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Emma Foehringer Merchant

Emma Foehringer Merchant is a journalist who covers climate change, energy, and the environment. Her work has appeared in the Boston Globe Magazine, Inside Climate News, Greentech Media, Grist, and other outlets.

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July 10, 2023
Emma Foehringer Merchant
How the E.V. Revolution Could Help Bankrupt Public Transit
Mass transit is essential to reaching America’s climate goals—but moving away from gas-powered cars risks depriving it of crucial funding.
July 5, 2016
Emma Foehringer Merchant
The Last Stand for Sanders’s Environmental Activists?
For the greens looking to change the Democratic Party platform, it's the end of the world as we know it.
June 17, 2016
Emma Foehringer Merchant
Green Lefties Are Grieving Over Sanders’s Loss. Can They Learn to Love Clinton?
May 12, 2016
Emma Foehringer Merchant
Should We Respond to Climate Change Like We Did to WWII?
The controversial theory of "climate mobilization" says we should.
May 11, 2016
Emma Foehringer Merchant
The Haters and Losers Who Now Support Trump
They're eating their words.
May 10, 2016
Emma Foehringer Merchant
Why Hillary Clinton Can’t Win in Coal Country
In West Virginia, Donald Trump is being hailed as the savior of coal jobs—while Clinton’s realism is dooming her.
April 29, 2016
Emma Foehringer Merchant
Why Methane Is Having a Moment
The greenhouse gas hasn't gotten the attention such a potent carbon-polluter deserves. But that's about to change.
April 11, 2016
Emma Foehringer Merchant
The Rain Barrel Is Only the Beginning of the West’s Water Wars
Colorado is about to let residents collect rainwater, but the debate is far from over.
March 18, 2016
Emma Foehringer Merchant
Is It Game Over for Coal?
Market trends and new regulations spell the end for one of America's dominant sources of energy.
March 16, 2016
Laura Reston, Emma Foehringer Merchant
Why Merrick Garland Is the Moderate’s Choice for the Supreme Court
President Obama's nominee, a former prosecutor, has spent his career being careful, persuasive, and collegial.
March 4, 2016
Emma Foehringer Merchant
We’ll Always Have Paris
The historic climate agreement struck in December has yet to be signed, and already has suffered one setback after another.
February 29, 2016
Emma Foehringer Merchant
A Prairie Home Caucus
Can Sanders and Rubio pull off Super Tuesday wins in Minnesota?
February 25, 2016
Emma Foehringer Merchant
The Aliso Canyon Methane Leak Was the Worst in U.S. History
A new report shows that the leak in California was nothing less than devastating.
February 10, 2016
Emma Foehringer Merchant
Flint Is Just the Tip of the Iceberg
The Aliso Canyon gas leak shows that environmental disasters are happening across the country.
February 2, 2016
Gwyneth Kelly, Emma Foehringer Merchant
Five Takeaways From the Iowa Caucuses
Cruz wins. Clinton and Sanders play to a virtual tie. And Trump isn't going anywhere...
January 26, 2016
Emma Foehringer Merchant, Gwyneth Kelly, Meaghan Murphy
Highlights From the Democratic Town Hall Forum
The candidates get in a last word before the Iowa Caucus.
January 15, 2016
Emma Foehringer Merchant, Gwyneth Kelly, Meaghan Murphy
Highlights from the Sixth Republican Debate
Here's what you missed from the debate in North Charleston, South Carolina.
December 20, 2015
Gwyneth Kelly, Emma Foehringer Merchant, Laura Reston
Highlights from the Third Democratic Debate
December 16, 2015
Emma Foehringer Merchant, Gwyneth Kelly, Laura Reston
Highlights from the Fifth Republican Debate
Here's what you missed.
December 14, 2015
Rebecca Leber, Emma Foehringer Merchant, Sasha Belenky
The Final Verdict on the Paris Climate Agreement

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