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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![Texas Railroad Commission logo on top of scales with Earth and money on each side, Texas in background]()
![Texas Railroad Commission logo on top of scales with Earth and money on each side, Texas in background]()
Report: Texas oil and gas regulators are awash in fossil fuel money
Conflicts of interest plague the Texas Railroad Commission, a powerful agency charged with environmental protection in Lone Star oilfields.
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![A car sits on a flooded driveway of a house following a night of heavy wind and rain from Hurricane Ida]()
![A car sits on a flooded driveway of a house following a night of heavy wind and rain from Hurricane Ida]()
Even U.S. bankers are getting anxious about climate change
“Climate change will impact all governments, industries, and individuals. Housing and housing finance will not be spared.”
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![Flooded area outside of Shell Norco Facility]()
![Flooded area outside of Shell Norco Facility]()
Ida’s aftermath shows the risks of petrochemical production in a hurricane zone
A Shell refinery in the heart of “Cancer Alley” has been polluting excessively since the storm passed.
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![Gas flare]()
![Gas flare]()
Report: Oil companies are burning off natural gas — and leaving regulators in the dark
A new analysis is the first to identify what could constitute widespread illegal flaring in Texas oil fields.
