Dan Egan, journalist and author of “The Death and Life of the Great Lakes,” joins Texas Tribune environmental reporter Alejandra Martinez in a conversation about Egan’s book “The Devil’s Element: Phosphorus and a World Out of Balance,” which calls attention to one of the most perilous but little-known environmental issues of our time.
Humanity’s overreliance on phosphorous, a vital crop nutrient, is causing toxic algae blooms and “dead zones” in waterways from the coastal areas of Florida to the Mississippi River basin and Texas waterways. And the diminishing access to phosphorus poses a threat to the food system worldwide.
In this Texas Tribune Event, Egan sits down with Martinez to discuss his book, how these issues are impacting Texas and Texas communities, and what we can do to address them.
This recorded interview will be available to watch on demand beginning at 9 a.m. Central time on Friday, Oct. 27, at texastribune.org/events.
Alejandra Martinez joined the Texas Tribune in the fall of 2022 as a Dallas-based environmental reporter. She was previously an accountability reporter at KERA, where she began as a Report for America corps member and then covered Dallas City Hall. Before that, she worked as an associate producer at WLRN, South Florida’s public radio station. Alejandra studied journalism at the University of Texas at Austin, and interned at KUT and NPR's Latino USA. She's a native of the Aldine area of Harris County and speaks fluent Spanish.
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