Articles by Reporter Emily Pontecorvo
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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?
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![A super blue blood moon setting over Boston]()
![A super blue blood moon setting over Boston]()
Coastal flooding projections have been ignoring the wobbly moon problem
New research finds that variations in the moon’s orbit will lead to a burst of sunny-day flooding in the mid-2030s.
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Report: Corporate giants have been lobbying against their own emissions targets
Almost every S&P 100 company plans to reduce its emissions. But only 40% have lobbied for science-based climate policy.
