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Aman Azhar

Aman Azhar

Reporter, Washington, D.C.

Aman Azhar is a Washington, D.C.-based journalist who covers environmental justice for Inside Climate News with focus on Baltimore-Maryland area. He has previously worked as a broadcast journalist and multimedia producer for the BBC World Service, VOA News and other international news organizations, reporting from London, Islamabad, the United Arab Emirates and New York. He holds a graduate degree in Anthropology of Media from University of London’s School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS) and an MA in Political Science from the University of the Punjab, and is the recipient of the Chevening scholarship from the UK government and an academic scholarship for graduate studies from the Australian government.

 

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Paddle boat ride on the Patapsco River in Baltimore. The settlement agreement mandating upgrades at the city's Patapsco and Back River wastewater treatment plants also requires public notification if raw sewage is discharged so people can make informed choices about fishing, swimming or recreating in waters near the plants. Credit: Jeffrey Greenberg/Universal Images Group via Getty Images

Baltimore City, Maryland Department of the Environment Settle Lawsuits Over City-Operated Sewage Treatment Plants

By Aman Azhar

Brenda Mallory, chair of the White House Council on Environmental Quality, speaks at the Fight for Our Future: Rally for Climate, Care, Jobs & Justice in Lafayette Square near The White House last year. Credit: Paul Morigi/Getty Images for Green New Deal Network

Advocates Question Biden Administration’s Promises to Address Environmental Injustices While Supporting Fossil Fuel Projects

By Aman Azhar

A Blue Heron takes off in July on the Corsica River, a tributary of the Chesapeake Bay, near Centreville, Maryland. Credit: Jim WATSON/AFP via Getty Images.

Can the Latest $10 million in EPA Grants Make a  Difference in Achieving Chesapeake Bay Restoration Goals?

By Aman Azhar

Brad Rogers, left, and Rev. Richard Partlow, the interim executive director of Cherry Hill Development Corporation, one of the community partners of the South Baltimore Gateway Partnership, on their way to a meeting at the Cherry Hill Strong's office nearby. Credit: Aman Azhar / Inside Climate News

In the Ambitious Bid to Reinvent South Baltimore, Justice Concerns Remain

By Aman Azhar

Adam Ortiz, EPA Mid-Atlantic administrator, shown here in November 2022 at the Edmonston pumping station in Prince George's County, Maryland, visited the Ivy City neighborhood in Washington on Tuesday to award a $12 million grant for a technical assistance center. Credit: Aman Azhar/Inside Climate News.

EPA Rolls Out Training Grants For Environmental Justice Communities

By Aman Azhar

As climate change brings record heat to U.S. cities and Baltimore residents try their best to stay cool, the state of Maryland works to meet its own ambitious emissions reduction goals to help counter the climate crisis. Credit: Jim Watson/AFP via Getty Images.

Why Maryland Is Struggling to Meet Its Own Aggressive Climate Goals

By Aman Azhar

Cares volunteer Laurel Paltier, left, works with Baltimore residents looking for help with their electricity bills at the GEDCO building in Baltimore on Wednesday, August 23, 2023. Credit: Jessica Gallagher/The Baltimore Banner.

Laurel Peltier Took On Multi-Million Dollar Private Energy Companies Scamming Baltimore’s Low-Income Households, One Victim at a Time

By Aman Azhar

Standing in his composting site at the Filbert Street Garden in Curtis Bay, Marvin Hayes shows off what he calls 'Black Gold' -- the end product derived from turning food scraps and yard trim into compost, which is well documented to protect the environment, sequester carbon and make communities resilient. Credit: Aman Azhar/Inside Climate News

Marvin Hayes Is Spreading ‘Compost Fever’ in Baltimore’s Neighborhoods. He Thinks it Might Save the City.

By Aman Azhar

Shashawnda Campbell, community organizer with South Baltimore Community Land Trust, a local nonprofit working on affordable housing, in front of piles of coal at the CSX facility in Baltimore. Baltimore City recently decided to close the only recreation facility available to Curtis Bay residents dealing with coal dust and other hazards from the facility. Credit: Jessica Gallagher/Baltimore Banner.

On a ‘Toxic Tour’ of Curtis Bay in South Baltimore, Visiting Academics and Activists See a Hidden Part of the City

By Aman Azhar

Aerial view of north Baltimore, where residents are eligible for assistance to cover cleanup costs after sewage backs up into homes under a 2017 modified consent decree signed by the city, the Environmental Protection Agency and the Maryland Department of the Environment. Credit: Visions of America/Joseph Sohm/Universal Images Group via Getty Images.

Baltimore Won’t Expand a Program to Help Residents Clean up After Sewage Backups

By Aman Azhar

Polluting vehicles and the Baltimore skyline, from Federal Hill Park. Credit: Raymond Boyd/Getty Images.

Maryland Urged to Cut Emissions By Swiftly Adopting Rules Electrifying Cars and Trucks

By Aman Azhar

Traffic backs up on the outer loop of the Beltway on Aug. 13, 2013 in College Park, Maryland. Credit: Bill O'Leary/The Washington Post via Getty Images

Maryland Embraces Gradual Transition to Zero-Emissions Trucks and Buses

By Aman Azhar

Sen. Paul Pinsky D-District 22, Prince George's County listens to remarks during Opening day at the Maryland General Assembly at the Maryland Statehouse in 2018. Credit: Jonathan Newton/The Washington Post via Getty Images

Educator, Environmentalist, Union Leader, Senator, Paul Pinsky Now Gets to Turn His Climate Ideals Into Action

By Aman Azhar

Fire officials and others gather outside of a Bronx supermarket the day after a fire tore through a market that fire officials blamed on a faulty lithium-ion battery on March 6, 2023 in New York City. While there were no fatalities in the blaze, numerous people were injured and it took approximately 200 firefighters to bring the fire under control. Credit: Spencer Platt/Getty Images

Residents Oppose a Planned Lithium Battery Storage System Next to Their Homes in Maryland’s Prince George’s County

By Aman Azhar

Patients are quickly evacuated from the Feather River Hospital as it burns down during the Camp fire in Paradise, California on November 8, 2018. Credit: Josh Edelson/AFP via Getty Images

A University of Maryland Health Researcher Probes the Climate Threat to Those With Chronic Diseases

By Aman Azhar

Turbines from the Roth Rock wind farm spin on the spine of Backbone Mountain on Aug. 23, 2022 near Oakland, Maryland. Credit: Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images

Marylanders Overpaid $1 Billion in Excessive Utility Bills. Some Lawmakers and Advocates Are Demanding Answers

By Aman Azhar

Maryland, Virginia Race to Save Dwindling Commercial Fisheries in the Chesapeake Bay

By Aman Azhar

Holding a banner opposing the Willow oil project in Alaska, demonstrators gathered on Friday to urge President Biden to reject the proposal. Credit: Aman Azhar/Inside Climate News.

Activists Make Final Appeal to Biden to Block Arctic Oil Project

By Nicholas Kusnetz, Aman Azhar

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