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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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.
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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.
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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?
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How to survive a heat wave on a fixed income
As a scorching summer kicks off, New York City’s cooling centers aren’t up to the task.
