Anita Hofschneider

Senior staff writer at Grist

Queen Liliuokalani of Hawaii (Getty Images/Bettmann Contributor)

How the last queen of Hawaiʻi is influencing the debate over deep-sea mining

Anita Hofschneider
Wind turbines at sunset in Oklahoma. (Ryan McGinnis / Getty Images)

Ignoring Indigenous rights is making the green transition more expensive

Anita Hofschneider
A person watches a shipping vessel from a mound of ice and snow on the shore of Lake Superior as the sun rises in Duluth, Minnesota, on April 13, 2023. (STEPHEN MATUREN/AFP via Getty Images)

Why more than 60 Indigenous nations oppose the Line 5 oil pipeline

Anita Hofschneider
Scuba diver with a large school of batfish and a green sea turtle. (Getty Images/Georgette Douwma)

Researchers find nuclear fingerprints in sea turtle shells

Anita Hofschneider
In this image obtained from the County of Maui, a wildfire burns on the island of Maui near an intersection at Hokiokio Place and Lahaina Bypass in Lahaina, Hawaii, August 9, 2023. (Photo courtesy of County of Maui / Zeke Kalua)

Locals have been sounding the alarm for years about Lahaina wildfire risk

Anita Hofschneider
The Grassy Narrows First Nations Reserve has been plagued by the neurotoxin for over 50 years after a pulp and paper company dumped 10 tonnes of mercury into the Wabigoon River, contaminating the fish that is a staple to their community. (Randy Risling/Toronto Star via Getty Images)

Mercury pollution is worsening a mental health crisis in this Indigenous community

Anita Hofschneider