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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How we calculated the size of the Southwest’s abandoned oil well problem
Using machine learning, we found that states are grossly undercounting orphan wells.
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‘No teeth and no funding’: How regulators failed to police the oil industry
Thirty years of data show Texas and New Mexico officials struggled to identify and fine violators.
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One researcher’s quest to quantify the environmental cost of abandoned oil wells
Unplugged wells could be quietly leaking millions of pounds of methane in West Texas.
