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Jamie Smith Hopkins

Environment editor and senior reporter

The Center for Public Integrity

Jamie Smith Hopkins is the environment editor and senior reporter for the Center for Public Integrity.

Jamie Smith Hopkins is the environment editor and senior reporter for the Center for Public Integrity.

An ariel photograph showing Lake Erie coved in green algae with a boat moving through the middle.

Lake Erie turns toxic every summer. Officials aren’t cracking down on the source.

Growing Food, Sowing Trouble

Voluntary fixes for the growing — and global — hazardous algae problem aren’t working.

A hand holds small micro-plastics.

As the world grapples with plastic, the US makes more of it — a lot more

Pushing plastics