Ian James

I'm a reporter with The Desert Sun in Palm Springs. I focus on water issues, climate change and other environmental topics.

Articles

Along the U.S.-Mexico border, in an area called Mexicali, pollution is killing people.

'Poisoned City' series investigates how pollution harms border communities

For years, the New River has been plagued by toxic pollutants and raw sewage spills. In 2016, two Desert Sun journalists set out to discover why.

Race and Equity

Poverty and Class

Environmental Health

Immigrant and Migrant Health

Chronic Disease

Community Safety

Kaylee Pineda uses a nebulizer treatment to prevent an asthma attack before going to her baseball game.

Novel collaboration fuels Desert Sun's reporting on health effects of shrinking Salton Sea

As the Salton Sea slowly dries up, an environmental health disaster is brewing. In response, the Desert Sun found new ways to report on the rising health threat to local communities.

Race and Equity

Environmental Health

Chronic Disease

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Ian James

Articles

'Poisoned City' series investigates how pollution harms border communities

Novel collaboration fuels Desert Sun's reporting on health effects of shrinking Salton Sea