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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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A view of Storm King Mountain from the Breakneck Ridge upper overlook, where a 7.5-mile linear park has been proposed near Cold Spring, N.Y. Credit: Lauren Dalban/Inside Climate News

Does a Hudson Valley Village Have a Plan to Tame or Encourage Tourism in Its Parks? It Depends on Who You Ask

By Lauren Dalban

A pipe provides natural gas to an apartment building in Queens, New York City. Credit: Lindsey Nicholson/UCG/Universal Images Group via Getty Images

Windows Open, Heating On: A New York City Winter 

By Lauren Dalban

A worker at NOAA’s National Hurricane Center tracks Hurricane Beryl in Miami on July 1, 2024. Credit: Joe Raedle/Getty Images

Experts Say Attempted Mass Firing of NOAA Workers May be Illegal and Threatens Public Safety

By Bob Berwyn, Lauren Dalban

Electric vehicles connect to an EV charging station in New York City. Credit: Plexi Images/Universal Images Group via Getty Images

EV Charging Buildout in New York Will Proceed Despite Trump’s Lack of Support

By Lauren Dalban

A beautiful golden-red sky is the backdrop against a silhouetted skyline

New York Mayoral Candidates All Strut Their Green Credentials

By Lauren Dalban

The consulting firm WSP was hired to restore Staten Island’s Saw Mill Creek Marsh and monitor it for 5 years. Credit: Courtesy of WSP

A Lifeline for New York’s Threatened Wetlands

By Lauren Dalban

City Council member Selvena Brooks-Powers, a representative for Queens, speaks on the steps of New York City Hall at a rally organized by the Play Fair Coalition last week. Credit Lauren Dalban/Inside Climate News

City Council Members, Park Conservancies and Advocates Demand More Funds for NYC Parks

By Lauren Dalban

Solar panels cover the rooftop of a building in the Bronx, with a view of Manhattan in the distance. Credit: Don Emmert/AFP via Getty Images

Environmental Justice Advocates in New York City Fault Statewide Plan for Renewable Energy Development

By Lauren Dalban

A wind turbine generates electricity at the Block Island Wind Farm off the shores of Rhode Island. Credit: John Moore/Getty Images

Executive Orders on Energy and Climate Have Advocates Across the Nation on Edge

By Dan Gearino, Aman Azhar, Amy Green, Dylan Baddour, Jake Bolster, Keerti Gopal, Kiley Bense, Lauren Dalban, Lisa Sorg, Liza Gross, Marianne Lavelle, Nicholas Kusnetz, Phil McKenna

Cars move through floodwater caused by heavy rains on FDR Drive in Manhattan on Sept. 29, 2023. Credit: Ed Jones/AFP via Getty Images

In Parts of New York City, a Vexing Mix of Stormwater and Sewage Have Made Flooding the ‘New Normal’

By Lauren Dalban

A view of the New Croton Reservoir in New York City. Credit: Fatih Aktas/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images

Invasive Species Spell Trouble for New York’s Beloved Tap Water

By Lauren Dalban

A residential area is seen flooded during a winter storm in Queens, New York on Dec. 23, 2022. Credit: Fatih Aktas/Anadolu via Getty Images

NYC Environmental Justice Activists Feel Ignored by the City and the Army Corps on Climate Projects

By Lauren Dalban

Agata Poniatowski, Billion Oyster Project’s public outreach program manager, points out the different marine organisms on an oyster cage at WNYC Transmitter Park in Brooklyn. Credit: Lauren Dalban/Inside Climate News

For Marine Species Across New York Harbor, the Oyster Is Their World

By Lauren Dalban

A great egret is seen in flight over the grassy marsh of the Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge in New York City. Credit: Tim Farrell/NPS

New York City’s Marshes, Resplendent and Threatened

By Lauren Dalban

A view of the marshes of Udall’s Cove Park and Preserve in Little Neck, Queens. Credit: Lauren Dalban/Inside Climate News

New York’s Marshes Plagued by Sewage Runoff and Lack of Sediment

By Lauren Dalban

A black-crowned night hero is seen in the New Jersey Meadowlands. Credit: Courtesy of Teresa Doss

Attacked on All Sides: Wading Birds Nest in New York’s Harbor Islands

By Lauren Dalban

Van Cortlandt Park Alliance employees and volunteers work to remove water chestnuts from the Bronx park during “water chestnut Wednesday.” Credit: Lauren Dalban/Inside Climate News

New York’s Chronically Underfunded Parks Department Is Losing the Fight Against Invasive Species, Disrepair and Climate Change

By Lauren Dalban

The treatment plant's 'digester eggs' loom large over the main garden at the Kingsland Wildflowers Green Roof in Brooklyn. Credit: Lauren Dalban/Inside Climate News

Keeping Stormwater at Bay: a Brooklyn Green Roof Offers a Look at a Climate Resilient Future

By Lauren Dalban

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