Articles by Regional Reporter, Appalachia Katie Myers
Katie Myers reports on climate change in Appalachia through a partnership between Grist and Blue Ridge Public Radio in western North Carolina. She previously served as a climate solutions fellow at Grist, and as an economic transition reporter in eastern Kentucky with the Ohio Valley ReSource and WMMT 88.7 FM. Her freelance work has appeared in the BBC, NPR, Belt Magazine, and the New Republic, among others, and she has completed media fellowships with the Society for Environmental Journalists, the Heinrich Boell Foundation, America Amplified, and the Solutions Journalism Network.
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![A plowed field and water tower are shouded in fog in an aerial photo of the town of Stanton, Tennessee.]()
![A plowed field and water tower are shouded in fog in an aerial photo of the town of Stanton, Tennessee.]()
A huge EV factory is coming to west Tennessee. Here’s how locals are ensuring they benefit.
Communities are using an organizing tool intended for sports stadiums to bargain with energy transition projects for labor standards and affordable housing.
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![Youth climate activists waving pickets join a demonstration in New York City demanding climate action.]()
![Youth climate activists waving pickets join a demonstration in New York City demanding climate action.]()
The latest youth climate lawsuit tries a novel argument: The unique environmental vulnerability of children
Eighteen California children say the EPA fails to recognize the unique physical and mental impacts climate change has on kids.
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![An aerial view of the Cape Fear Memorial Bridge spanning the Cape Fear River in Wilmington, North Carolina.]()
![An aerial view of the Cape Fear Memorial Bridge spanning the Cape Fear River in Wilmington, North Carolina.]()
UN declares PFAS pollution in North Carolina a human rights violation
Its declaration marks the first time the international body has used such a framework to address the threat of “forever chemicals” in the U.S.
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![Factory workers and members of the United Auto Workers waving pickets outside a factory in Louiseville, Kentucky, are reflected in a puddle.]()
![Factory workers and members of the United Auto Workers waving pickets outside a factory in Louiseville, Kentucky, are reflected in a puddle.]()
The UAW ratifies a contract — and labor’s road ahead in the EV transition
The historic contract solidifies workers' role in the clean energy transition, and it already has other automakers raising wages.
