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Emma Ricketts

Emma Ricketts

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Emma Ricketts is a graduate student at Northwestern University’s Medill School of Journalism and a spring fellow at Inside Climate News. She focuses on politics and environmental issues, with a particular interest in national and international climate action. Previously, Emma practiced as a lawyer in a New Zealand-based commercial litigation team where she focused on climate-related risk and public law.

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Rosemary Penwarden is led away by police after gluing her hand to a road in New Zealand to stop traffic as part of a protest by Restore Passenger Rail in August 2023. Credit: Photo Courtesy Restore Passenger Rail

In New Zealand, Increasingly Severe Crackdowns on Environmental Protesters Fail to Deter Climate Activists

By Emma Ricketts

The Plummer wetlands, with Lake Chatcolet in the background in northern Idaho at Heyburn State Park. The Supreme Court decision on Thursday centered on a property dispute involving wetlands near Priest Lake in Idaho. Credit: Education Images/Universal Images Group via Getty Images.

Supreme Court Sharply Limits the EPA’s Ability to Protect Wetlands

By Emma Ricketts

The headquarters of the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) is seen in Washington, D.C., on Jan. 28, 2021. Credit: Saul Loeb/AFP via Getty Images

Companies Object to Proposed SEC Rule Requiring Them to Track Emissions Up and Down Their Supply Chains

By Emma Ricketts

Power lines come off of the nuclear plant on Three Mile Island, with the operational plant run by Exelon Generation on the right, in Middletown, Pennsylvania on March 26, 2019. Credit: Andrew Caballero-Reynolds/AFP via Getty Images

Amid Glimmers of Bipartisan Interest, Advocates Press Congress to Add Nuclear Power to the Climate Equation

By Emma Ricketts

A man walks up the steps of the U.S. Supreme Court on Jan. 31, 2017 in Washington, D.C. Credit: Mark Wilson/Getty Images

Supreme Court Declines to Hear Appeals From Fossil Fuel Companies in Climate Change Lawsuits

By Emma Ricketts

The Höegh Esperanza, Germany’s first floating LNG terminal to be commissioned for service, sits just off the North Sea coast. Local residents say its bright lights disrupt the darkness on the nearby beach at night. Credit: Andreas Burmann/Niedersachsen Ports

As Germany Falls Back on Fossil Fuels, Activists Demand Adherence to Its Ambitious Climate Goals

By Emma Ricketts, Grant Schwab

A local brass band leads environmental protesters as they approach the EPA’s office on Pennsylvania Avenue, in Washington, D.C. Credit: Emma Ricketts

Environmental Advocates Protest Outside EPA Headquarters Over the Slow Pace of New Climate and Clean Air Regulations

By Phil McKenna, Emma Ricketts

A driver passes through a street flooded by rain from Hurricane Irene on Aug. 28, 2011 in Virginia Beach, Virginia. Credit: Brendan Hoffman/Getty Images

Flood-Prone Communities in Virginia May Lose a Lifeline if Governor Pulls State Out of Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative

By Emma Ricketts

The buds on cherry trees at American University were already plump on March 5. Credit: Emma Ricketts

Washington’s Treasured Cherry Blossoms Prompt Reflection on Local Climate Change

By Emma Ricketts

New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern arrives to announce her resignation at the War Memorial Centre on Jan. 19, 2023 in Napier, New Zealand. Credit: Kerry Marshall/Getty Images

On The Global Stage, Jacinda Ardern Was a Climate Champion, But Victories Were Hard to Come by at Home

By Emma Ricketts

Rep. Bruce Westerman (R-Ark.) speaks in the House Chamber during the fourth day of elections for Speaker of the House at the U.S. Capitol Building on Jan. 6, 2023 in Washington, D.C. Credit: Win McNamee/Getty Images

Amid Rising Emissions, Could Congressional Republicans Help the US Reach Its Climate Targets?

By Emma Ricketts, Grant Schwab

Visitors look at the U.S. Capitol Christmas tree, a Red Spruce from Pisgah Ranger National Forest in North Carolina, on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C, on Dec. 5, 2022. Credit: Daniel Slim/AFP via Getty Images

The Capitol Christmas Tree Provides a Timely Reminder on Environmental Stewardship This Holiday Season

By Emma Ricketts

The headquarters of the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) is seen in Washington, DC, January 28, 2021. Credit: Saul Loeb/AFP via Getty Images

Republicans Eye the SEC’s Climate-Related Disclosure Regulations, Should They Take Control of Congress

By Emma Ricketts

A New, Massive Plastics Plant in Southwest Pennsylvania Barely Registers Among Voters

By Emma Ricketts

LEFT: Democratic gubernatorial candidate Tina Kotek. Credit: Mathieu Lewis-Rolland/Getty Images. CENTER: Independent gubernatorial candidate Betsy Johnson. Credit: Betsy for Oregon campaign. RIGHT: AURORA, OR - OCTOBER 18: Republican gubernatorial candidate Christine Drazan. Credit: Mathieu Lewis-Rolland/Getty Images

A Republican Leads in the Oregon Governor’s Race, Taking Aim at the State’s Progressive Climate Policies

By Emma Ricketts

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