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.
Judge Scales Back Climate Scientist’s Case Against Bloggers
By Marianne Lavelle
Requiem for a Pipeline: Keystone XL Transformed the Environmental Movement and Shifted the Debate over Energy and Climate
By Marianne Lavelle
Will Biden Be Forced to Give Up What Some Say is His Best Shot at Tackling Climate Change?
By Marianne Lavelle
In Two Opposite Decisions on Alaska Oil Drilling, Biden Walks a Difficult Path in Search of Bipartisanship
By Marianne Lavelle
With Trump Gone, Old Fault Lines in the Climate Movement Reopen, Complicating Biden’s Path Forward
By Marianne Lavelle
Biden’s Pipeline Dilemma: How to Build a Clean Energy Future While Shoring Up the Present’s Carbon-Intensive Infrastructure
By Marianne Lavelle
Coal Phase-Down Has Lowered, Not Eliminated Health Risks From Building Energy, Study Says
By Marianne Lavelle
A New Book Feeds Climate Doubters, but Scientists Say the Conclusions are Misleading and Out of Date
By Marianne Lavelle
Dissecting ‘Unsettled,’ a Skeptical Physicist’s Book About Climate Science
By Marianne Lavelle
Jobs and Technology Take Center Stage at Friday’s Summit, With Biden Pitching Climate Action as a Boon for the Economy
By James Bruggers, Georgina Gustin, Marianne Lavelle, Nicholas Kusnetz
As Nations Gather for Biden’s Virtual Climate Summit, Ambitious Pledges That Still Fall Short of Paris Goal
By Marianne Lavelle, Georgina Gustin, Nicholas Kusnetz
With an All-Hands-on-Deck International Summit, Biden Signals the US is Ready to Lead the World on Climate
By Marianne Lavelle
Biden’s Climate Credibility May Hinge on Whether He Makes Good on U.S. Financial Commitments to Developing Nations
By Marianne Lavelle
Biden’s Paris Goal: Pressure Builds for a 50 Percent Greenhouse Gas Cut by 2030
By Marianne Lavelle
Dismissing Trump’s EPA Science Advisors, Regan Says the Agency Will Return to a ‘Fair and Transparent Process’
By Marianne Lavelle
Nine Ways Biden’s $2 Trillion Plan Will Tackle Climate Change
By Marianne Lavelle
