Grace van Deelen
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Grace is a journalist who writes about climate change, science, agriculture and food systems. She’s a graduate student in MIT’s Science Writing Program, and holds bachelor’s degrees in biology and anthropology from Tufts University. She previously worked as a researcher, studying coffee farming in Costa Rica and honey bee survival in southern Wisconsin, where she grew up.
Coal Ash Along the Shores of the Great Lakes Threatens Water Quality as Residents Rally for Change
By Grace van Deelen
Despite a Changing Climate, Americans Are ‘Flocking to Fire’
By Grace van Deelen
Indiana, Iowa, Ohio and Wisconsin Lag on Environmental Justice Issues
By Grace van Deelen
Pennsylvania’s Dairy Farmers Clamor for Candidates Who Will Cut Environmental Regulations
By Grace van Deelen
California’s ‘Most Sustainable’ Dairy is Doing What’s Best for Business
By Grace van Deelen
Expansion of a Lucrative Dairy Digester Market is Sowing Environmental Worries in the U.S.
By Emma Foehringer Merchant, Grace van Deelen
Just Two Development Companies Drive One of California’s Most Controversial Climate Programs: Manure Digesters
By Grace van Deelen, Emma Foehringer Merchant
California Has Provided Incentives for Methane Capture at Dairies, but the Program May Have ‘Unintended Consequences’
By Emma Foehringer Merchant, Grace van Deelen
Too Hot to Work, Too Hot to Play
By James Pothen, Emma Foehringer Merchant, Grace van Deelen, Hannah Loss, Myriam Vidal, Rachel Rodriguez, Samantha Hurley
Manure-Eating Worms Could Be the Dairy Industry’s Climate Solution
By Grace van Deelen
Scientists Are Pursuing Flood-Resistant Crops, Thanks to Climate-Induced Heavy Rains and Other Extreme Weather
By Grace van Deelen
Feeding Cows Seaweed Reduces Their Methane Emissions, but California Farms Are a Long Way From Scaling Up the Practice
By Grace van Deelen
