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.
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
Biden Takes Aim at Reducing Emissions of Super-Polluting Methane Gas, With or Without the Republicans
By Marianne Lavelle
The US Wants the EU to Delay Imposing Trade Penalties on Carbon-Intensive Imports, But Is Considering Imposing Its Own
By Marianne Lavelle, Bob Berwyn
Environmental Justice Plays a Key Role in Biden’s Covid-19 Stimulus Package
By Marianne Lavelle
Federal Courts Help Biden Quickly Dismantle Trump’s Climate and Environmental Legacy
By Marianne Lavelle
The Petroleum Industry May Want a Carbon Tax, but Biden and Congressional Republicans are Not Necessarily Fans
By Marianne Lavelle, Judy Fahys
How Much Does Climate Change Cost? Biden Raises Carbon’s Dollar Value, but Not by Nearly Enough, Some Say
By Marianne Lavelle
Nine Years After Filing a Lawsuit, Climate Scientist Michael Mann Wants a Court to Affirm the Truth of His Science
By Marianne Lavelle
‘We Need to Be Bold,’ Biden Says, Taking the First Steps in a Major Shift in Climate Policy
By Marianne Lavelle, Agya K. Aning, Dan Gearino, David Hasemyer, James Bruggers, Katie Surma, Kristoffer Tigue, Phil McKenna
Biden Signs Sweeping Orders to Tackle Climate Change and Rollback Trump’s Anti-Environment Legacy
By Sabrina Shankman, Dan Gearino, David Hasemyer, James Bruggers, Judy Fahys, Marianne Lavelle, Phil McKenna
With Only a Week Left in Trump’s Presidency, a Last-Ditch Effort to Block Climate Action and Deny the Science
By Marianne Lavelle
Even With a 50-50 Split, a Biden Administration Senate Could Make Big Strides on Climate
By Marianne Lavelle
