Articles by Reporter Emily Pontecorvo
Emily Pontecorvo is a reporter at Grist
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![solar panel installer carries a solar panel toward a house]()
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Why Texas fossil fuel unions signed onto a climate plan
“We get these narratives that the fossil fuel unions are against climate action. I think it’s a lot more complicated than what we hear.”
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![Collage: Florida, half underwater, with a gas station sign, fuel tanks, and refineries]()
![Collage: Florida, half underwater, with a gas station sign, fuel tanks, and refineries]()
A Florida city wanted to move away from fossil fuels. The state just made sure it couldn’t.
The story behind Florida’s new laws that strip cities of their ability to fight climate change.
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![Collage: New York state split into sections, an asthma inhaler, smokestacks, money, and a sewage pipe]()
![Collage: New York state split into sections, an asthma inhaler, smokestacks, money, and a sewage pipe]()
The next test for environmental justice policy? Defining ‘disadvantaged communities.’
New York’s sweeping climate law will prioritize environmental justice communities — once it decides who they are.
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![Rep. Sean Casten stands on the House floor introducing his hot FERC summer campaign]()
![Rep. Sean Casten stands on the House floor introducing his hot FERC summer campaign]()
The day ‘Hot Girl Summer’ came to Congress
Will a Megan Thee Stallion reference get people to care about the most important agency for climate policy?
