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Marianne Lavelle

Reporter, Washington, D.C.

Marianne Lavelle is a reporter for Inside Climate News. She has covered environment, science, law, and business in Washington, D.C. for more than two decades. She has won the Polk Award, the Investigative Editors and Reporters Award, and numerous other honors. Lavelle spent four years as online energy news editor and writer at National Geographic. She spearheaded a project on climate lobbying for the nonprofit journalism organization, the Center for Public Integrity. She also has worked at U.S. News and World Report magazine and The National Law Journal. While there, she led the award-winning 1992 investigation, “Unequal Protection,” on the disparity in environmental law enforcement against polluters in minority and white communities. Lavelle received her master’s degree from Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism, and is a graduate of Villanova University.

Ranking member Rep. Patrick McHenry, R-N.C., right, greets a fellow representative, on Dec. 13, 2022. McHenry is expected to head the Committee on Financial Services in the next Congress. Credit: Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images

Republicans Are Primed to Take on ‘Woke Capitalism’ in 2023, with Climate Disclosure Rules for Corporations in Their Sights

By Marianne Lavelle

Lawrence Livermore National Laboratories Director Dr. Kim Budil holds a news conference at the Department of Energy headquarters to announce a breakthrough in fusion research on Dec. 13, 2022 in Washington, D.C. Credit: Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images

The Energy Department Hails a Breakthrough in Fusion Energy, Achieving a Net Energy Gain With Livermore’s Vast Laser Array

By Marianne Lavelle

Views of a radically altered natural environment in southern West Virginia due to extensive mountain top removal coal mining and logging. Credit: Andrew Lichtenstein/Corbis via Getty Images

Soaring West Virginia Electricity Prices Trigger Standoff Over the State’s Devotion to Coal Power

By Marianne Lavelle

U.S. Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-Wash.) speaks at a House Republican news conference on energy policy at the U.S. Capitol on March 8, 2022 in Washington, D.C. Credit: Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images

Weak GOP Performance in Midterms Blunts Possible Attacks on Biden Climate Agenda, Observers Say

By Marianne Lavelle

In this photo illustration, a woman holds a smartphone with the 2022 United Nations Climate Change Conference COP27 logo in the background. The 2022 United Nations Climate Change Conference COP27 event will take place Nov. 6 through 18, 2022, in Sharm El-Sheikh, Egypt. Photo Illustration by Rafael Henrique/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images

The US May Have Scored a Climate Victory in Congress, but It Will Be in the Hot Seat With Other Major Emitters at UN Climate Talks

By Marianne Lavelle

Power lines along Ruland Road in Melville, New York on Feb. 13, 2020. Credit: Steve Pfost/Newsday RM via Getty Images

The New US Climate Law Will Reduce Carbon Emissions and Make Electricity Less Expensive, Economists Say

By Marianne Lavelle

Sen. Ron Wyden (D-Oregon) speaks during a rally to highlight the efforts of Congressional Democrats to legislate against climate change outside the U.S. Capitol in October 2021. Credit: Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images.

After 25 Years of Futility, Democrats Finally Jettison Carbon Pricing in Favor of Incentives to Counter Climate Change

By Marianne Lavelle

At least three separate analyses by think tanks and academic institutions agree that the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022 would cut U.S. greenhouse gas emissions some 40 percent by 2030

Deep in the Democrats’ Climate Bill, Analysts See More Wins for Clean Energy Than Gifts for Fossil Fuel Business

By Marianne Lavelle, Dan Gearino, Georgina Gustin, Phil McKenna

Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee Chairman Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.) speaks to reporters before a hearing at the Dirksen Senate Office Building on July 19, 2022 in Washington, DC. Credit: Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images

Senate Democrats Produce a Far-Reaching Climate Bill, But the Price of Compromise with Joe Manchin is Years More Drilling for Oil and Gas

By Marianne Lavelle, Nicholas Kusnetz

President Joe Biden addresses the crowd and gathered media at the closed Brayton Point Power Station in Somerset, Massachusetts, United States on July 20, 2022. Biden spoke about climate change and declared he would use his powers soon to tackle climate change. Credit: Joseph Prezioso/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images

Climate Advocates Hoping Biden Would Declare a Climate Emergency Are Disappointed by the Small Steps He Announced on Wednesday

By Marianne Lavelle

U.S. President Joe Biden delivers brief remarks during the Congressional Picnic on the South Lawn of the White House on July 12, 2022 in Washington, D.C. Credit: Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images

Biden Is Losing His Base on Climate Change, a New Pew Poll Finds. Six in 10 Democrats Don’t Feel He’s Doing Enough

By Marianne Lavelle

The Guardian or Authority of Law, rests on the side of the U.S. Supreme Court on Sept. 28, 2020 in Washington, DC. Credit: Al Drago/Getty Images

The Supreme Court’s EPA Ruling: A Loss of Authority for Federal Agencies or a Lesson for Conservatives in ‘Be Careful What You Wish For’?

By Marianne Lavelle

North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg holds a news conference holds a press conference ahead of the NATO leaders summit held in Spain's capital Madrid, at NATO Headquarters in Brussels, Belgium on June 27, 2022. Credit: NATO/POOL/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images

NATO Moves to Tackle Military Greenhouse Gas Emissions Even While Girding Against Russia

By Marianne Lavelle

Joseph Goffman faces questioning from Senators during his confirmation hearing on Wednesday. Credit: Senate Environment & Public Works Committee

Biden’s Pick for the EPA’s Top Air Pollution Job Finds Himself Caught in the Crossfire

By Marianne Lavelle

A horizontal gas drilling Rig explores the Marcellus Shale outside the town of Waynesburg, Pennsylvania on April 13, 2012. Credit: Mladen Antonov/AFP via Getty Images

In Pennsylvania’s Primary Election, Little Enthusiasm for the Northeast’s Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative

By Marianne Lavelle

People vote at the Meadows Mall on October 20, 2018 in Las Vegas, Nevada. Credit: Ethan Miller/Getty Images

Want to Elect Climate Champions? Here’s How to Tell Who’s Really Serious About Climate Change

By Marianne Lavelle

A view shows nickel sheets at Kola Mining and Metallurgical Company, a unit of Russia's metals and mining company Nornickel, in the town of Monchegorsk in the Murmansk region on February 25, 2021. Credit: Kirill Kudryavtsev/AFP via Getty Images

Russia’s War in Ukraine Reveals a Risk for the EV Future: Price Shocks in Precious Metals

By Marianne Lavelle

Shipping container trucks sit in traffic in Long Beach, California, at the busiest seaport complex in the nation. on November 29, 2012 in Long Beach, California. Credit: David McNew/Getty Images.

Biden Administration Stops Short of Electric Vehicle Mandates for Trucks

By Marianne Lavelle

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