Lisa Song
Lisa Song reports on the environment, energy and climate change for ProPublica.
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Lisa Song reports on the environment, energy and climate change.
She joined ProPublica in 2017 after six years at InsideClimate News, where she covered climate science and environmental health. She was part of the reporting team that revealed Exxon’s shift from conducting global warming research to supporting climate denial, a series that was a finalist for the 2016 Pulitzer Prize for public service. From 2013-2014 she reported extensively on air pollution from Texas’ oil and gas boom as part of a collaboration between several newsrooms. Lisa is a co-author of “The Dilbit Disaster,” which won a Pulitzer for national reporting. She has degrees in earth science and science writing from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
Sudden Shift at a Public Health Journal Leaves Scientists Feeling Censored
Claiming overreach by a new publisher, the journal’s editorial board asks for disciplinary action from the National Library of Medicine.
Buyouts Won’t Be the Answer for Many Frequent Flooding Victims
Even after Hurricane Harvey, the best efforts by Harris County officials to purchase the most flood-prone homes won’t make a dent in the larger problem — worsening flooding, and a buyout program that can’t keep up.
Independent Monitors Found Benzene Levels After Harvey Six Times Higher Than Guidelines
After an oil tank in Houston’s Manchester neighborhood caved in, private monitors found levels that far exceeded California’s health guideline
Where the Government Spends to Keep People in Flood-Prone Houston Neighborhoods
The government has shelled out $265 million for flood claims on 1,155 severe repetitive loss properties in the flood insurance program in Harris County.
Houston’s Dams Won’t Fail. But Many Homes Will Have to Be Flooded to Save Them
The water that goes around the spillways is going to have to leave the reservoir somehow — and enter areas surrounding it.
Trump Administration Says It Isn’t Anti-Science As It Seeks to Slash EPA Science Office
The Office of Research and Development has been at frontlines of virtually every environmental crisis. Trump wants to cut its funding in half.
As Seas Around Mar-a-Lago Rise, Trump’s Cuts Could Damage Local Climate Work
The president’s budget calls for ending an environmental program that had supported climate efforts in his and several Cabinet members’ backyards.
As Trump Slashes EPA, Worry Over the Fate of an Agency Doing Similar Work
Will the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences’ work on the effects of pesticides, chemicals and cancer-causing compounds be undamaged by the new administration?