-Related Financial Regulation Coming Under Biden? Wall Street Is Betting on It

By Kristoffer Tigue

The San Fransisco Board of Supervisors voted unanimously on Tuesday to ban natural gas in new buildings, meaning that stoves, furnaces and water heaters will no longer burn gas. Credit: Arterra/Universal Images Group via Getty Images

San Francisco Becomes the Latest City to Ban Natural Gas in New Buildings, Citing Climate Effects

By Kristoffer Tigue

Michael Vandenbergh

Q&A: A Law Professor Studies How Business is Making Climate Progress Where Government is Failing

By Kristoffer Tigue

A firefighter stands among the remains of homes burned down in the Rockaway neighborhood of Queens during Hurricane Sandy on October 31, 2012

Covid Killed New York’s Coastal Resilience Bill. People of Color Could Bear Much of the Cost

By Kristoffer Tigue

Extinction Rebellion activists protest on the Bank junction outside the Bank of America

Analysts Worried the Pandemic Would Stifle Climate Action from Banks. It Did the Opposite.

By Kristoffer Tigue

Airplanes. Credit: David McNew/Getty Images

Draft Airline Emission Rules are the Latest Trump Administration Effort to Change its Climate Record

By Kristoffer Tigue, Marianne Lavelle

People wearing masks are seen crowded together on a subway platform at the Fulton Street Subway Station on July 8, 2020 in New York City. Credit: Alexi Rosenfeld/Getty Images

A Plunge in Mass Transit Ridership Deals a Huge Blow to Climate Change Mitigation

By Kristoffer Tigue

Carbon Offsetting and Reduction Scheme for International Aviation, or CORSIA—aims to offset any growth in emissions from international flights after 2020. Credit: Jason O'Halloran/Flickr

Crushed by Covid-19, Airlines Lobby for a Break on Emissions Offsets

By Kristoffer Tigue

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

Andrew Wheeler. Credit: Kevin Dietsch/Pool via Getty Images

Trump’s New Clean Water Act Rules Could Affect Embattled Natural Gas Projects on Both Coasts

By Kristoffer Tigue

Protesters call for a stop to the Williams natural gas pipeline ) during a demonstration in New York City. Credit: Michael Brochstein/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images

New York’s Use of Landmark Climate Law Could Resound in Other States

By Kristoffer Tigue

Youth climate strikers gather at New York City's Foley Square on Sept. 20, 2019, to participate in what's believed to be the largest global climate protest ever organized. Credit: Kristoffer Tigue/InsideClimate News

Could New York’s Youth Finally Convince the State to Divest Its Pension of Fossil Fuels?

By Kristoffer Tigue

A full moon rises over the Valero Refinery. Credit: David Woo/Corbis via Getty Images

Covid-19 and Climate Change Threats Compound in Minority Communities

By Kristoffer Tigue

A truck carries ore excavated from the Mary River iron mine across the frozen landscape of Canada's Baffin Island. Baffinland Iron Mines Corporation wants to more than quadruple the mine's production, starting in 2025. Credit: Baffinland Media Centre

On Baffin Island in the Fragile Canadian Arctic, an Iron Ore Mine Spews Black Carbon

By Kristoffer Tigue

New York Mayor Bill De Blasio hands out reusable bags on Feb. 28, 2020, ahead of a plastic bag ban, The ban was postponed because of the coronavirus pandemic

Polluting Industries Cash-In on COVID, Harming Climate in the Process

By Dan Gearino, Georgina Gustin, James Bruggers, Kristoffer Tigue

New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo delivers his 2020 State of the State address in Albany. Credit: J. Conrad Williams

Cuomo’s New Climate Change Plan is Ambitious but Short on Money

By Kristoffer Tigue

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