Articles by Environmental Justice Fellow Gautama Mehta

Gautama Mehta is the the 2024-2025 Grist environmental justice reporting fellow.

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Why Mississippi coal is powering Georgia’s data centers

With electricity demand spiking, the Southern Company has opted to keep burning fossil fuels.

Emily Jones & Gautama Mehta Georgia PSC
Permitting reform is back. Is the latest deal worth it?

Senators Joe Manchin and John Barrasso offer a devil’s bargain: new power lines for clean energy transmission at the cost of more fossil fuels.

Lylla Younes & Gautama Mehta Regulation
Deal of the day: New study links online shopping to air pollution

Nitrogen dioxide levels near e-commerce warehouses are 20 percent higher than in other neighborhoods. It can even be measured from space.

Gautama Mehta Justice
What is a liquid? Utilities sue to avoid coal ash cleanup — and lose.

With the definition resolved, will the EPA come for polluting coal plants?

Gautama Mehta Energy