Emily Jones

This coverage is made possible through a partnership between Grist and WABE, Atlanta’s NPR station. Georgians are currently voting in rare off-year elections for two seats on the Public Service Commission, or PSC — the only statewide races on the ballot this year. More Democrats are expected to turn out to vote because Democratic strongholds […]

This coverage is made possible through a partnership between Grist and WABE, Atlanta’s NPR station. Georgians are currently voting in rare off-year elections for two seats on the Public Service Commission, or PSC — the only statewide races on the ballot this year. More Democrats are expected to turn out to vote because Democratic strongholds […]

Campaigns and activists are racing to educate voters on the Public Service Commission, elected officials with power over energy bills and climate action.

In Georgia, Trump’s immigration agenda and clean energy jobs are colliding

Armed with drones and lasers, scientists are creating detailed 3D maps of Tybee Island’s shifting shoreline.

Community groups, businesses, and consumers say projects face an uncertain future after Republicans slashed renewable energy tax credits.

After utility bills increased six times in three years, the state's Public Service Commission put a hold on rates. Critics don't buy it.

While often controversial, solar panels on farms in Georgia work out when you add a flock of sheep.

In a state with ever-increasing energy bills, the race could help determine Georgia's climate change policies.

Critics argue the projects losing funding aren’t "woke," they’re essential.

Climate change and a flood of cheaper foreign shrimp is slowly whittling away a way of life in Georgia and other coastal states.

Georgia was going to retire its coal plants, but then the data centers arrived. AI is pushing energy providers back to fossil fuels.

A proposal to lower speed limits on waterways — boat strikes kill a large number of the whales — was dropped in face of next administration.

A couple hundred overlooked public officials control the U.S. power grid — and some of them are on your ballots.

Emory University researchers are mapping the reach of the lone star tick, which can carry the Heartland virus, a vector-borne disease.

With less than half of Georgia Power’s electricity carbon-free, businesses and governments are scrambling to meet looming clean energy targets.

The state’s Public Service Commissioners have stayed in office beyond their terms while a Voting Rights Act challenge moved through the courts.

Governor Brian Kemp called for more nuclear power as he celebrated two new reactors in Georgia, despite rising power bills for residents.

Across the U.S., high demand for electric power means utilities ignore incentives to rely on renewables and look to fossil fuels instead.

Humans are killing right whales and while climate change shoulders some of that blame, stronger boating speed limits are a solution.