Articles by Reporter Emily Pontecorvo
Emily Pontecorvo is a reporter at Grist
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Exxon’s ’emission reduction plan’ doesn’t call for reducing Exxon’s emissions
The semantic trick that allows oil companies to "cut" emissions and grow them at the same time.
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What if net-zero isn’t enough? Inside the push to ‘restore’ the climate.
They’re ready to talk about carbon removal. Are you?
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New York’s $226 billion retirement fund will pull out of fossil fuels
The nation's third-largest pension fund will withdraw investments from companies that aren't prepared to survive in a low-carbon economy.
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Most of America’s dirty power plants will be ready to retire by 2035
Shutting down the nation’s fossil fuel–burning power plants in the next 15 years wouldn't be as economically risky as previously thought, a new study shows.
