Liza Gross
Reporter, California
Liza Gross is a reporter for Inside Climate News based in Northern California. She is the author of The Science Writers’ Investigative Reporting Handbook and a contributor to The Science Writers’ Handbook, both funded by National Association of Science Writers’ Peggy Girshman Idea Grants. She has long covered science, conservation, agriculture, public and environmental health and justice with a focus on the misuse of science for private gain. Prior to joining ICN, she worked as a part-time magazine editor for the open-access journal PLOS Biology, a reporter for the Food & Environment Reporting Network and produced freelance stories for numerous national outlets, including The New York Times, The Washington Post, Discover and Mother Jones. Her work has won awards from the Association of Health Care Journalists, American Society of Journalists and Authors, Society of Professional Journalists NorCal and Association of Food Journalists.
California Is Finally Updating Its Methane Landfill Rule
By Liza Gross
As Seas Rise, So Do the Risks From Toxic Sites
By Liza Gross
Will COP30 Finally Prioritize Indigenous Voices?
By Liza Gross
Close Friend of JD Vance Skirts Normal Channels to Take Over NIH Environmental Health Institute
By Liza Gross
EPA’s ‘Comeback’ a Sham Fueled by Trump’s Authoritarian Power Grab, Critics Charge
By Liza Gross
California Sanctions Stark Disparities in Pesticide Exposure During Pregnancy
By Liza Gross
Pesticides in Your Produce? Probably.
By Liza Gross
Toxic Plumes from Aliso Canyon Gas Blowout Harmed Babies, Study Shows
By Liza Gross
California Teen Starts an Online Journal on the Power of Economics to Confront Climate Change
By Liza Gross
RFK Jr. Is Making America Safe for Debilitating ‘Neglected’ Tropical Diseases
By Liza Gross
‘Clean’ Oil and Chemical Soup
ICN Sunday Morning
California Updates Pesticide Alert System
By Liza Gross
New Tool Maps the Health Impacts of Toxic Air Pollutants Released With Methane in Super-Emitter Events
By Liza Gross
The Smoldering, Noxious Waste Dump Next Door
By Liza Gross
From Landfills and Recycling Programs to Desks in Offices, Toxic Chemicals in Plastics Poison Workers
By Liza Gross
Nations Meet in Geneva in a Final Push to End Plastic Pollution
By Liza Gross