Malaysia’s R.AGE builds a business from advocacy journalism
I profile a team of Malaysian reporters experimenting at the digital -- and ethical -- edge of news.
Saqib Rahim
I'm a freelance reporter based in Southeast Asia. Previously, I covered US energy and climate policy at EENews.net. I've also done freelance work on sports, including an award-winning 2016 piece on the rise of sports activism. My work has appeared at EENews.net, VICE Sports, The Economist, SBNation, NYTimes.com, Dat Winning, NPR.org, Huffington Post, and Scientific American. Long-ago graduate of Johns Hopkins - SAIS. Wit of a Californian; warmth of a New Yorker.
SHALE@10: In N.Y., farmers think about what might have been
Ten years ago, "fracking" wasn't considered a partisan grenade in New York, and aspiring governor Andrew Cuomo was open to it. What changed?
OFFSHORE WIND: Nascent American industry could fully arrive under Trump
Donald Trump could have crushed offshore wind. Why didn't he?
GRID: Avangrid pitches $2.5B in resilience measures ($)
Grid-wrecking storms are "the new normal," energy giant Avangrid Inc. said as it rolled out $2.5 billion in proposed resilience measures this week.
NUCLEAR: Vermont Yankee could be rapidly dismantled under new plan ($)
Vermont officials want to hurry up the dismantling of the Vermont Yankee Nuclear Power Station, a retired facility whose output was once equivalent to a third of the state's power use.
China is trying to manufacture a women’s hockey dynasty
China's never been a great hockey country. Yet it wants to challenge for a medal in the 2022 Olympics. Are they crazy to try it, or are we to doubt them?
NEW YORK: Renewables advocates push to restore net metering ($)
Distributed-energy advocates in New York are trying to temporarily bring back the state's net-metering system, with a little help from Darth "VDER."
MASSACHUSETTS: Bill would superspeed path to all renewables ($)
A bill to accelerate Massachusetts' renewable energy targets, en route to a 100 percent renewable grid, is advancing.
LAW: NYC tests climate 'nuisance' theory in federal court ($)
NEW YORK CITY — A federal judge gave no obvious indication yesterday that he plans to hear New York City's climate lawsuit against five multinational oil companies.
OFFSHORE WIND: In Maine, LePage's exit could open doors ($)
When Gov. Paul LePage (R) leaves office next year, offshore-wind advocates plan to renew their push.
NUCLEAR: Editorial ripples across New England's energy debate ($)
A nuclear power plant in New Hampshire has the support of Gov. Chris Sununu (R), Massachusetts Gov. Charlie Baker (R) and now, apparently, the editorial board of The Boston Globe.
NUCLEAR: Power suppliers see upside to FERC, DOJ stance on subsidies ($)
One of the lead groups opposing state nuclear subsidies said it is "disappointed," but not deterred, by a recent amicus brief authored by two federal agencies.
LAW: FERC, DOJ back state subsidy for nuclear ($)
Federal lawyers yesterday said they have no legal objection to an Illinois policy to subsidize nuclear power, a development that will stiffen the backbones of other states considering similar action.
POLICY: In N.H., renewables debate drills down on cost ($)
At a time when most of New England is charging ahead with renewable energy, New Hampshire policymakers are hanging back and painting renewables as a costly luxury.
OFFSHORE WIND: Vineyard Wind would put 100 turbines off Mass. coast ($)
Massachusetts has selected an 800-megawatt project as the state's debut in offshore wind, Gov. Charlie Baker (R) announced yesterday.
NUCLEAR: Greens fume as reactors win a bailout in N.J. ($)
New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy (D) yesterday signed nuclear subsidy legislation that still has some in the environmental movement irate.
UTILITIES: Exelon drags LNG imports into push for federal bailout ($)
New England's grid manager is urging the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission to save a power plant near Boston - or watch the region's gas supplies collapse.
NATURAL GAS: Cuomo's 'politics' to blame for N.Y.'s latest project denial ($)
State regulators under New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo (D) denied yesterday that election-year politics have any role in the state's evaluation of a proposed natural gas pipeline.
SECURITY: From Russia with love: 'Miners for Trump,' 'Being Patriotic' ($)
How Russia used Facebook ads to exploit societal divisions on energy and environment issues.
NUCLEAR: N.Y.'s Indian Point report aims to ease impact of closure ($)
New York has made one of the first-ever efforts by a state government to help communities recover from the closure of a nuclear plant.
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