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.
Una inundación catastrófica en la costa central de California profundizó la crisis de los ya marginados trabajadores agrícolas indígenas
By Liza Gross
Climate Takes a Back Seat in High-Profile California Primary Campaigns. One Candidate Aims to Change That
By Liza Gross
A medida que aumentan las temperaturas, más trabajadores mueren en el campo
By Liza Gross, Peter Aldhous
California Pesticide Regulators’ Lax Oversight Violates Civil Rights Laws, Coalition Charges
By Liza Gross
California Isn’t Ready for a Megaflood. Or the Loss of Daniel Swain.
By Liza Gross
Converging Climate Risks Interact to Cause More Harm, Hitting Disadvantaged Californians Hardest
By Liza Gross
COP28 Left a Vacuum California Leaders Aim to Fill
By Liza Gross
Groundwater Levels Around the World Are Dropping Quickly, Often at Accelerating Rates
By Liza Gross
More Than 900 Widely Used Chemicals May Increase Breast Cancer Risk
By Liza Gross
Q&A: Anti-Fracking Activist Sandra Steingraber on Scientists’ Moral Obligation to Speak Out
By Liza Gross
Dying in the Fields as Temperatures Soar
By Liza Gross, Peter Aldhous
Will the American Geophysical Union Cut All Ties With the Fossil Fuel Industry?
By Liza Gross
Indigenous Leaders Urge COP28 Negotiators to Focus on Preventing Loss and Damage and Drastically Reducing Emissions
By Liza Gross
Environmental Justice a Key Theme Throughout Biden’s National Climate Assessment
By Kristoffer Tigue, Georgina Gustin, Liza Gross, Victoria St. Martin
Toxic Pesticides Are Sprayed Next to Thousands of US Schools
By Liza Gross
EPA to Fund Studies of Toxic ‘Forever Chemicals’ in Agriculture
By Liza Gross