Lauren Sommer
Lauren Sommer covers climate change for NPR s Science Desk, from the scientists on the front lines of documenting the warming climate to the way those changes are reshaping communities and ecosystems around the world.
Prior to joining NPR, Sommer spent more than a decade covering climate and environment for KQED Public Radio in San Francisco. During her time there, she delved into the impacts of California s historic drought during dry years and reported on destructive floods during wet years, and covered how communities responded to record-breaking wildfires.
Sommer has also examined California s ambitious effort to cut carbon emissions across its economy and investigated the legacy of its oil industry. On the lighter side, she ran from charging elephant seals and searched for frogs in Sierra Nevada lakes.
Nathaniel Rich is the author of
Losing Earth: A Recent History, which received awards from the Society of Environmental Journalists and the American Institute of Physicists and was a finalist for the PEN/E.O. Wilson Literary Science Writing Award; and the novels
King Zeno,
The EPA Proposes a Ban on HFC-23, the Most Potent Greenhouse Gas Among Hydrofluorocarbons, by October 2022
The agency’s rulemaking would require the Chemours Louisville Works, the nation’s largest emitter of HFC-23, to speed up its voluntary abatement efforts.
May 11, 2021
Chemical plants in the Rubbertown area of Louisville stand near the Ohio River in February 2018 during flood conditions on the river. The Chemours chemical plant, located within the wedge-shaped Chemours property in the lower half of the photo, is the nation s largest emitter of the climate super-pollutant HFC-23, according to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. Credit: Pat McDonogh/Courier Journal
Gloria Gonzalez is the Deputy Energy Editor at POLITICO Pro.<br/><br/>She joined POLITICO in February 2021 after more than two decades writing, reporting and editing stories about energy and environmental, health care and workplace safety issues for companies including Industry Dive and Crain Communications. She has covered major events such as the UNFCCC climate talks and OPEC meetings. <br/><br/>Gonzalez is a former board member of the Society of Environmental Journalists and currently serves on SEJ’s audit committee and SEJ's Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Committee, which leads the organization's efforts to foster and promote greater coverage and understanding of environmental issues affecting underrepresented communities. <br/><br/>Born and raised in New York City, Gonzalez has a journalism and political science degree from Syracuse University. In her free time, she loves to play trivia and frisbee golf and river raft and