Articles by Reporter Emily Pontecorvo
Emily Pontecorvo is a reporter at Grist
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![white steam pours out of a flue on the side of a building from a natural gas boiler]()
![white steam pours out of a flue on the side of a building from a natural gas boiler]()
Will the EPA crack down on pollution from buildings?
26 environmental and public health groups petitioned the agency to phase out fossil fuel-burning heaters.
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![Animation: three smokestacks with smoke disappearing against a blue sky]()
![Animation: three smokestacks with smoke disappearing against a blue sky]()
Will the Inflation Reduction Act jumpstart carbon capture?
The new climate law makes tax credits for the controversial tech more lucrative and easier to access.
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![traffic lines up on 2nd ave in new york city]()
![traffic lines up on 2nd ave in new york city]()
How NYC’s upcoming congestion pricing program will reduce traffic — and cut carbon
A new report analyzes potential fee structures and shows how they would affect traffic, transit, and emissions.
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![Small houses connected by a glowing yellow line in the shape of a lightning bolt with lights flickering on in the windows]()
![Small houses connected by a glowing yellow line in the shape of a lightning bolt with lights flickering on in the windows]()
The plan to turn blighted houses into a new source of green power for the grid
A California nonprofit is retrofitting homes to make a "virtual power plant" — and fighting gentrification at the same time.
