Erin Douglas is a climate reporter for The Boston Globe. She previously covered environment and energy issues in Texas for five years, where she was a business reporter for the Houston Chronicle and then an environment and climate reporter for The Texas Tribune. Her work focused on the impacts of climate change on Texans, including extreme heat, flooding and droughts. Her coverage of Texas’ near-statewide power blackouts was recognized with an Investigative Reporters & Editors (IRE) award in 2021, and her work exploring the mental health impacts of climate disasters was recognized as part of the Tribune’s Edward R. Murrow award for overall excellence in 2022. Erin studied journalism and economics at Colorado State University and her first newsroom job was interning for The Denver Post, her hometown newspaper.