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    What happens to environment journalists is chilling: they get killed for their work | Mark Schapiro

    There is often no audit on the world’s extractive industries. When reporters provide that check they are put in danger
    by Mark Schapiro Jun 18, 2019 3 minutes
    Chief Marcelino Apurina, of the Aldeia Novo Paraiso in the western Amazon rainforest, which has suffered some of the heaviest deforestation in the region. Photograph: Carl de Souza/AFP/Getty Images

    Many people tend to think of environmental journalism as the “soft” beat, reporting on the “natural world” of dolphins, polar bears, birds, pine cones, and news about climate breakdown.

    But away from the privileged surroundings of Europe and North America, in places where the rule of law fades away and the Earth’s resources are among the few sources of wealth and power, things get a lot more raw.

    Say, for instance, that you thought the US Environmental Protection Agency was closely tied to the interests of polluters and you had the evidence to back that up, revealing it

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