Emily Pontecorvo RSS feed About Emily Pontecorvo Emily Pontecorvo is a news fellow at Grist 18 Articles In the middle of a pandemic, renewables are taking over the grid Renewables are breaking their own records, and pushing coal out of the mix. Coronavirus in Canada News | May 4th 2020 Coronavirus has wiped out 106,000 clean energy jobs in the U.S. so far. Half a million clean energy workers could lose their jobs by the end of June, according to a new analysis. Coronavirus in Canada News, US News | April 19th 2020 Solar power has been growing for decades. Then coronavirus hit. As global attention turns to fighting coronavirus, clean energy is taking a hit. Coronavirus in Canada News, Politics | March 17th 2020 Antarctica’s glaciers are melting so fast, you can swim in them. In a Speedo. Will these grim dispatches from Antarctica get the world’s attention? Race Against Climate Change News | February 4th 2020 The once-fuel efficient cars that now produce black carbon “If you don’t think of both public health and your CO2 budget at the same time, you’re not going to make very optimal decisions.” Race Against Climate Change News, Politics | February 4th 2020 Scientist look to "nanomaterial" to build EV batteries that last “I have this incredible feeling when I see a material that nobody else has in his or her hands.” Race Against Climate Change News, Politics | January 31st 2020 Exxon’s law firm tried to recruit Harvard students - but got a protest instead Students told corporate firm Paul, Weiss that they refuse to work for a firm that helps corporate polluters block climate action. Race Against Climate Change News | January 19th 2020 Climate change in 7 charts Where did the past 10 years get us? These seven charts below begin to hint at an answer to that question. Race Against Climate Change News | January 5th 2020 2 of 2
In the middle of a pandemic, renewables are taking over the grid Renewables are breaking their own records, and pushing coal out of the mix. Coronavirus in Canada News | May 4th 2020
Coronavirus has wiped out 106,000 clean energy jobs in the U.S. so far. Half a million clean energy workers could lose their jobs by the end of June, according to a new analysis. Coronavirus in Canada News, US News | April 19th 2020
Solar power has been growing for decades. Then coronavirus hit. As global attention turns to fighting coronavirus, clean energy is taking a hit. Coronavirus in Canada News, Politics | March 17th 2020
Antarctica’s glaciers are melting so fast, you can swim in them. In a Speedo. Will these grim dispatches from Antarctica get the world’s attention? Race Against Climate Change News | February 4th 2020
The once-fuel efficient cars that now produce black carbon “If you don’t think of both public health and your CO2 budget at the same time, you’re not going to make very optimal decisions.” Race Against Climate Change News, Politics | February 4th 2020
Scientist look to "nanomaterial" to build EV batteries that last “I have this incredible feeling when I see a material that nobody else has in his or her hands.” Race Against Climate Change News, Politics | January 31st 2020
Exxon’s law firm tried to recruit Harvard students - but got a protest instead Students told corporate firm Paul, Weiss that they refuse to work for a firm that helps corporate polluters block climate action. Race Against Climate Change News | January 19th 2020
Climate change in 7 charts Where did the past 10 years get us? These seven charts below begin to hint at an answer to that question. Race Against Climate Change News | January 5th 2020