Articles by Senior Staff Writer Naveena Sadasivam
Naveena Sadasivam is an investigative journalist and editor at Grist covering the oil and gas industry and climate change. She previously worked at the Texas Observer, Inside Climate News, and ProPublica, and has won accolades from the Society of Environmental Journalists, Society of Professional Journalists, Online News Association, and the Radio Television Digital News Association. She is interested in stories about the fossil fuel industry, toxic chemicals, and environmental justice.
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Trump invaded Venezuela to restore an oil industry he helped destroy
U.S. sanctions helped cause the near-total collapse of Venezuelan oil production — damage that President Trump is now using as justification for his military strike against the country.
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![Side-by-side photos of Trump turned away and a group photo of smiling representatives at COP30]()
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2025: The year the US gave up on climate, and the world gave up on us
While the U.S. sits in self-imposed isolation, the rest of the world, led by China, raced ahead to invest in renewables and commit to climate action.
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![Lower half of a woman carrying a sign that reads water > data centers]()
How to make data centers less thirsty
There’s a way to reduce both the climate and water harms of data centers: Build them in places with lots of wind and solar energy.
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![Front of the National Gallery of Art with sign that it is closed due to federal shutdown.]()
![Front of the National Gallery of Art with sign that it is closed due to federal shutdown.]()
How government shutdowns give polluters a free pass
Though the current political showdown is nearing an end, new research shows that government shutdowns leave polluting legacies.
