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Elizabeth Royte

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Climate

This Historic Community Is Pushing the Nation Toward a Wind Power Revolution

In Smithsonian Magazine.

Too Hot to Live: Millions worldwide will face unbearable temperatures

In National Geographic (subscription required)

Covid-19 Reporting

in National Geographic, Vanity Fair and Food and Environment Reporting Network.

The Push for Tidal Power Faces Its Biggest Challenge Yet

in Smithsonian.

Idling Vigilante

An Upper West Side crank wages a lucrative war against air pollution.

In New York Magazine.

Could massive storm surge barriers end the Hudson River’s revival?

Environmentalists tend to think… yes.

At Yale360.

The Perky Provocateur

Profile of environmental activist and Story of Stuff creator Annie Leonard, in Elle.

© 2026 Elizabeth Royte