Naveena Sadasivam

Naveena Sadasivam is a staff writer at Grist.

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High and dry

Politicians knew the inconvenient truth about the Colorado River 100 years ago — and ignored it
This land is their land

This pipeline cuts across a reservation. Wisconsin might make tribal members felons for protesting it.
no goitering

How the U.S. accidentally raised the IQ of an entire generation

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Lungs on Fire

Wildfire smoke is a silent killer — and climate change is making it worse
captured by coal

Big coal gave a tiny Texas town free land. There’s a major catch.
captured by coal

Texas signed off on the restoration of this old coal mine. Now a leaky landfill is contaminating groundwater.
captured by coal

Texas coal companies are leaving behind contaminated land. The state is letting them.
Pipeline to prison

Trespass near a pipeline, go to prison for 6 years? It could happen in Wisconsin.
Hanging in the balance

Why Greenpeace activists dangled from a bridge in Texas — and face 2 years in prison