Marianne Lavelle
Bureau Chief, Washington, D.C.
Marianne Lavelle is the Washington, D.C. bureau chief 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.
Lee Zeldin, Trump’s EPA Pick, Brings a Moderate Face to a Radical Game Plan
By Marianne Lavelle
Trump’s Win Casts Shadow over US Climate Progress, Global Leadership
By Marianne Lavelle
Climate Change Has Dangerously Supercharged Fires, Hurricanes, Floods and Heat Waves. Why Didn’t It Come Up More in the Presidential Campaign?
By Kiley Bense, Georgina Gustin, Liza Gross, Marianne Lavelle, Phil McKenna
Health Risks Due to Climate Change Are Rising Dangerously, Lancet Report Concludes
By Marianne Lavelle
Competing Visions for U.S. Auto Industry Clash in Presidential Election, With the EV Future Pressing at the Border
By Marianne Lavelle, Dan Gearino
In Competitive Purple Districts, GOP House Members Paint Themselves Green
By Marianne Lavelle, Liza Gross
Low Boom, High Pollution? NASA Readies for Supersonic Test Flight
By Marianne Lavelle, Kiley Bense
10 Tough Climate Questions for the Presidential Debate
By Marianne Lavelle, Kiley Bense, Liza Gross
Harris Stirs Hope for a New Chapter in Climate Action
By Marianne Lavelle
Harris Grabs Green New Deal Network Endorsement That Eluded Biden
By Marianne Lavelle, Keerti Gopal
New Federal Grants Could Slash U.S. Climate Emissions by Nearly 1 Billion Metric Tons Through 2050
By Kristoffer Tigue, Marianne Lavelle
Electric Vehicles Strain the Automaker-Big Oil Alliance
By Marianne Lavelle
Plastics Pollution Has Become a ‘Crisis,’ Biden Administration Acknowledges
By Marianne Lavelle
Trump’s Environmental Impact Endures, at Home and Around the World
By Marianne Lavelle
First Heat Protection Standards for Workers Proposed by Biden Administration
By Marianne Lavelle
Supreme Court Overturns Chevron Doctrine: What it Means for Climate Change Policy
By Marianne Lavelle
