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ICN reporter Marianne Lavelle

Marianne Lavelle

Reporter, Washington, D.C.

Marianne Lavelle is a reporter 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.

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The cockpit view of the eXternal Vision System inside NASA’s Quesst aircraft, the X-59. Credit: Garry Tice/Lockheed Martin

Low Boom, High Pollution? NASA Readies for Supersonic Test Flight

By Marianne Lavelle, Kiley Bense

Former President Donald Trump and Vice President Kamala Harris are set to debate on Tuesday night. Credit: Spencer Platt/Getty Images and Melina Mara/The Washington Post

10 Tough Climate Questions for the Presidential Debate

By Marianne Lavelle, Kiley Bense, Liza Gross

Vice President Kamala Harris walks on stage during a campaign rally at the University of Nevada in Las Vegas on Aug. 10. Credit: Ronda Churchill/AFP via Getty Images

Harris Stirs Hope for a New Chapter in Climate Action

By Marianne Lavelle

Vice President Kamala Harris greets people during a campaign stop on Tuesday in Atlanta, Georgia. Credit: Elijah Nouvelage/AFP via Getty Images

Harris Grabs Green New Deal Network Endorsement That Eluded Biden

By Marianne Lavelle, Keerti Gopal

A Tesla charging station is seen at a travel plaza off Interstate-95 in Cecil County, Maryland. One of the funded projects includes efforts to deploy new electric vehicle charging stations along the Interstate-95 corridor in New Jersey, Connecticut, Delaware and Maryland. Credit: Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images

New Federal Grants Could Slash U.S. Climate Emissions by Nearly 1 Billion Metric Tons Through 2050

By Kristoffer Tigue, Marianne Lavelle

John Bozzella, president and CEO of the Alliance for Automotive Innovation, speaks at the roll-out of the Biden administration's vehicle pollution standards in March in Washington, D.C. Credit: EPA

Electric Vehicles Strain the Automaker-Big Oil Alliance

By Marianne Lavelle

Plastic debris litters a drainage ditch to the sea at Junipero Beach in Long Beach, Calif. Credit: Luis Sinco/Los Angeles Times via Getty Images

Plastics Pollution Has Become a ‘Crisis,’ Biden Administration Acknowledges

By Marianne Lavelle

Former President Donald Trump speaks at a campaign rally on June 22 in Philadelphia. Credit: Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images

Trump’s Environmental Impact Endures, at Home and Around the World

By Marianne Lavelle

A construction crew works in extreme heat as they build homes on July 1 in Fontana, California. Credit: Robert Gauthier/Los Angeles Times via Getty Images

First Heat Protection Standards for Workers Proposed by Biden Administration

By Marianne Lavelle

The Supreme Court is seen on June 26 in Washington. Credit: Anna Rose Layden/Getty Images

Supreme Court Overturns Chevron Doctrine: What it Means for Climate Change Policy

By Marianne Lavelle

Sen. Joe Manchin speaks to reporters outside the Senate Chamber on June 3 in Washington, D.C. Credit: Andrew Harnik/Getty Images

In West Virginia, the Senate Race Outcome May Shift Limits of US Climate Ambitions

By James Bruggers, Marianne Lavelle

Sen. Elizabeth Warren introduced the new Build Green Act, legislation that would invest $500 billion over 10 years in transportation. Credit: Bill Clark/CQ-Roll Call via Getty Images

‘Build Green’ Bill Seeks a Clean Shift in Transportation Spending

By Marianne Lavelle

Exxon Mobil Chairman and CEO Darren Woods speaks during the CERAWeek oil summit in Houston, Texas, on March 18. Credit: Mark Felix/AFP via Getty Images

Exxon Criticized ICN Stories Publicly, But Privately, Didn’t Dispute The Findings

By Marianne Lavelle, Nicholas Kusnetz

A newly revealed research proposal from 1971 shows that Richard Nixon’s science advisors embarked on an extensive analysis of the potential risks of climate change. Credit: Oliver Atkins/National Archives

Nixon Advisers’ Climate Research Plan: Another Lost Chance on the Road to Crisis

By Marianne Lavelle

Craig Station, one of Colorados largest coal-fired power plants, is exempted from the new rules since it’s expected to fully close by 2028. Credit: Hyoung Chang/MediaNews Group/The Denver Post via Getty Images

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

Lobbyist Jim Cole (center) talks with then Colorado Rep. Jessie Danielson at the State Capitol in Denver on Feb. 25, 2016. Credit: Cyrus McCrimmon/The Denver Post via Getty Images

With States Leading on Climate Policy, New Tools Peer Into Lobbying ‘Black Box’

By Marianne Lavelle

Sen. Joe Lieberman spent more than 20 years advocating for climate action. Credit: Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images

Joseph Lieberman Sought Middle Ground on Climate Change

By Marianne Lavelle

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