

Neela Banerjee
Senior Correspondent, Washington, D.C.
Neela Banerjee is a Washington-based reporter for InsideClimate News. She led the investigation into Exxon’s early climate research, which was a finalist for the 2016 Pulitzer Prize for Public Service reporting and the recipient of nearly a dozen other journalism awards. Before joining ICN, she spent four years as the energy and environmental reporter for the Los Angeles Times’ Washington bureau. Banerjee covered global energy, the Iraq War and other issues with The New York Times. She also served as a Moscow correspondent with The Wall Street Journal. Banerjee grew up in southeast Louisiana and graduated from Yale University.
You can reach her by email at neela.banerjee@insideclimatenews.org. For encrypted communication, use neela_banerjee@protonmail.com.
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Q&A: A Harvard Expert on Environment and Health Discusses Possible Ties Between COVID and Climate
By Neela Banerjee

Breathing Polluted Air Shortens People’s Lives by an Average of 3 Years, a New Study Finds
By Neela Banerjee

Half the World’s Sandy Beaches May Disappear by Century’s End, Climate Study Says
By Neela Banerjee

Cross-State Air Pollution Causes Significant Premature Deaths in the U.S.
By Neela Banerjee

In Wildfire’s Wake, Another Threat: Drinking Water Contamination
By Neela Banerjee

Benzene Emissions on the Perimeters of Ten Refineries Exceed EPA Limits
By Neela Banerjee

How Trump’s ‘Secret Science’ Rule Would Put Patients’ Privacy at Risk
By Neela Banerjee

Pete Buttigieg on Climate Change: Where the Candidate Stands
By Neela Banerjee

Study Links Short-Term Air Pollution Exposure to Hospitalizations for Growing List of Health Problems
By Neela Banerjee

Wildfires and Climate Change: What the Science Says
By Neela Banerjee

American Climate: The Sounds That Trigger Disaster Survivors' Memories of Trauma
By Neela Banerjee

Hurricanes and Climate Change: What the Science Says
By Neela Banerjee

Floods and Climate Change: What the Science Says
By Neela Banerjee

American Climate: A Common Language of Loss Unites Climate Victims and Refugees
By Neela Banerjee

American Climate: How the Bond Between People and Their Animals Wounds and Heals Amid Disasters
By Neela Banerjee

Nobel Prize in Chemistry Honors 3 Whose Work Enables a 'Fossil Fuel-Free World'
By Neela Banerjee
