Author Bios

Andrew Whelton is an assistant professor at Purdue University. Whelton responded to the West Virginia chemical spill with a volunteer research team and was tapped by West Virginia Gov. …

Vandana Ravikumar is a Washington correspondent covering border and immigration issues at Cronkite News.

Karen Charman is freelance investigative environmental journalist who has written extensively about nuclear issues. Her stories on nuclear power have appeared in The Nation, World Watch Magazine, Extra!, On The Issues, The Progressive, WhoWhatWhy, TomPaine and the academic …

J. David McSwane is a reporter in ProPublica’s D.C. office. Previously, he was an investigative reporter for the Dallas Morning News, where his reporting on the state’s outsourced Medicaid …

Leanna First-Arai is a freelance journalist who covers environmental and climate (in)justice. Her work has appeared in Undark, Sierra Magazine, Yes! Magazine, Outside Magazine, on New England Public Radio and elsewhere. Follow her on Twitter: @FirstArai.

Kate Wheeling is an environmental journalist based in California.

Robert Galbraith is a senior research analyst focused on research on the oil and gas industry and on regional power networks in Buffalo and New York State more broadly. …

Marina Martinez is a Brazilian biologist, environmental scientist and freelance writer. Her writing covers issues related to health, sustainable development, political economy and sociocultural transformation. She blogs on Medium.

Jeffrey David Cox Sr. is national president of the American Federation of Government Employees, which is the largest union representing federal and D.C. government employees.

Michael Green is the chief executive officer of the Center for Environmental Health, which he founded in 1996. The Center works with parents, communities, businesses, workers, and government to …