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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![Collage: a bulldozer with abstract flames behind it, two hands in handcuffs, and a black line representing a pipeline below]()
![Collage: a bulldozer with abstract flames behind it, two hands in handcuffs, and a black line representing a pipeline below]()
Jessica Reznicek set fire to Dakota Access Pipeline construction. Is she a terrorist?
Amid tightening protest laws, the activist is appealing a district court’s ruling applying a “terrorism enhancement” to her sentence.
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![Female hand holding positive pregnancy test layered on top of torn United States constitution and refinery smokestacks silhouetted on bright yellow in the background]()
![Female hand holding positive pregnancy test layered on top of torn United States constitution and refinery smokestacks silhouetted on bright yellow in the background]()
What overturning Roe v. Wade means for pregnant people in pollution hotspots
Communities near polluting sites tend to be disproportionately lower income and people of color — populations that are more likely to need abortion care in the first place.
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![US President Joe Biden speaks on Earth Day at Seward Park in Seattle, Washington, on April 22, 2022.]()
![US President Joe Biden speaks on Earth Day at Seward Park in Seattle, Washington, on April 22, 2022.]()
Biden signs Earth Day executive order to protect old-growth forests
The order contains vague language around logging, disappointing some environmentalists calling for a ban on the practice on federal lands.
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Study: Global warming will stay below 2 degrees C — if countries actually keep their promises
But 1.5 degrees, the world’s most ambitious goal, still looks out of reach.
