Jacques Leslie

Author

Jacques Leslie writes narrative nonfiction about global environmental issues. He currently contributes to the New Yorker and the New York Times opinion pages. His book on dams, Deep Water: The Epic Struggle Over Dams, Displaced People, and the Environment, won the J. Anthony Lukas Work-in-Progress Award for its “elegant, beautiful prose.” He recently published an ebook, A Deluge of Consequences, that portrays a project in Bhutan to counter the effects of climate change.

How climate change is disrupting the global supply chain

April 18, 2022

by Jacques Leslie

Extreme weather, from floods to wildfires, is increasingly hammering ports, highways and factories worldwide.
Damming evidence: Communities turn to reusing wastewater as scarcity threatens

May 23, 2018

by Jacques Leslie

The move marks a paradigm shift in water storage and conservation methods.
- Cities
- Water Reuse
Utilities grapple with the rooftop solar revolution

September 21, 2017

by Jacques Leslie

The complex truth behind painting utilities as the "bad guys" stopping the transition to clean energy.
Eyes in the sky: Green groups harness data from space

January 25, 2016

by Jacques Leslie

How satellite imagery can help monitor environmental degradation.
- Information Technology
- Pollution Prevention

Jacques Leslie

Author

How climate change is disrupting the global supply chain

Damming evidence: Communities turn to reusing wastewater as scarcity threatens

Utilities grapple with the rooftop solar revolution

Eyes in the sky: Green groups harness data from space