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Adam Federman

Adam Federman, a Middlebury Fellow in Environmental Journalism, has written for The Nation, Columbia Journalism Review, Gastronomica, Adirondack Life, and other publications.

An oil-tank train operated by Burlington Northern Santa Fe Corp., based in Fort Worth, Texas, cruises east alongside U.S. 10, a few miles outside of Staples, Minn. (AP/Mike Cronin)

“The infrastructure isn’t there”: Why shipping Bakken crude oil by rail is a disaster in the making

Adam Federman
(Photos by Laura Borealis/Tar Sand Blockade)

Undercover agents spied on Keystone protestors

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The Keystone Oil Pipeline is pictured under construction in North Dakota. (Reuters)

The fossil fuel industry’s secret war on environmental activists

Adam Federman
(AP/Ed Andrieski)

Is the government spying on environmental groups?

Adam Federman
"Variagate Darter 2," a painting from an exhibition, sponsored by the Mountain Institute, called <a href="http://web.me.com/paynestake/Homage_to_Dunkard_Creek/Reflections_Gallery.html#0">“Reflections: Homage to Dunkard Creek”</a> that commemorates the dozens of species that died in the river kill.

Did fracking kill Dunkard Creek?

Adam Federman