Nina Lakhani environmental justice reporter for Guardian US US @ninalakhani RSS feed About Nina Lakhani Environmental justice reporter for Guardian US after 6+yrs in Mexico & Central America. Londoner, ex-psych nurse. Book on Berta Cáceres & Honduras out in 2020. 13 Articles Environmental toxins may be behind the rise in neurological disorders Doctors warn exposure to omnipresent, yet poorly understood, chemicals such as microplastics could play a role in dementia. Race to a Safer World News | November 1st 2022 On the front lines but not the front pages — Vanessa Nakate’s climate fight The new UNICEF goodwill ambassador would like to see reparations from nations most responsible for the climate crisis. Race to a Safer World News | September 27th 2022 Texans urged to save power as extreme heat wave strains state’s grid Electricity demand expected to surpass supply as temperatures hit triple digits and shatter records. Race to a Safer World News | July 14th 2022 Celebrities call on U.S. leaders to shut down Dakota Access pipeline Indigenous leaders, environmental groups and stars including Cher and Robert Downey Jr. urge White House in letter. Race to a Safer World News, US News, Energy, Politics | February 11th 2021 Children who drink water from private wells at higher risk of lead exposure Research shows lead exposure worse for poor and black children and highlights risk from contaminants in unregulated private wells News, US News, Politics | July 9th 2020 'It was everywhere': how lead is poisoning America's poorest children The toxin has endangered hundreds of thousands of kids. But parents in the hardest-hit neighborhoods may never be warned of the threat News, US News | February 28th 2020 Floods threaten project to restore Pacific lamprey At least 250 unaccounted for after heavy rainfall across Pacific north-west overwhelmed cage of fish waiting to be released State Of The Animal News, Politics | February 13th 2020 Cherokee Nation is banking seeds in 'doomsday' vault Varieties of corn, beans and squash seen as central to Cherokee identity will be deposited in Norway’s Svalbard seed bank Race to a Safer World News | February 12th 2020 Residents say a corrupt pipeline project is making them sick A community in Pennsylvania says clay-colored water appeared during a drilling mud spill, but the pipeline company insists it’s not to blame News, US News | January 30th 2020 Global heating raises risk of early childbirth, study finds Early births are associated with health and developmental concerns, adding to fears over climate crisis Race to a Safer World News | January 1st 2020 1 of 2
Environmental toxins may be behind the rise in neurological disorders Doctors warn exposure to omnipresent, yet poorly understood, chemicals such as microplastics could play a role in dementia. Race to a Safer World News | November 1st 2022
On the front lines but not the front pages — Vanessa Nakate’s climate fight The new UNICEF goodwill ambassador would like to see reparations from nations most responsible for the climate crisis. Race to a Safer World News | September 27th 2022
Texans urged to save power as extreme heat wave strains state’s grid Electricity demand expected to surpass supply as temperatures hit triple digits and shatter records. Race to a Safer World News | July 14th 2022
Celebrities call on U.S. leaders to shut down Dakota Access pipeline Indigenous leaders, environmental groups and stars including Cher and Robert Downey Jr. urge White House in letter. Race to a Safer World News, US News, Energy, Politics | February 11th 2021
Children who drink water from private wells at higher risk of lead exposure Research shows lead exposure worse for poor and black children and highlights risk from contaminants in unregulated private wells News, US News, Politics | July 9th 2020
'It was everywhere': how lead is poisoning America's poorest children The toxin has endangered hundreds of thousands of kids. But parents in the hardest-hit neighborhoods may never be warned of the threat News, US News | February 28th 2020
Floods threaten project to restore Pacific lamprey At least 250 unaccounted for after heavy rainfall across Pacific north-west overwhelmed cage of fish waiting to be released State Of The Animal News, Politics | February 13th 2020
Cherokee Nation is banking seeds in 'doomsday' vault Varieties of corn, beans and squash seen as central to Cherokee identity will be deposited in Norway’s Svalbard seed bank Race to a Safer World News | February 12th 2020
Residents say a corrupt pipeline project is making them sick A community in Pennsylvania says clay-colored water appeared during a drilling mud spill, but the pipeline company insists it’s not to blame News, US News | January 30th 2020
Global heating raises risk of early childbirth, study finds Early births are associated with health and developmental concerns, adding to fears over climate crisis Race to a Safer World News | January 1st 2020
