Stories by Patrick Sisson

Patrick Sisson is a Los Angeles–based writer and reporter who focuses on the tech, trends and science that shape cities and the places we live. His work has appeared in the New York Times, Bloomberg and MIT Technology Review.

A U.S. Army Corps boat pumps sediment off the North Carolina coast

PollutionMarch 9, 2026

Dredging up a toxic past in the Cape Fear River

A proposed $1.3-billion U.S. Army Corps of Engineers port expansion in North Carolina threatens to unearth decades of “forever chemicals.” The government’s initial plan: don’t test the mud

Patrick Sisson