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Liza Gross

Liza Gross

Reporter, West Coast, National Environmental Reporting Network

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 Water Regulators Still Haven’t Considered the Growing Body of Research on the Risks of Oil Field Wastewater

By Liza Gross

A pregnant woman receives an exam from her doctor. Biomonitoring studies have measured at least 43 chemicals from diverse classes of chemical compounds in 99-100% of pregnant women in the United States. Credit: Jason Connolly/AFP via Getty Images

Fossil Fuels Aren’t Just Harming the Planet. They’re Making Us Sick

By Liza Gross, Victoria St. Martin

California Regulators Banned Fracking Wastewater for Irrigation, but Allow Wastewater From Oil Drilling. Scientists Say There’s Little Difference

By Liza Gross

Crew works on seepage of more than 900,000 gallons of oil and brine water oil from an abandoned well in Chevron Corps Cymric Oil Field that has transformed a dry creek bed into a black lagoon July 24, 2019 near McKittrick, California. Credit: Irfan Khan/Los Angeles Times via Getty Images

What Does Climate Justice in California Look Like?

By Liza Gross

Oil pumps and drilling equipment in an oil field in Kern County, where the majority of California's oil and gas production is centered. Credit: Brian van der Brug/Los Angeles Times via Getty Images

California’s Climate Reputation Tarnished by Inaction and Oil Money

By Liza Gross

Firefighters try to keep flames from burning home from spreading to a neighboring apartment complex as they battle the Camp Fire on November 9, 2018 in Paradise, California. Credit: Justin Sullivan/Getty Images

Shining a Light on Suicide Risk for Wildland Firefighters

By Liza Gross

Kern County farmers use oil field wastewater to grow water-intensive crops like oranges in one of California's driest agricultural regions. Credit: Liza Gross

Why Did California Regulators Choose a Firm with Ties to Chevron to Study Irrigating Crops with Oil Wastewater?

By Liza Gross

A California Water Board Assures the Public that Oil Wastewater Is Safe for Irrigation, But Experts Say the Evidence Is Scant 

By Liza Gross

A worker on a farm wears a Tyvek chemical protective suit as he sprays a field with a herbicide after the broccoli harvest. Credit: Andrew Holbrooke/Corbis via Getty Images

‘Reduced Risk’ Pesticides Are Widespread in California Streams

By Liza Gross

Hogs are raised on an Iowa farm on July 25, 2018. Credit: Scott Olson/Getty Images

Groups Urge the EPA to Do Its Duty: Regulate Factory Farm Emissions

By Liza Gross

Fracking fluid and other drilling wastes are dumped into an unlined pit located right up against the Petroleum Highway in Kern County, California. Credit: Sarah Craig/Faces of Fracking

Unchecked Oil and Gas Wastewater Threatens California Groundwater

By Liza Gross

Nick Edsall, orchard manager for Bullseye Farms, describes the benefits of cover crops and soil health during a farm tour for World Soil Day 2019. Credit: Becca Lucas

Q&A: Sustainable Farming Expert Weighs in on California’s Historic Investments in ‘Climate Smart’ Agriculture

By Liza Gross

A farmworker carries a box of broccoli in a field on Jan. 22, 2021 in Calexico, California. Credit: Sandy Huffaker/Getty Images

Fires Fuel New Risks to California Farmworkers

By Liza Gross

President Joe Biden speaks during a conference call on climate change with the Major Economies Forum on Energy and Climate on Sept. 17, 2021 in Washington, D.C. Credit: Al Drago/Getty Images

Biden Administration Unveils Plan to Protect Workers and Communities from Extreme Heat

By Liza Gross

Farmworkers harvest cucumbers at Full Belly Farm in Guinda, California. Credit: Liza Gross

Farming Without a Net

By Liza Gross

The Glass Fire burns near the Jericho Canyon Vineyard and Winery about a mile out of downtown Calistoga, California, on Wednesday, Sept. 30, 2020. Credit: Jane Tyska/Digital First Media/East Bay Times via Getty Images

Wildfire Smoke: An Emerging Threat to West Coast Wines

By Liza Gross

Can California Reduce Dairy Methane Emissions Equitably?

By Liza Gross

Water birds fly over the Sacrameno-San Joaquin River Delta, which boasts a diversity of flora and fauna that thrive in wetlands about the size of Orange County. Credit: Luis Sinco/Los Angeles Times via Getty Images

A Delta in Distress

By Liza Gross

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