Articles by Reporter Emily Pontecorvo
Emily Pontecorvo is a reporter at Grist
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UK court ruling: Heathrow airport expansion doesn’t fly under Paris Agreement
This is the first time a court has cited the Paris Agreement to strike down a major infrastructure project and could have implications all over the world.
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Cities are starting to ban gas in buildings. Arizona’s not having it.
A new law that was fast-tracked through the Arizona legislature prohibits cities from banning natural gas in buildings.
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Researchers blast ‘forever chemicals’ into oblivion with plasma
Dubbed “forever chemicals” because they don’t break down over time, now scientists like Sales are racing to figure out how to clean PFAS up.
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Believe it or not, the Deepwater Horizon oil spill was even worse than previously thought
A new study found that satellite images used to inform fishery closures did not capture the full extent of toxic oil from the 2010 spill.
