Amy Westervelt

Amy Westervelt (born 1978) is an award-winning investigative climate journalist with over 20 years of experience, recognized for pioneering climate accountability reporting. A UC Berkeley graduate, she founded the Critical Frequency podcast network in 2017, creating groundbreaking audio projects like *Drilled* – the first true-crime-style climate podcast that's been downloaded over 1 million times. Her career spans prestigious outlets including The Guardian, Washington Post, and NPR, with notable investigations like the Tesla Gigafactory impacts (2016 Edward R. Murrow Award). Westervelt received the 2023 Covering Climate Now 'Journalist of the Year' award and multiple Peabody nominations for podcasts like *This Land* and *Damages*. She currently focuses on climate litigation and disinformation through projects like *Rigged* while based in Costa Rica.