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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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February 14, 2016
Emma Foehringer Merchant
Donald Trump wants the Senate to “delay, delay, delay” the confirmation of Antonin Scalia’s replacement.
February 12, 2016
Emma Foehringer Merchant
Journalists are taking their last chance to make fun of Jim Gilmore very seriously.
February 12, 2016
Emma Foehringer Merchant
President Obama is pretty over Washington, D.C.
February 12, 2016
Emma Foehringer Merchant
Obama announces the protection of 1.8 million acres of desert, including some of the music industry’s favorite spots to shoot music videos.
February 11, 2016
Emma Foehringer Merchant
Southern California Gas Co. says it has sealed the leak at its Aliso Canyon facility.
February 10, 2016
Emma Foehringer Merchant
Ta-Nehisi Coates says he’ll vote for Bernie Sanders.
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 10, 2016
Emma Foehringer Merchant
Jim Gilmore’s watch party is the coolest place to be in New Hampshire tonight—for the approximately five people who attended.
February 9, 2016
Emma Foehringer Merchant
How independent are New Hampshire’s voters really?
February 5, 2016
Emma Foehringer Merchant
Both Bernie and Hillary will let an Iowa recount happen, if they must.
February 5, 2016
Emma Foehringer Merchant
Hillary calls the Sanders campaign’s attacks on her Wall Street ties an “artful smear.”
February 4, 2016
Emma Foehringer Merchant
Bernie Sanders’s latest endorsement could be big.
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
Miley Cyrus keeps a portrait of Woody Allen by her bedside.
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 25, 2016
Emma Foehringer Merchant
Noam Chomsky will vote for Hillary Clinton, but only because that other guy doesn’t stand a chance.
January 25, 2016
Emma Foehringer Merchant
Is this tweet normcore?
January 20, 2016
Emma Foehringer Merchant
The planet is warming up but don’t worry—we can now grow zinnias and other flowering plants in space.
January 19, 2016
Emma Foehringer Merchant
Bernie Sanders is clobbering Hillary Clinton in New Hampshire, according to a new CNN/WMUR poll.
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.

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