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2009 Alicia Patterson Foundation fellow Rebecca Clarren is an investigative journalist based in Portland, Oregon who writes about energy and the
environment.
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Recent Articles


EPAs Stalin Era, Salon.com
How the Bush administration has stymied science and hurt public health
www.salon.com/env/feature/2008/11/11/epa


Unwell, MotherJones
A natural gas boom explodes in the front yard
www.motherjones.com/photoessays/2008/11/unwell


Pesticide Drift, Orion
Immigrants in California's Central Valley are sick of breathing poisoned air
www.orionmagazine.org/index.php/articles/article/3045


Fathom This, Portland Monthly
www.portlandmonthlymag.com/issues/archives/articles/0708-features-fathom


The Invisible Ones, Ms Magazine

How modern day slavery thrives beneath the radar
www.msmagazine.com/summer2007/invisibleones.asp


Behind the Pillow Angel, Salon.com
The story behind this year's biggest bio-ethics case
www.salon.com/news/feature/2007/02/09/pillow_angel


Rebecca Clarren is an investigative journalist based in Portland, Oregon. A contributing writer to both Salon.com and High Country News, she also freelances for other national magazines such as Mother Jones, Orion, Fortune, Ms. and Utne Reader about things like energy, environmental health, sustainability and labor issues. Her work is frequently supported by the Fund for Investigative Journalism. A recipient of numerous fellowships and awards, she has most recently won the 2009 Alicia Patterson Foundation fellowship.

Selected Featured Stories From the Archives


Wyoming's Natural Gas Boom Sees Growing Pains, Fortune
Natural gas transforms rural Wyoming in unexpected ways
money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/2007/06/11/100082885/index.htm


Shuck and Jive, Utne Reader
The politics behind the ethanol boom
www.hcn.org/issues/208/10647
Utne Reader Podcast


Inside the Secretive plan to gut the Endagered Species Act, Salon.com

A whistleblower leaked Clarren a federal document outlining some troubling news for the environment
www.salon.com/news/feature/2007/03/27/endangered_species/
Living on Earth MP3


Paradise Lost, Ms Magazine
Guest Workers from Asian countires work for the low wage amind often grim conditions in a US territory in the Pacific, making clothes that say Made in the USA
www.msmagazine.com/spring2006/paradise_full.asp
Fresh Air with Terry Gross MP3
Air America with Al Franken MP3


Save the Holes, Los Angeles Times Magazine
Three tough Alaskan cavers dig deep to protect ancient caves
articles.latimes.com/2004/aug/08/magazine/tm-caves32


Fields of Poison, The Nation
How farmworkers say pesticides poison them at work
www.thenation.com/doc/20031229/clarren


Land of Milk and Money, Salon.com
The real story behind the Horizon Milk happy cow
dir.salon.com/story/news/feature/2005/04/13/milk/
Good Food KCRW MP3

Seed in the Ground, High Country News
On the Pine Ridge Reservation, Oglala Lakota say hemp will sustain their economy and their sovereignty - if only the DEA would stop burning down their fields
www.hcn.org/issues/221/11044


No Refuge in the Klamath Basin, High Country News
In 2001, the Klamath was a flashpoint for the war over water use in the west; this award -winning story makes sense of the struggle
www.hcn.org/issues/208/10647

Selected Columns and Essays


Who Needs a Prius Anyways?, Salon.com
Clarren revs up controversy with her attack on hybrids
www.salon.com/mwt/good_life/2007/10/29/prius


Put a stake in it, Salon.com
Cut up to 10 percent of your electric bill simply by turning off "vampire" appliances that run all night
www.salon.com/mwt/good_life/2008/01/24/vampire_energy


Click here to read more Salon.com "The Good Life" columns by Clarren that aim to take a skeptical look at sustainable products and trends


Peace of the Rock, Portland Monthly
Clarren goes to a rock camp for women
[Link coming soon]


Dirty Politics, Foul Air, The Nation
The Bush adminstration tries to weaken the Clean Air Act
www.thenation.com/doc/20050314/clarren


In Oregon, a lesson learned the hard way, High Country News
Reflections on the state's tattered land use laws
www.hcn.org/issues/287/15139


Season's End, Whole Life Times
An essay about what's possible to preserve
www.wholelifetimes.com/2006/09/journeys0609.html


A Mountain Lifts A heavy Heart, High Country News
Clarren visits Mt St Helen's Amid Tumultuous Times
www.hcn.org/issues/287/15145

 
 



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