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.
Most Federal Forest is Mature and Old Growth. Now the Question Is Whether to Protect It
By Marianne Lavelle
Washington’s Biggest Clean Energy Lobbying Group Pushes Natural Gas-Friendly Policy
By Marianne Lavelle
New US Car and Truck Emissions Standards Will Make or Break Biden’s Climate Legacy
By Marianne Lavelle
Logging Plan on Yellowstone’s Border Shows Limits of Biden Greenhouse Gas Policy
By Marianne Lavelle
Kentucky Residents Angered by US Forest Service Logging Plan That Targets Mature Trees
By Marianne Lavelle
Republicans Are Primed to Take on ‘Woke Capitalism’ in 2023, with Climate Disclosure Rules for Corporations in Their Sights
By Marianne Lavelle
The Energy Department Hails a Breakthrough in Fusion Energy, Achieving a Net Energy Gain With Livermore’s Vast Laser Array
By Marianne Lavelle
Manchin’s Permitting Reform Could Lead to More Oil Spills Like Keystone’s, Safety Experts Warn
By Kristoffer Tigue, Marianne Lavelle
Soaring West Virginia Electricity Prices Trigger Standoff Over the State’s Devotion to Coal Power
By Marianne Lavelle
Weak GOP Performance in Midterms Blunts Possible Attacks on Biden Climate Agenda, Observers Say
By Marianne Lavelle
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
The New US Climate Law Will Reduce Carbon Emissions and Make Electricity Less Expensive, Economists Say
By Marianne Lavelle
After 25 Years of Futility, Democrats Finally Jettison Carbon Pricing in Favor of Incentives to Counter Climate Change
By Marianne Lavelle
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 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
Climate Advocates Hoping Biden Would Declare a Climate Emergency Are Disappointed by the Small Steps He Announced on Wednesday
By Marianne Lavelle
