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Lauren Dalban

Reporter, New York City

Lauren Dalban is a New York City-based reporter with a background in local journalism. A former ICN fellow, she now covers environmental issues in all five boroughs. Originally from London, she earned a B.A. in History and English from the University of Virginia, and an M.S. from Columbia Graduate School of Journalism.

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Plastic pellets, known as nurdles, coat the ground at the site of a train derailment near ExxonMobil’s Baytown facility in Texas on Dec. 6, 2024. Credit: Rebekah F. Ward/Houston Chronicle via Getty Images

Communities Around the World Find Plastic Pellets in Their Local Waterways

By Lauren Dalban

A thick haze blankets New York City as smoke from Canadian wildfires impacts air quality on August 5. Credit: Selcuk Acar/Anadolu via Getty Images

‘It’s Never Good!’: A Street-Level Look at New York City’s Air Quality

By Lauren Dalban

New York City Mayor Eric Adams speaks during a press conference at City Hall on June 26. Credit: Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images

With a Mayoral Election Coming Up, This Is Where NYC Stands on Climate Action

By Lauren Dalban

The water chestnut, an aquatic invasive species, covers a large portion of Van Cortlandt Park’s large main pond in the Bronx borough of New York City. Credit: Lauren Dalban/Inside Climate News

Mayor Eric Adams’ Unfulfilled Promise for New York City Parks

By Lauren Dalban

Nuclear Regulatory Commission inspectors visit the Nine Mile Point nuclear power plant expansion site in February in Oswego County, N.Y. Credit: Nuclear Regulatory Commission

Department of Energy Announces the Selection of 11 Projects for New Nuclear Reactor Pilot Program

By Lauren Dalban

A man tries to cool off with fire hydrant water in the Hamilton Heights neighborhood of Manhattan as extreme heat blankets New York City on July 25. Credit: Charly Triballeau/AFP via Getty Images

Broiled by Heat Waves, Residents of the Concrete Jungle Suffer

By Lauren Dalban

Air conditioning units hang out the windows of a housing project during a summer heat wave in the Bronx borough of New York on July 11, 2024. Credit: Angela Weiss/AFP via Getty Images

New York Can’t Meet Its Ambitious Climate Targets. Maybe the Plan Was Doomed From the Start

By Lauren Dalban

Zohran Mamdani, the Democratic nominee for mayor of New York City, speaks to supporters during an election night gathering in Queens. Credit: Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images

Zohran Mamdani Made Addressing Climate Change Central to His Affordability Plan for New York

By Lauren Dalban

The homepage of globalchange.gov as it appeared early on June 30, archived by the Internet Archive’s Wayback Machine.

An Important Archive of Congressionally-Mandated Climate Change Reports Just Went Dark

By Lauren Dalban

The Jamaica Bay-Rockaway Parks Conservancy conducts field work at a pollinator garden in Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge. Credit: Jamaica Bay-Rockaway Parks Conservancy

Helping Bees Find New Homes Across New York City, From Fresh Kills to Street Planters

By Lauren Dalban

NineDot Energy’s battery storage and solar project in the Bronx, New York City. Credit: NineDot Energy

Figuring Out a Battery Storage System to Fit New York’s Wind and Solar Ambitions Has Not Been Easy

By Lauren Dalban

Recycling and garbage bags line the curb in Brooklyn, New York City. Credit: Lauren Dalban/Inside Climate News

New York City Has a Trash Problem. A Packaging Reduction Bill Could Help

By Lauren Dalban

A view of the area where the local nonprofit Rockaway Initiative for Sustainability and Equity is working in Far Rockaway, a neighborhood in Queens, New York City. Credit: Lauren Dalban/Inside Climate News

Rockaway is a New York Coastal Community Trying to Fight Erosion–and Then EPA Cancelled Funding

By Lauren Dalban

Firefighters with the New York City Fire Department investigate a possible natural gas leak at an apartment building in Brooklyn on July 14, 2020. Credit: Robert Nickelsberg/Getty Images

Gas Leaks Can Have Significant Spillover Impacts on Neighboring States, Study Finds

By Lauren Dalban

A person rides their bike past the US Bitcoin facility on Oct. 24, 2022 in Niagara Falls, N.Y. Credit: Geoff Robins/AFP via Getty Images

New York Bitcoin Miners Are Buying Up Power Plants—and Communities Are Fighting Back

By Lauren Dalban

A member of the FEMA Urban Search and Rescue team searches the ruins of a home destroyed by the Eaton Fire on Jan. 11 in Altadena, Calif. Credit: David McNew/Getty Images

Acting Head of FEMA Ousted as Trump Seemingly Moves to Eliminate the Agency

By Lauren Dalban

From left: Cindy Kobei, Aimee Roberson and Whitney Gravelle sit on a panel hosted by the Women’s Earth and Climate Action Network during the United Nations Permanent Forum on April 22 in New York. Credit: Katherine Quaid/WECAN

‘We Are Nature’: Indigenous Women Come Together at the United Nations

By Lauren Dalban

A contruction crew works at the site of a flood defense project on the east side of Manhattan in New York City on Dec. 11, 2021. Credit: Ed Jones/AFP via Getty Images

Pace of Green Job Growth in New York City Is Slow

By Lauren Dalban

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