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Alleen Brown investigates the shadowy forces fueling the climate crisis and stories of the people who stand in the way.

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Oct
31

Eco-Roundup: How Activists Used a New NASA-Funded Toxic Prisons Map to Respond to Helene

Happy Haloweeeeeeen. Every month, I assemble a round-up of stories I’m following and issues I’m covering, with palate
10 min read
Sep
30

Eco-Roundup: The things we get wrong about repression of environmental activists

Every month, I assemble a round-up of stories I’m following and issues I’m covering, with palate cleansers at
7 min read
Sep
19

Is it Ethical for Climate Journalists to Accept a Paid trip to Israel?

I first learned about the opportunity for climate journalists like me to attend an all-expenses-paid trip to Israel at the
16 min read
Aug
29

Eco-Roundup: Why air conditioning failed to fix deadly heat in prisons this summer

Every month, I assemble a round-up of stories I’m following and issues I’m covering, with palate cleansers at
9 min read
Jul
30

Eco-Roundup: Atlanta Police are monitoring picnics, study groups, and canvassing events

Every month, I assemble a round-up of stories I’m following and issues I’m covering, with palate cleansers at
11 min read
Jun
30

Eco-Roundup: How Puerto Rican Communities Are Fighting Industrial Solar

Every month, I assemble a round-up of stories I’m following and issues I’m covering, with palate cleansers at
6 min read
May
31

Eco-Roundup: The Joys of Vacationing in the Heart of the Climate Crisis

Every month, I assemble a round-up of stories I’m following and issues I’m covering, with palate cleansers at
5 min read
May
15

NEW The Most Important Reporting I've Done This Year

One of the most challenging pieces of reporting I've worked on this year published while I was on
4 min read
May
04

New: How the Crackdown on Pro-Palestine Protest will Hit Environmental Activists

Hello from retirementville, Florida! I just arrived to a freelancer-budget friendly vacation at my parents' retirement community. I'
3 min read
Mar
15

NEW: Multiple FBI informants Infiltrated Standing Rock Anti-Pipeline Camps, Court Records Reveal

A lawsuit in North Dakota shook loose some new details about the federal government’s use of informants and undercovers
2 min read