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.
Unchecked Oil and Gas Wastewater Threatens California Groundwater
By Liza Gross
Q&A: Sustainable Farming Expert Weighs in on California’s Historic Investments in ‘Climate Smart’ Agriculture
By Liza Gross
Fires Fuel New Risks to California Farmworkers
By Liza Gross
Biden Administration Unveils Plan to Protect Workers and Communities from Extreme Heat
By Liza Gross
Farming Without a Net
By Liza Gross
Wildfire Smoke: An Emerging Threat to West Coast Wines
By Liza Gross
Can California Reduce Dairy Methane Emissions Equitably?
By Liza Gross
A Delta in Distress
By Liza Gross
For Farmworkers, Heat Too Often Means Needless Death
By Liza Gross
Forests of the Living Dead
By Liza Gross
A Deadly Summer in the Pacific Northwest Augurs More Heat Waves, and More Deaths to Come
By Bob Berwyn, James Bruggers, Liza Gross
How Capturing Floodwaters Can Reduce Flooding and Combat Drought
By Liza Gross
As California’s Drought Worsens, the Biden Administration Cuts Water Supplies and Farmers Struggle to Compensate
By Liza Gross
Fighting Attacks on Inconvenient Science—and Scientists
By Liza Gross
California’s Relentless Droughts Strain Farming Towns
By Liza Gross
In California’s Farm Country, Climate Change Is Likely to Trigger More Pesticide Use, Fouling Waterways
By Liza Gross
