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Katie Surma

@katie_surma

Journalist @insideclimate covering human rights, the environment and climate change ⚖️ DM for contact information

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An ICN investigation, reported by Katie Surma and Nicholas Kusnetz, is a finalist in the Scripps Howard Journalism Awards. A system you’ve probably never heard of is costing taxpayers around the world billions and hamstringing environmental protection. insideclimatenews.org/news/02052025/…

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Fossil fuel companies spent decades misleading the public about what they knew about climate change and the dangers of the products they were selling. A new report details how those companies did it—and how their efforts are evolving today insideclimatenews.org/news/14052025/…

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A new report reveals over 6,400 attacks on human rights defenders worldwide in the past decade. Land and environmental defenders account for three-fourths of the cases, highlighting just how dangerous defending nature is. insideclimatenews.org/news/20052025/…

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An honor to win the Deadline Club's "Science, Technology, Medical or Environmental Reporting" award with my colleague Nicholas Kusnetz for our series on the legal system that allows corporations to sue governments for enacting environmental protections insideclimatenews.org/project/cashin…

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Through its Belt and Road Initiative, China is investing more in wind and solar energy than in coal for the 1st time Still, coal plants financed in earlier years are coming online and will continue to emit CO2 for decades There are other caveats, story⬇️ insideclimatenews.org/news/26052025/…

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‘We carry on with the sadness’: new projects honor life and legacy of Dom Phillips and Bruno Pereira theguardian.com/world/2025/may…

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Floating solar is not perfect but has serious potential in the CO River basin, according to several studies. Read my latest to hear how western water managers view the tech—and check out my first batch of film for Inside Climate News!

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More than half of global mining projects for “energy transition” minerals are located on or near Indigenous territories. Indigenous advocates argue the world can’t solve climate change—a problem caused by extractivism—with more extractivism. insideclimatenews.org/news/05062025/…

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The Supreme Court may have declined to hear a case concerning Oak Flat, but the fight to save the site sacred to Western Apache continues. My latest details the two other court cases to stop a mining company from gaining access to the land. insideclimatenews.org/news/10062025/…

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Tonga could be the first nation to recognize whales’ legal rights, a move called for by its princess at the UN Ocean Conference. insideclimatenews.org/news/10062025/…

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The Trump administration and Wyoming Legislature appear to be losing enthusiasm for commercial-scale carbon capture at existing coal-fired power plants — a key component of Governor Mark Gordon's coal-inclusive "decarbonizing" energy strategy. - WyoFile wyofile.com/trump-cancels-…

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.Bureau of Land Management - National officials say they underestimated oil and gas reserves in the region and will consider accommodating more development in light of a new Trump administration assessment and Unleashing American Energy EO. - WyoFile wyofile.com/new-federal-es…

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Are there links between harm to women and destruction of nature? A growing movement says yes. Here's what to know about the new generation of ecofeminism and the solutions its advocates are pioneering. insideclimatenews.org/news/21062025/…

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A reminder that nonhuman corporations have legal rights under U.S. law. And they're wielding their free speech rights to fight climate lawsuits. I cover the rights of nature movement, and these stories always pop out at me. nytimes.com/2025/06/22/cli…

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The saguaro cactus is an icon of the American West. But little is known about a key factor to their long lives and resiliency hidden under the ground: mycorrhizal fungi. Researchers with SPUN are trying to change that. My latest: insideclimatenews.org/news/22062025/…

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Thank you to Anirudh Nanda for having me on his podcast Is Climate Change Your Concern? We talked about reporting on the rights of nature movement, FPIC, the push to make ecocide an international crime and more. creators.spotify.com/pod/show/is-cl…

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In a landmark ruling affirming governments duties to address climate change, the Inter-American Court of HR also recognized nature’s rights. Recognizing nature’s rights, the court said, moves beyond old legal fictions that nature is only “property” insideclimatenews.org/news/03072025/…