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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Net-zero targets are everywhere. But to be effective, they need accountability.
Without a single standard, countries and companies are promising a lot of different things.
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![A large industrial facility near a river. In the foreground there is a white building with an American flag and the words United States Steel, Mon Valley Works, Clairton Plant]()
![A large industrial facility near a river. In the foreground there is a white building with an American flag and the words United States Steel, Mon Valley Works, Clairton Plant]()
The potential merger of two steel industry titans has environmentalists worried
It’s already possible to produce steel in a more climate-friendly way, but neither U.S. Steel nor Nippon Steel seems ready to adapt.
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As Pennsylvania chooses the next president, its unions are choosing clean energy
A coalition of trade unions have launched a new advocacy group, Union Energy, to ensure that Pennsylvania's workers get a “just transition” to a fossil-fuel-free economy.
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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.
