Articles by Senior Staff Writer Anita Hofschneider
Anita Hofschneider is a senior staff writer at Grist based in Honolulu. She is Chamorro from the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands and spent a decade reporting on local news in Hawaiʻi before joining Gristʻs Indigenous affairs desk. Her work has won dozens of awards, and she was most recently named a finalist for the Livingston Award for Young Journalists. You can reach her at ahofschneider@grist.org
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Researchers find nuclear fingerprints in sea turtle shells
A new study underscores an enduring nuclear legacy as Japan releases wastewater from Fukushima into the Pacific.
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As Japan releases Fukushima wastewater into the ocean, Pacific Islanders are reminded of a never-ending nuclear legacy
Indigenous communities worry the decision will compound existing health disparities.
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Locals have been sounding the alarm for years about Lahaina wildfire risk
While the inferno spread shockingly fast, it didn’t come out of nowhere.
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Wildfires just destroyed a Maui town. Next year could be worse.
The raging fires have killed at least 55 people and caused what is expected to be billions of dollars in damages. Climate change could prompt more of the same.
