
Emma Foehringer Merchant
@emmafmerchant
Freelance climate & energy journalist. Past @MIT_Sciwrite @GreentechMedia @Grist @NewRepublic @CanaryMediaInc. Minnesotan.
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31-05-2014 23:04:00
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I covered California's big snowpack measure for Inside Climate News. Some communities at risk of more flooding are still dealing with lingering drought effects: insideclimatenews.org/news/04042023/…


More than 3/4ths all journalists in the US are white. The "whitest" beats: -Energy and the environment (84% white) -Sports (82% white) This is per new data from Pew Research Journalism pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2023…


my latest for Inside Climate News ☀️👇

.Marianne Lavelle digs into a big clean energy trade group's gas-friendly position on permitting: insideclimatenews.org/news/19042023/…

After five years, Southerly is ending in its current form. This decision is difficult, but it's the right one. Thank you for believing in our mission and in the Southerners who make this work worthwhile and possible. Read Lyndsey Gilpin's statement: southerlymag.org/2023/05/01/sou…


Nicely done Emma Foehringer Merchant story about attempts by local governments to claw back control of their grids from utilities: insideclimatenews.org/news/05052023/…



Concentrating solar power seemed like a dead end after a handful of projects in the 2010s. But DOE is now exploring whether the tech is worth reviving, intrigued by the built-in storage and potential uses for industrial heat. Neat story by Emma Foehringer Merchant: heatmap.news/technology/con…


U.S. coal generation may be declining, but the open trains that carry it are still transiting through communities across the country. I wrote about a scientific effort to quantify their emissions, for Undark Magazine: undark.org/2023/08/30/ai-…

Scientists in California are working with communities — and a suite of AI tools — to better understand air pollution. More from Emma Foehringer Merchant: undark.org/2023/08/30/ai-…


In a new investigation by KVPR, Inside Climate News and Report for America, Josh Yeager and Emma Foehringer Merchant tour an oil field above Bakersfield where proponents of carbon capture see the future. 4/5 kvpr.org/local-news/202…


🎧Listen to today's episode of Central Valley Daily to hear this report from Josh Yeager and Emma Foehringer Merchant. open.spotify.com/episode/62qFnn…
