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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From the cradle: How kids, newborns, and the unborn jump-started South Korea’s historic climate lawsuit
A constitutional court has ruled that South Korea can’t just set a carbon neutrality target — it has to have a roadmap to making it real.
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An invisible, toxic chemical has been poisoning residents in Puerto Rico for decades
An industrial worker got one whiff of ethylene oxide. Twenty years later, he still hasn’t recovered — and his community is searching for answers.
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Why Puerto Rico remains a tax haven for polluters
Despite health risks, Puerto Rico keeps tax incentives in place for cancer-causing chemical polluters.
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Why the EPA is relying on unproven technology to stop cancer-causing emissions
Regulators hope sealed enclosures can keep a dangerous chemical from getting loose. Experts think they’re wrong.
