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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By Neela Banerjee
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By Neela Banerjee
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By Neela Banerjee
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By Neela Banerjee
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By Neela Banerjee
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By Neela Banerjee
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By Neela Banerjee
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By Neela Banerjee
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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
