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Kendra Pierre-Louis

GPSW 2016

Kendra Pierre-Louis

Climate science, environmental sciences


Kendra Pierre-Louis is a climate reporter at Bloomberg News. Previously, she was a senior reporter for the climate-focused podcast How to Save a Planet, a climate reporter for The New York Times, and a staff writer for Popular Science (PopSci), where she wrote about science, the environment, and, occasionally, mayonnaise. In addition, her writing has appeared in FiveThirtyEight, The Washington PostNewsweek, Modern Farmer, and Slate. She is also the author of the book, Green Washed: Why We Can’t Buy Our Way to a Green Planet.

Thesis: Geographies of Nowhere : Smeltertown and the Rising Wave of Environmental Refugees

Recent Publications Include: