finance and climate reporter | @pulitzercenter @insideclimate @globeandmail | @columbiajourn alum ma4518@columbia.edu
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Memo from Paris: controversy and gastronomy at France’s biggest farm show ft.com/content/cc2f46d4-4078… via @ft
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With her new memoir, Gisèle Pelicot is flipping the script on shame. theglobeandmail.com/culture/…
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Snail farmers in France cling on to a centuries-old delicacy theglobeandmail.com/life/art…
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11 Nov 2025
In Guadeloupe and Martinique, two French Caribbean islands, residents continue to demand financial compensation from France for pesticide poisoning.
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4 Nov 2025
Shein’s Paris store debut triggers explosive backlash theglobeandmail.com/business…
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11 May 2025
Sparkling trouble: How U.S. tariffs threaten France’s Champagne winemaker theglobeandmail.com/business…
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12 May 2025
More than half of France’s Champagne is sold abroad, with the U.S. as its largest buyer. As winemakers grapple with climate change and recover from their worst year on record, new tariffs are putting producers on edge.
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27 Mar 2025
‘A deliberate poisoning’: how a banned pesticide haunts the French Caribbean theguardian.com/global-devel…
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22 Mar 2025
"Chlordecone can contaminate soil for up to 600 years."
What damage we have done to this #PoisonedPlanet - pesticides, plastics and pharmaceuticals all accumulating
#NovelEntities #PlanetaryBoundaries
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Years after its ban, an extremely toxic pesticide called chlordecone continues to contaminate people, food, and water in the French Caribbean islands of Guadeloupe and Martinique.
My first story on this issue:
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21 Mar 2025
I'm grateful to the @pulitzercenter for their support. Et merci à toutes les personnes qui ont témoigné et discuté avec moi pour ce sujet.
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16 Oct 2024
As the stakes of the climate crisis rise, so do the dangers of fighting it. Climate and environmental defenders are being "sued into silence" and are facing life-threatening violence, harassment, and persecution around the world. new @insideclimate insideclimatenews.org/news/1…
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16 Oct 2024
As the stakes of the climate crisis rise, so do the threats facing climate and environmental defenders fighting on the frontlines. A new report details legal repression, violence, and the lawyers fighting against it.
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8 Oct 2024
Some exciting ✨ personal news ✨! I’m the Globe and Mail’s new (and first ever?!) online culture reporter. In this brand new beat, I’ll report on our quickly evolving online landscape and its effects on society, politics, work, identities, relationships, and so much more.
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16 Sep 2024
American investors pulling out of climate initiatives highlight the widening gap between the U.S. and the rest of the world.
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14 Aug 2024
Business schools are increasingly training their students to manage the financial risks of climate change—and to capitalize on the energy transition.
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14 Aug 2024
For @insideclimate, @ColumbiaJournMA alum @Mat_Augustin (MA Business '24) reports that as corporate America reckons with the climate crisis, business schools are adapting MBAs to focus on climate and sustainability. insideclimatenews.org/news/1…
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14 Aug 2024
As corporate America grapples with the climate crisis, so do business schools.
I wrote about how Wharton and other MBA programs are teaching students about climate financial risk and the energy transition.
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8 Aug 2024
The lawsuit alleges that American Airlines mismanaged employees’ retirement savings by investing with fund managers who “pursue leftist political agendas” through ESG strategies. motherjones.com/politics/202…
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31 Jul 2024
From @columbiajourn, we have @mat_augustin!
She will cover Guadeloupe's cancer crisis, which is linked to a toxic pesticide that France used in the Caribbean until the mid-90's.
👉bit.ly/PostGrdRF24
ALT 2024 Pulitzer Center Post-Graduate Reporting Fellow - Mathilde Augustin - Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism - Cancer Crisis in Guadeloupe.
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