Freddie Clayton
Freddie Clayton is an investigative journalist with the Center for Collaborative Investigative Journalism, focusing on environmental themes, specifically water and sanitation issues worldwide. He is a contributor to the Observatory.
Released for Syndication:
10/30/2024
No country is immune from water scarcity issues—not even wealthy countries like the United States.
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Released for Syndication:
08/30/2024
From the outskirts of cities to the most rural parts of the country, more than 1 million Namibians lack adequate access to toilets, and they are often faced with only one option: open defecation.
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Released for Syndication:
07/10/2024
According to the 2021 Global Climate Risk Index, Malawi is among the five nations worldwide most affected by extreme weather events. The country experiences distinct wet and dry seasons, so climate phenomena like El Niño can disrupt normal rain patterns and lead to periods...
Released for Syndication:
08/25/2023
Population growth and climate change are stretching America’s water supplies to the limit, and tapping new sources is becoming more difficult each year—in some cases, even impossible. New Mexico, California, Arizona, and Colorado are facing the nation’s most significant strains on water supplies. But across...
Released for Syndication:
04/22/2021
By turning wastewater into drinking water, our existing water supplies could go further.
Released for Syndication:
12/04/2020
A city in the middle of the desert with less rainfall than any other in the nation was bound to have a water problem.