Articles by Akielly Hu
Akielly Hu is a former Grist news and politics reporting fellow.
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![Steam rises from the smokestacks to fill the night sky above the Miller coal Power Plant in Adamsville, Alabama.]()
![Steam rises from the smokestacks to fill the night sky above the Miller coal Power Plant in Adamsville, Alabama.]()
These Supreme Court decisions just made it harder to solve climate change
Four key rulings limiting federal power will curtail the ability of the EPA and other agencies to write and enforce climate policies.
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![Three chimneys from a coal-fired electrical power plan send plumes of white smoke into a clear blue sky.]()
![Three chimneys from a coal-fired electrical power plan send plumes of white smoke into a clear blue sky.]()
Supreme Court blocks an EPA plan to curb ozone air pollution
Environmental advocates say the court’s decision in Ohio v. EPA shows it "is no longer neutral in cases involving environmental regulations.”
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![digital collage of a Black hand turning off a light switch, an electric meter, and the logo for Xcel Energy]()
![digital collage of a Black hand turning off a light switch, an electric meter, and the logo for Xcel Energy]()
A lack of data hampers efforts to fix racial disparities in utility cutoffs
A Minnesota study found customers in communities of color are three times more likely than others to have their electricity cut off, highlighting a hidden nationwide problem.
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![An electric utility worker inspects a transmission tower at dusk.]()
![An electric utility worker inspects a transmission tower at dusk.]()
San Diego ponders a bid to take over its for-profit energy utility
Frustration with high rates and poor service is sparking campaigns to take over investor-owned utilities and make them nonprofit public entities.
