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.
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
In West Virginia, the Senate Race Outcome May Shift Limits of US Climate Ambitions
By James Bruggers, Marianne Lavelle
‘Build Green’ Bill Seeks a Clean Shift in Transportation Spending
By Marianne Lavelle
Exxon Criticized ICN Stories Publicly, But Privately, Didn’t Dispute The Findings
By Marianne Lavelle, Nicholas Kusnetz
Nixon Advisers’ Climate Research Plan: Another Lost Chance on the Road to Crisis
By Marianne Lavelle
Power Plant Pollution Targeted in Sweeping Actions by Biden Administration
By Marianne Lavelle
Biden Administration Pressed to Act on Federal Contractor Climate Disclosure
By Marianne Lavelle
