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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A quick guide to Georgia’s 2025 Public Service Commission elections
When to vote, who’s eligible, and the candidates running.
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![A photo looking down a muddy street, with construction equipment along the sides and workers in high-vis vests looking on.]()
![A photo looking down a muddy street, with construction equipment along the sides and workers in high-vis vests looking on.]()
They survived Hurricane Helene. Here’s how they’re doing a year later.
The powerful storm caught many people off guard as it drove through six states. As devastating as it was, did Helene truly change anything?
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![Voting stickers are seen in the Georgia primary on election day, May 24th, 2022]()
![Voting stickers are seen in the Georgia primary on election day, May 24th, 2022]()
How to get Georgia voters to turn out for the PSC election? Talk about their power bills.
Campaigns and activists are racing to educate voters on the Public Service Commission, elected officials with power over energy bills and climate action.
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![This image from video provided by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement via DVIDS shows manufacturing plant employees waiting to have their legs shackled at the Hyundai Motor Group’s electric vehicle plant, Thursday, Sept. 4, 2025, in Ellabell, Ga.]()
![This image from video provided by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement via DVIDS shows manufacturing plant employees waiting to have their legs shackled at the Hyundai Motor Group’s electric vehicle plant, Thursday, Sept. 4, 2025, in Ellabell, Ga.]()
In Georgia, Trump’s immigration agenda and clean energy jobs are colliding
Expert foreign workers are key to setting up new factories in the U.S. An ICE raid targeting them could hurt efforts to ramp up American manufacturing.
