Articles by Gautama Mehta
Gautama Mehta was the 2024-2025 environmental justice reporting fellow at Grist. He previously worked as a climate reporter at the Macon Telegraph in Georgia, general assignment reporter at the Biloxi Sun Herald in Mississippi, and reporting fellow at Coda Story. He was born in New York City and attended the University of Chicago.
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![digital collage of wind turbine, ballot, and transmission tower]()
![digital collage of wind turbine, ballot, and transmission tower]()
These downballot elections may slow the shift to clean energy
Republicans won, or are leading, in closely watched utility commission races in Arizona, Montana, and Louisiana.
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![Digital collage of people at voting booths with pictures of different energy structures around them]()
![Digital collage of people at voting booths with pictures of different energy structures around them]()
The race for clean energy is local
A couple hundred overlooked public officials control the U.S. power grid — and some of them are on your ballots.
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![Line workers repair power lines against a scene of hurricane damage, with downed trees and debris]()
![Line workers repair power lines against a scene of hurricane damage, with downed trees and debris]()
Hurricane Helene brought devastation — and an opportunity — to Appalachia’s power grids
As recovery efforts continue, utilities in the region need to rethink their approach to electricity in the face of climate change.
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![A photograph taken from above of shelled corn being unloaded from a combine harvester onto a tractor trailer on a farm]()
![A photograph taken from above of shelled corn being unloaded from a combine harvester onto a tractor trailer on a farm]()
The climate fight that’s holding up the farm bill
11 percent of the country’s emissions come from agriculture. Will Congress do anything about it?
