Erin Siegal
Reporter, Fronteras DeskErin Siegal is part of the Fronteras Desk reporting team, based in San Diego at KPBS. She is also a Senior Fellow at the Schuster Institute for Investigative Journalism, a Soros Justice Fellow, and a Redux Pictures photographer. She was a 2008-2009 fellow at the Toni Stabile Center for Investigative Journalism at Columbia University’s Graduate School of Journalism. Erin is the author of the award-winning book Finding Fernanda, (Beacon Press 2012), which examines organized crime and child trafficking in international adoption between Guatemala and the U.S. Previously, she wrote a column on public records and government accountability for the Columbia Journalism Review, "The FOIA Watchdog." She's contributed to various media outlets, including Univision, the New York Times, Time, Reuters, Newsweek, O Magazine, Businessweek, Rolling Stone, and more. She lives in Tijuana, Mexico. When she's not eating tacos or working, Erin can be found along the border at Rancho Los Amigos, riding horses and smoking cigars with her favorite vaqueros.
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Stream now with KPBS+ / Watch Thursday, Sept. 18, 2025 at 11:30 p.m. on KPBS TV. Over the past decade, renewable energy has exploded. Technology is improving. Costs are plummeting. But just as the world goes all in, the U.S. is doubling down on fossil fuels. Does it risk being left in the dark? Bill McKibben, an environmentalist, activist and author of the new book "Here Comes the Sun," joins Ian Bremmer. -
Over the past decade, renewable energy has exploded. Technology is improving. Costs are plummeting. But just as the world goes all in, the US is doubling down on fossil fuels. Does it risk being left in the dark? Bill McKibben, an environmentalist, activist and author of the new book Here Comes the Sun, joins Ian Bremmer.
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At least two people were seriously injured in a shooting involving police in the southern part of Pennsylvania, not far from the Maryland border, and Gov. Josh Shapiro was rushing to the scene, officials said. -
Greenfield said the Vermont ice cream maker "has been silenced, sidelined for fear of upsetting those in power" by Unilever, the multinational corporation that bought Ben & Jerry's in 2000. -
Stream now with KPBS+ and YouTube. Get a sneak peek at a brand new season of NATURE on PBS, starting October 2025. -
Get a sneak peek at a brand new season of NATURE.
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