megan snaith

Service stations are getting a glow-up EV drivers want a more pleasant experience while they wait for their cars to charge

Service stations are getting sexier. I explored why for @economist.com

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Old fossil-fuel plants are becoming green-energy hubs The dirtiest parts of the energy system could help build the cleanest

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1,000 GW (!) could be added to the US grid if clean energy projects were hooked up to existing fossil fuel plants + even more if retired fossil fuel
power plants were repurposed ⚡︎

Research by Carnegie Endowment for International Peace found 170 projects worldwide turning fossil fuel plants into solar farms, grid scale energy storage and more + I spoke to a bunch of startups turning old oil and gas wells into next-gen clean energy tech like gravity batteries.

I wrote about how fossil fuel infrastructure is being transformed for clean energy @economist.com

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Research by Carnegie Endowment for Intl Peace found 170 projects worldwide turning fossil fuel plants into solar farms, grid scale energy storage and more + I spoke to a bunch of startups turning old oil and gas wells into next-gen clean energy tech like gravity batteries.

I wrote about weather conspiracy theories in the wake of the Texas floods. My latest for @economist.com ☁️

The world court joins the fight over climate change Its ruling that burning fossil fuels can be “internationally wrongful” risks provoking a backlash

The most far-reaching, and controversial, ruling ever issued by the world’s top court—that failing to protect the climate from greenhouse-gas emissions could be deemed an “internationally wrongful act” by a country—has been delivered

RFK junior wants to ban an ingredient in vaccines. Is he right? Studies show that thimerosal does more good than harm

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RFK junior's vaccine panel wants to ban thimerosal, an ingredient used in some flu jabs.

In this week’s @economist.com, I looked into what the science says about thimerosal, and what the decision could mean for health equity and public trust in vaccines in the US.

How sea slugs give themselves superpowers Their slimy shenanigans might have applications for humans, too

Thank you @nbellono.bsky.social + team for sharing your research and giving me a new appreciation for sea slugs 🪸

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I’m in @economist.com this week, writing about how sea slugs gain new abilities by hijacking the biology of other organisms ☼