Connor Giffin is the environmental reporter at The Courier Journal. He writes about the health of Kentucky's land, air and water, energy policy, climate change, biodiversity, agriculture and more. Before joining The Courier Journal in 2022, Connor covered state government, business, public health and the environment in various reporting roles while attending the University of Missouri. He was born and raised in the San Francisco Bay Area and has family roots up north in Wisconsin. He can be reached by email at cgiffin@gannett.com.