I think I’m an environmentalist, but I don’t think there’s another word in the English language that invokes so many people’s different points of view to what it is." - Kyle De Lima, Trinidadian environmental activist, on his crusade to protect the planet 

ProPublica

Investigation into cleanup efforts at a defunct uranium mill in New Mexico.

Investigation into groundwater contamination at America's decommissioned uranium mills

Investigation into stalled water conservation efforts in Utah.

​The Desert Sun

Feature on a proposed water project to be built between the Sea of Cortez and the Salton Sea

A narrative look at how climate change is fueling wildfires and what that means for humanity's connection to nature

Feature on small-scale miners informally digging lead bullet fragments from a protected riverbed

Feature on a secretive birder oasis that burned in a bush fire and the stories the event exposed

An installment in a series investigating California's response to the coronavirus

Investigation into the use of bankruptcies to evade liabilities in the oil industry.

​Center for Public Integrity

Investigation into the slow death of the oil and gas industry in California

Investigation into avoidable, fatal accidents in America's mines

Investigation into the use of long-term idling to shed liabilities

Investigation into Los Angeles' failure to deal with its orphaned well problem

Investigation into the funds available to clean hardrock mines

Feature on one New Mexico valley's fight for water rights and how climate change puts the Gila River at risk.

​U.S. freelancing

Investigation into the insurance policies backing coal cleanup that are a "house of cards"

Reclaiming Coal: Investigation into the reclamation and closure of America's coal mines

Exposé on the Kasich administration quietly tapping into a fund meant for coal cleanup

​​South Africa freelancing

Feature and photos on the backdoor deals allowing international mining houses access to communal land

Feature and photos documenting the abandonment of South Africa's coal mines

Investigating the thousands of abandoned mines piercing South African soil

Four-part investigative series on zama zamas around Johnannesburg

Exposé on a British family's use of bankruptcy to abandon and pilfer a gold mine near Johannesburg

Part 1: Story, mini-documentary and dataset on applications for mine closure and funds for rehabilitation

Part 2: Investigation involving 19 months of data and document collection on mine closure

Part 3: Final installment of a ground-breaking investigation into financial provisions for rehabilitation

First feature in a long-term investigation into potential corruption channels in the Department of Social Development

Other international work

Feature on Malawi's competing interests of hydropower and irrigation

A month-long investigation into environmental degradation in Trinidad and Tobago, resulting in a multi-media, self-published website

Stories from permaculture farms in Trinidad and Tobago, Curaçao and Dominica.

​The Arizona Republic

A Canadian mining company fights a local coalition of environmentalists, businessmen, American Indians, and others over the fate of what could become a huge, open-pit copper mine

A view of Phoenix's residents and culture through the eyes of an eccentric, teenage hiker (picked up by USA Today)

High numbers of school board elections across Arizona are cancelled due to a lack of candidates

​The Star

A city-wide, street-level investigation of Johannesburg's drug epidemic reveals its true nature (top)

A city-wide, street-level investigation of Johannesburg's drug epidemic reveals its true nature (middle)

A city-wide, street-level investigation of Johannesburg's drug epidemic reveals its true nature (bottom)

Investigation shows school hostel no place to live - neither for students nor squatters

A service delivery protest turns violent and a KFC is attacked

Investigation leads to life-saving repairs of city infrastructure