Katie Surma
Reporter, Pittsburgh
Corruption and Rights Abuses Are Flourishing in Lithium Mining Across Africa, a New Report Finds
By Katie Surma
Report Charts Climate Change’s Growing Impact in the US, While Stressing Benefits of Action
By Marianne Lavelle, Katie Surma, Kiley Price, Nicholas Kusnetz
How Climate Change Drives Conflict and War Crimes Around the Globe
By Katie Surma
A Shadowy Corner of International Law Is Threatening Climate Action, U.N. Expert Warns
By Nicholas Kusnetz, Katie Surma
After Decades Of Oil Drilling, Indigenous Waorani Group Fights New Industry Expansions In Ecuador
By Katie Surma
Climate Litigation Has Exploded, but Is it Making a Difference?
By Katie Surma
Mining Critical to Renewable Energy Tied to Hundreds of Alleged Human Rights Abuses
By Katie Surma
Aruba Considers Enshrining the ‘Rights of Nature’ in Its Constitution
By Katie Surma
Lawsuit Asserting the ‘Rights of Salmon’ Ends in a Settlement That Benefits The Fish
By Katie Surma
The UN Wants the World Court to Address Nations’ Climate Obligations. Here’s What Could Happen Next
By Katie Surma
A ‘Rights of Nature’ Fact-Finding Panel to Investigate Mexico’s Tren Maya Railroad for Possible Environmental Violations
By Katie Surma
Eduardo Mendúa, Ecuadorian Who Fought Oil Extraction on Indigenous Land, Is Shot to Death
By Katie Surma
Director Marcos Colón Takes an Intimate Look at Three Indigenous Leaders’ Fight to Preserve Their Ancestral Connection to Nature in the Amazon
By Katie Surma
Study Documents a Halt to Deforestation in Brazil’s Atlantic Forest After Indigenous Communities Gain Title to Their Territories
By Katie Surma
In the Amazon, Indigenous and Locally Controlled Land Stores Carbon, but the Rest of the Rainforest Emits Greenhouse Gases
By Bob Berwyn, Katie Surma
Nearly 200 Countries Approve a Biodiversity Accord Enshrining Human Rights and the ‘Rights of Nature’
By Katie Surma