Articles by Sachi Kitajima Mulkey
Sachi Kitajima Mulkey is a science and climate journalist. She was the 2024-2025 climate news reporting fellow at Grist.
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![Solar panel on patch of flowers and grass with large circular shadow on the panels]()
![Solar panel on patch of flowers and grass with large circular shadow on the panels]()
What the eclipse reveals about the progress and shortfalls of US energy
When an eclipse blocks out the sun, we get a glimpse of how our grid uses fossil fuels to compensate — and a future where it won't have to.
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![A worker on roof reaches out for a solar panel being handed to him by another worker.]()
![A worker on roof reaches out for a solar panel being handed to him by another worker.]()
How big-box stores and schools can help marginalized communities go solar
Installing solar arrays on commercial and public buildings could bring renewable energy to two-thirds of the nation's disadvantaged neighborhoods.
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![A landscape view of bulldozers and trucks working at a landfill as seagulls fly overhead]()
![A landscape view of bulldozers and trucks working at a landfill as seagulls fly overhead]()
Landfills bake the planet even more than we realized
Aerial monitoring finds they emit methane at levels at least 40 percent higher than previously reported to the EPA.
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![An aerial photo of oange, hazy skies over New York City.]()
![An aerial photo of oange, hazy skies over New York City.]()
It’s official: US air quality got worse in 2023
A new report finds wildfire smoke from Canada tipped the scales.
