Emily Pontecorvo
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About Emily Pontecorvo
Emily Pontecorvo is a news fellow at Grist
CO2 pipelines are coming. A safety expert says we’re not ready
Companies want to build pipelines to capture and store carbon, but a new report warns that regulators aren’t prepared.
Banks promised climate action, but where is it?
Not one of the top 30 financial institutions is following through on its climate pledge, a new report finds.
Your gas stove is bad for your health and warming the planet — even when you’re not cooking
A peer-reviewed study published Thursday by Stanford University researchers found that as much as 1.3 per cent of the gas used in typical U.S. stoves could be leaking into the atmosphere unburned.
Why the ‘Swiss Army knife’ of climate solutions is so controversial
Clean hydrogen could replace fossil fuels for almost everything. But should it?
Midwest pipeline promises to return carbon dioxide to ground
Summit Carbon Solutions says it is developing a US$2-billion pipeline project that will carry carbon dioxide captured from ethanol refineries scattered across the Midwest to a site in North Dakota where it will be pumped thousands of feet underground.
Climate change could cause a financial crisis, U.S. regulators are waking up to this
For the first time in U.S. history, a federal regulatory agency has put out a report recognizing climate change as a major threat to the economy.
Wildfires are getting worse. Will forests start to burn themselves out?
Thousands of lightning strikes have put California under a “fire siege” since mid-August, setting parched grasses, shrubs, and trees ablaze across the state.
The natural gas divide
States are confronting the future of gas in buildings — and facing a set of high-stakes questions.
What exactly is ‘sustainable’ about Amazon’s new jet fuel?
The purchase is an “important baby step” that could help boost demand for sustainable aviation fuels.
So what does Harvard's ‘net-zero’ pledge mean?
Harvard has a new net-zero by 2050 plan for its endowment. But it’s not yet clear what it will entail, and whether the school will be able to fulfill it.