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Gautama Mehta

New York

Reporter at Grist

Reporter most recently at @Grist, editor at @Mouse_Magazine, friend to all delinquents. Reach me at [email protected] or Gautama.56 on Signal.

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  • 1 month ago | midfloridanewspapers.com | Gautama Mehta

    Seattle, WA (Grist)We have yet to solve the problems that Carter confronted head-on as president. In 1981, a Democratic president who'd made energy policy a centerpiece of his administration left the White House after just one term -- voted out partly due to the perception that he didn't do enough to combat inflation and high energy prices amid destabilizing conflict in the Middle East.

  • 1 month ago | wabe.org | Gautama Mehta

    If Joe Biden’s presidency had a capstone achievement, it was the Inflation Reduction Act, and if the IRA’s project of reindustrializing America through climate action has a poster child, it is Georgia. The Peach State is home to more new jobs expected to result from American clean energy projects announced since the law’s passage in August 2022 than any other state. Those jobs — some 42,000, according to a report, shared with Grist first and publishing later Tuesday by Georgia Sen.

  • 1 month ago | grist.org | Gautama Mehta

    If Joe Biden’s presidency had a capstone achievement, it was the Inflation Reduction Act, and if the IRA’s project of reindustrializing America through climate action has a poster child, it is Georgia. The Peach State is home to more new jobs expected to result from American clean energy projects announced since the law’s passage in August 2022 than any other state.

  • 2 months ago | homelandsecuritynewswire.com | Gautama Mehta |Katie Myers

    ENERGY SECURITYThe Trump Administration Says It Wants a “Nuclear Renaissance.” These Actions Suggest Otherwise. Published 26 April 2025For nuclear advocates, it’s an open question whether the Trump administration’s energy officials recognize the scale of the effort that would be required to achieve their purported ambition for a nuclear revival.

  • 2 months ago | homelandsecuritynewswire.com | Gautama Mehta |Katie Myers

    ENERGY SECURITYThe Trump Administration Says It Wants a “Nuclear Renaissance.” These Actions Suggest Otherwise. Published 25 April 2025For nuclear advocates, it’s an open question whether the Trump administration’s energy officials recognize the scale of the effort that would be required to achieve their purported ambition for a nuclear revival.

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Gautama Mehta
Gautama Mehta @mehta_gautama
21 May 25

Vance, asked why the tariffs aren't accompanied by industrial policy: "I think our energy policy is a form of industrial policy because that’s the most important cost input, especially for high-value-added manufacturing." https://t.co/sYKTLpl9wv

Gautama Mehta
Gautama Mehta @mehta_gautama
12 May 25

One of those perfect essays to be devoured with a mad-eyed grin

Damage Magazine
Damage Magazine @damagemag

Journalism is in tatters, undermined at the bottom by the decline of local news and at the top by elites. Journalists today have a responsibility to ignore partisan praise and attack the powers that be. @DRBoguslaw in the new print issue of Damage https://t.co/7dsyQaNeQA

Gautama Mehta
Gautama Mehta @mehta_gautama
9 May 25

RT @ColumbiaSpec: Barnard and Columbia issued interim suspensions to four student journalists who covered a Wednesday pro-Palestinian prote…