Adriene Hill is a multimedia reporter for the Marketplace sustainability desk, with a focus on consumer issues and the individual relationship to sustainability and the environment. Hill also fills in as host for Marketplace Morning Report and Marketplace Tech Report, when needed.

Hill joined Marketplace in 2010 and helped cover the BP oil spill as well as work on one of Marketplace’s most successful and popular online features “Future Jobs-O-Matic.”  Hill’s biggest job satisfaction is being able to ask really smart people all sorts of questions.

Prior to joining Marketplace, Hill worked at WBEZ (Chicago Public Radio) first as an intern, then producer of the local show Eight Forty-Eight, then news desk editor and reporter. 

Hill has received numerous awards for her contribution to a project she worked on at WBEZ called “Inside & Out.” They include: Associated Press Illinois – Best Investigative Series and Best Series/Documentary; Lisagor awards – Online Investigative Reporting and Public Affairs Programming; Society of Professional Journalists, Sigma Delta Chi – Public Service Award; RTDNA Murrow Awards – Best Continuing Coverage; and PRNDI National – Best Multi-Media Presentation, First Place Enterprise/Investigative, First Place Series.

Hill is a graduate of Amherst College where she was a double major and earned her bachelor’s degree in political science and economics. She also received her master’s degree in political science from Northwestern University.

A native of Celo, N.C., Hill currently resides in Los Angeles where the weather is really as good as people say it is. In her spare time, she likes to hike, cook and sew.

Features By Adriene Hill

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What's going on with the Home Star legislation? Are rebates on the way? Should I wait to make my home more energy efficient?

Easy Answer: It looks like Home Star will be a part of the scaled-back energy bill Senator Harry Reid is planning to introduce next week. There's...
Posted In: cap-and-trade, energy, energy bills, home, Home Star, Reid, weatherize
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What do those numbers on the bottoms of plastic containers mean? Which numbers are the easiset to recycle?

Easy Answer: The numbers on the bottom of plastic bottles let you know the type of plastic they're made of. The easiest to recycle are numbers 1...
Posted In: codes, numbers, plastic, plastics, recycling
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How will climate scientist Stephen Schneider be remembered?

Climate change expert Stephen Schneider died yesterday in London. He was 65....
Posted In: climate, climate change, Stephen Scheider
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How can coriander help reduce green house gas emissions?

Easy Answer: Feed it to sheep....
Posted In: Green house gases, methane, sheep
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The bigger the oil spill, the bigger the fines for BP

If the BP oil leak cap holds, attention will shift to the clean-up and one of the first tasks is to figure out how much oil has spilled into the water. The number that scientists settle on has big implications for BP.
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What are the best fish to eat--for me and the environment?

Easy Answer: According to the Monterey Bay Aquarium's "Super Green List" the best fish for eating are: Albacore Tuna (troll- or pole-caught, from...
Posted In: fish, seafood, sustainablitiy
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How are scientists measuring the size of the oil spill?

Easy Answer: They're estimating the volume of oil already in the ocean and working on establishing flow rates....
Posted In: BP, flow rate, Oil, oil spill, Science
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Gulf seafood gets 'sniff' tests for oil, chemicals

When the BP oil spill started, people immediately wondered about how the oil would affect the animals, particularly seafood that people consume -- but Marketplace's Adriene Hill reports that people should also be looking out for chemical dispersants.

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