Articles by Reporter Emily Pontecorvo

Emily Pontecorvo is a reporter at Grist

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Biden promised to phase out drilling on public lands. How’s that going?

The administration agreed to start selling oil and gas leases again, but may do things a little differently.

Emily Pontecorvo Regulation
More workers are dying from heat. Texas may make it harder to protect them.

Will the US finally enact national heat standards?

Emily Pontecorvo Health
Offshore turbines could be a windfall for the US steel industry

A proposed wind turbine manufacturing hub in Baltimore means jobs for steelworkers.

Emily Pontecorvo Energy
Study: People are moving to flood-prone areas, not away from them

“We can’t control how much water falls, necessarily, but we can definitely control who is in harm’s way."

Emily Pontecorvo Science