Nina Lakhani
environmental justice reporter for Guardian US | US
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.
'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
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
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
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
Global heating raises risk of early childbirth, study finds
Early births are associated with health and developmental concerns, adding to fears over climate crisis
Water-guzzling demands of Trump's border wall threaten fish species
Survival of four types of fish and four other species in doubt as government skirts conservation laws to build barrier in Arizona
'That's genocide': ancient tribal graves threatened by Trump border wall
A historic graveyard and chapel lie within the barrier’s 150ft ‘enforcement zone’ that the government has said it plans to raze
US border wall construction continues despite risk to ecosystem
A judge has said the US-Mexico barrier, partially funded by an anti-migrant group, could damage a sanctuary and ecosystem