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Historic winter rain and snow has pulled most of California out of serious drought. Now, attention has moved to the existential threat of flooding. insideclimatenews.org/news/04042023/…

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/…

Today is our birthday! 🥳 Here's why our readers find our work so electrifying — and how you can help us charge up for another year of ambitious, independent clean energy reporting: bit.ly/43o4plt

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…

Extreme rain + scars left by wildfire will mean more flash floods and debris flows in California: sfchronicle.com/projects/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…

Please share this with rural journalist, and journalist networks! As part of the Rural Newswire launch at grist, we're giving out $100,000 in rural reporting grants. Learn more and apply: ruralnewswire.org/rural-reportin… #journalists #news #media

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

California's fight over rooftop solar continues, with three environmental and clean energy groups suing over the policy: insideclimatenews.org/news/05052023/…

"We need to think about our electric system a little bit differently right now" — in hopes to act on climate, communities are working to take control of the electric grid from legacy 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…

Connecticut recently became the second state to experiment with a wide-reaching overhaul of how it regulates electric utilities, tying their profit to how well they meet policy goals set by the state. insideclimatenews.org/news/10062023/…

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-…

California’s flagship agriculture emissions reduction program counts greenhouse gas reductions in other sectors, reductions some say don’t exist. Is the state overestimating the climate benefit of dairy digesters? insideclimatenews.org/news/30122023/… My latest, for Inside Climate News

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…

Utilities have proposed nearly 30 projects across the U.S. that would serve homes with a blend of hydrogen and natural gas, at costs of at least $280 million. My latest:

🎧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…