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Elena Shao

Elena Shao

Reporter, San Francisco

Elena Shao is a fellow at Inside Climate News reporting on environmental justice. She’s based in the San Francisco Bay Area and is a graduate student in Stanford University’s journalism program. You can also find her work in CalMatters, the San Francisco Chronicle, and The Wall Street Journal.

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Ranchers stand by a water tank as they work on a water project to try and get more water to their ranch from a well on June 8, 2021 in Tomales, California. Credit: Justin Sullivan/Getty Images

California Has Begun Managing Groundwater Under a New Law. Experts Aren’t Sure It’s Working

By Elena Shao

In San Francisco, some air polluting facilities are allowed to operate for years on draft permits in violation of the Clean Air Act. Credit: Frank DiMarco/Via Getty Images

In San Francisco’s Most Polluted Neighborhood, the Polluters Operate Without Proper Permits, Reports Say

By Elena Shao

A mural in Bayview-Hunters Point, a neighborhood in southeast San Francisco, reads “Bayview Forever.” Credit: Elena Shao

In San Francisco’s Bayview-Hunters Point Neighborhood, Advocates Have Taken Air Monitoring Into Their Own Hands

By Elena Shao

Two children and their mother wade through flood waters after Hurricane Nicholas landed in Galveston, Texas on Sept. 14, 2021. Credit: Mark Felix for The Washington Post via Getty Images

More Young People Don’t Want Children Because of Climate Change. Has the UN Failed to Protect Them?

By Elena Shao

A view of a building flooded due to a week long rainfall in San Francisco, California, on Jan. 11, 2017. Credit: Tayfun Coskun/Anadolu Agency/Getty Images

Reimagining Coastal Cities as Sponges to Help Protect Them From the Ravages of Climate Change

By Elena Shao

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