Maxine Joselow is a staff writer who covers climate change and the environment, with a focus on U.S. climate policy and politics. She also covers the designation of new national monuments.

Maxine Dexter earned an undergraduate degree in political science and communications from the University of Washington in January 1997 and an M.D. from the University of Washington in January 2001.

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