Jeff Brady
Jeff Brady is a National Desk Correspondent based in Philadelphia, where he covers energy issues and climate change. Brady helped establish NPR's environment and energy collaborative which brings together NPR and Member station reporters from across the country to cover the big stories involving the natural world.
Brady approaches stories from the consumer side of the light switch and the gas pump in an effort to demystify an energy system that can seem complicated and opaque. Brady has reported on in a world more concerned about climate change, the long saga over the , the closing of a in Pennsylvania and how .
In 2017 his reporting showed that have made it difficult for the oil business to diversify its workforce. A union at the center of that reporting now from its Black members.
In 2011 Brady led NPR's coverage of the Jerry Sandusky child sexual abuse scandal at Penn State—from to the trial where .
In 2005, Brady was among the NPR reporters who covered the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina. His left behind after the storm exposed efforts to stall the implementation of a national car titling system. Today, the National Motor Vehicle Title Information System is operational and the Department of Justice estimates it could save car buyers up to $11 billion a year.
Before coming to NPR in September 2003, Brady was a reporter at Oregon Public Broadcasting (OPB) in Portland. He has also worked in commercial television as an anchor and a reporter, and in commercial radio as a talk-show host and reporter.
Brady graduated with a Bachelor of Arts in Communications from Southern Oregon State College (now Southern Oregon University). In 2018 SOU honored Brady with its annual "Distinguished Alumni" award.
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The next time you shop for a cooking stove, the gas versions might show a health warning label similar to those on tobacco products. -
The rooftop solar business is a big source of consumer complaints. Across the country, prosecutors are investigating sales practices and financing arrangements. Now the solar industry is working to repair its reputation. -
The rooftop solar business is a big source of consumer complaints. The industry is working to repair its reputation. Here’s how you can protect yourself. -
Solar power is booming, helping the country meet its climate goals. But the rooftop solar industry is a big source of consumer complaints and the industry is working to repair that.
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The rooftop solar business is a big source of consumer complaints. Prosecutors are investigating sales practices and financing arrangements.
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Climate change advocates heaped praise on Minnesota Governor Tim Walz -
Climate change has been a central focus in Joe Biden's first term. But fossil fuels have also flourished, and meeting the country's climate goals would require even bigger steps in a second term. -
A worldwide poll from the United Nations of more than 75,000 people shows a vast majority want governments to do more to address climate change.
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The U.S. Department of Agriculture has an updated plant hardiness zone map. Will the new map change what gardeners should plant this spring?
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There's a good chance your zone shifted when the USDA updated its plant hardiness map in 2023. Zoom in on what that means for your garden. -
The Energy Department finalized rules that will ban fossil fuels in new and remodeled federal buildings by 2030. -
Fifteen years after the EPA said greenhouse gasses are a danger to public health, the agency finalized rules to limit climate-warming pollution from existing coal and new gas power plants.
