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Ingrid Lobet

Investigative Reporter, inewsource

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Ingrid Lobet previously worked with the team of journalists at inewsource, a nonprofit journalism enterprise embedded in the KPBS newsroom. Lobet has covered the environment, energy and climate for 14 years and been recognized with several national awards, including IRE, Edward R. Murrow, Scripps Howard and the Polk (team). She served on the investigative team at the Houston Chronicle and produced stories for Marketplace and the Center for Investigative Reporting. When screen time overwhelms she reverts to carpentry, her first trade.

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KPBS Midday Edition

U.S. Natural Gas To Mexico Skyrockets Making Some In Mexico Nervous About Dependence

Ingrid Lobet

Drug tunnels are not the only passageways beneath the U.S.-Mexico border that transport valuable cargo. Pipelines cross the boundary too, carrying natural gas south.
Politics

'Shot Across The Bow’ At California Greenhouse Gas Rules

Ingrid Lobet

The Trump administration put California on notice Wednesday that it’s taking another look at miles per gallon requirements for cars and pickups that were negotiated during the Obama administration. Almost simultaneously, 10 attorneys general asked the administration to leave the rules alone.
Environment

Old Carlsbad Power Plant’s Environmental Toll Will Persist

Ingrid Lobet

The Encina Power Station, whose landmark stacks were built in 1954, will probably keep running through next year even though it is taking a toll on marine life.
Environment

News In Numbers: Getting Cash For Turning Off Your Lights In San Diego

Ingrid Lobet

Saving energy is supposed to be boring. But one startup has turned reducing your personal power use into a game. It’s a game that lowers pollution, relieves demand on the grid at critical times, and even pays a little. They’ve done it using data.
KPBS Midday Edition

Raucous Crowd Opposes Reopening Aliso Canyon Gas Field

Ingrid Lobet

A fed-up crowd of San Fernando Valley residents commandeered the first of two meetings on the reopening of the Aliso Canyon underground gas storage field Wednesday.
Environment

Carlsbad Power Plant Won’t Open On Time; Clean Energy Challenges Will Continue

Ingrid Lobet

A long planned gas-fired power station in Carlsbad that squeaked through approval largely because it was the only source that could be up and running by the end of 2017 will not be complete by that date after all.