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Jimmy Tobias

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Jimmy Tobias, an environmental reporter, is a contributor at The Nation and a contributing writer at The Guardian and Pacific Standard. He is a 2021 Alicia Patterson Foundation Fellow.

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Origins of Covid

The Rise and Fall of the Raccoon Dog Theory of Covid-19

Jimmy Tobias
- May. 10

Media reports created a false impression of a major breakthrough linking animals to Covid’s origins.

The Coronavirus Crisis

NIH Urged to Consider Banning Wuhan Institute of Virology From Future Grants

Jimmy Tobias
- Jan. 26

The Wuhan lab has continued to stonewall NIH and EcoHealth Alliance on scientific documentation, an inspector general report confirmed.

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Origins of Covid

Unredacted NIH Emails Show Efforts to Rule Out Lab Origin of Covid

Jimmy Tobias
- Jan. 19

Virologists close to the NIH initially believed the Covid virus could be genetically engineered. Unredacted emails show how their thinking evolved.

A healthy Florida panther is seen on display at the Palm Beach Zoo on August 22, 2019 in Palm Beach, Florida.

Money and Politics Could Doom the Florida Panther — and the Endangered Species Act

Jimmy Tobias
- Jan. 24

The law has powerful provisions to protect animals, but, amid cozy relationships with developers, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service rarely acts.

WASHINGTON, DC - JANUARY 28: A worker arrives at the Department of Interior on January 28, 2019 in Washington, DC. Last Friday President Donald Trump signed a temporary measure to reopen the U.S. government after it was partially shut down for 35 days as the president and congressional Democrats could not come to a bipartisan solution for more money to build a wall along the U.S.-Mexico border.  (Photo by Mark Wilson/Getty Images)

Interior Department Is Filled With Ex-Lobbyists Who Are Cozy with Their Former Employers, New Ethics Complaint Shows

Jimmy Tobias, Jesse Coleman
- Feb. 20

"The Interior Department’s culture of corruption under President Trump didn’t start or end with Ryan Zinke."

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