Gautama Mehta reports on climate change, energy, and the environment for Grist, a nonprofit, independent media organization dedicated to highlighting climate solutions and uncovering environmental injustices. A graduate of the University of Chicago, Mehta also reported for The Telegraph in Macon and TheSun Herald in Mississippi.
Under pressure from the federal government, Georgia is rewriting a rule governing industrial air pollution limits to end a loophole that currently exposes communities near coal plants and other facilities to harmful pollutants.
