Lauren Markham

Lauren Markham writes about migration and the environment. She is the author of The Far Away Brothers: Two Young Migrants and the Making of an American Life.

PG&E, the Mountain Maidu, and a Very Powerful River

A group of Mountain Maidu has reclaimed its former lands, but not the water

By Lauren Markham March 15, 2022

In this story: indigenous communities, utility rates, clean energy

Beaver dam analog made with saplings in a stream in Tásmam Koyóm, near the Feather River.

The Caravan Is a Climate Change Story

The migrants walking north from Central America are fleeing more than just violence

By Lauren Markham November 9, 2018

In this story: climate change, international climate policy, international environmental justice

Lauren Markham

PG&E, the Mountain Maidu, and a Very Powerful River

The Caravan Is a Climate Change Story

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