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Zach Van Arsdale, Howard Center for Investigative Journalism

Zach Van Arsdale is the head of the multimedia department, shaping design and multimedia storytelling at The State Press. He has previously worked for The Howard Center of Investigative Journalism and on the Carnegie-Knight News21 project: "Unmasking America."

A sign welcomes passersby to an “Energy Sacrifice Zone” outside of Counselor, New Mexico, on Oct. 26, 2021.

Straddling the divide between environmental action and energy revenue

By: Isabel Koyama, Sarah Suwalsky, Jimmy Cloutier and Zach Van Arsdale, Howard Center for Investigative Journalism - February 28, 2022

COUNSELOR, New Mexico — Bright pink flags mark a swath of newly cleared land, rubber water hoses snake along the roadside and pump jacks dot the horizon, all signs of the state’s growth as an oil and gas hub. But even as production expands across New Mexico, the state is trying to shrink its global […]

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