Articles by Regional Reporter, Georgia Emily Jones
Emily Jones is the Georgia regional reporter at Grist. She covers climate issues, policy, and energy there as part of a partnership with WABE, Atlanta’s NPR station, with a focus on how climate change is affecting Georgians’ lives and communities. She has a master’s in broadcast journalism from Columbia University. Her work has been honored with a regional Edward R. Murrow award and Atlanta Press Club and Georgia Association of Broadcasters awards.
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That empty space next to highways? Put solar panels on it.
Roadside solar fields across the country could power up to 12 million electric vehicles.
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Herschel Walker on the environment: America needs its ‘gas-guzzling cars’
The Republican Senate candidate insisted that cars in the U.S. "got the good emissions."
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These red states don’t want climate targets — but they do want green jobs
How Georgia and other Republican-led states are trying to benefit from the clean manufacturing boom.
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The next frontier in medicine: Doctors with climate training
Medical schools across the country are increasingly reckoning with the need to teach the intersection of climate change and health.
