Maria Gallucci

Maria Gallucci

Senior Reporter .

Maria Gallucci is a senior reporter at Canary Media, where she covers efforts to electrify transportation, decarbonize heavy industries and develop emerging clean energy technologies like offshore wind, advanced geothermal and carbon dioxide removal.

She was previously a reporter or contributing writer for publications including Grist, IEEE Spectrum, Inside Climate News, Yale Environment 360 and newspapers in Mexico City. Her reporting has taken her across the Americas and inside cargo ships, power plants, concrete factories and grease-gathering trucks. She hails from Ohio and now resides in Brooklyn, New York.

Solar

Solar is lifeline in Puerto Rico after Hurricane Fiona knocks out power

New rooftop solar projects in Puerto Rico are being put to the test by the severe storm, which hit the U.S. territory nearly five years after Hurricane Maria.

By Maria Gallucci . 19 September 2022
Electric vehicles

NYC may ban e-bikes in public housing following a spate of fires

Critics say the move could jeopardize the livelihoods of delivery workers and are pushing to make charging safer, easier and more affordable.

By Maria Gallucci . 1 September 2022
Marine transport

3 ways the new climate law will help clean up dirty US ports

The Inflation Reduction Act includes $3 billion to slash pollution from ports by electrifying machinery, plugging ships into the grid and more.

By Maria Gallucci . 23 August 2022
Geothermal

Advanced geothermal heats up with $138M round for startup Fervo Energy

Houston-based Fervo uses drilling techniques from the oil and gas industry to tap heat deep in the Earth and turn it into clean electricity.

By Maria Gallucci . 22 August 2022
Solar

Como la energía solar en Puerto Rico puede ayudar a evitar apagones

Los funcionarios de Puerto Rico consideran planes para “plantas de energía virtuales” para impulsar una red eléctrica lo suficientemente defectuosa para atraer críticas del artista Bad Bunny.

By Maria Gallucci . 16 August 2022
Solar

How Puerto Rico could call on rooftop solar to avoid blackouts

Puerto Rico energy officials mull plans for "virtual power plants" to boost an island grid faulty enough to catch heat from chart-topping rapper Bad Bunny.

By Maria Gallucci . 16 August 2022
Electric vehicles

US climate law will help electrify more USPS mail trucks

The Inflation Reduction Act includes $3 billion to convert the nation’s aging mail truck fleet to cleaner electric vehicles.

By Maria Gallucci . 12 August 2022
Air travel

The new climate law will help clean up air travel

The Inflation Reduction Act, which passed Congress this week, will provide new tax credits and research funding for sustainable aviation fuel.

By Maria Gallucci . 12 August 2022
Heat pumps

Window heat pumps will help electrify New York City's apartments

A $70 million initiative will deploy 30,000 electric heat pumps to bring climate-friendly comfort to residents of NYC's aging public-housing units.

By Maria Gallucci . 3 August 2022
Clean fleets

USPS ups electric truck order to 40% of its new fleet

Critics say the Postal Service should be buying far more electric vehicles, but the new plan is a big jump over the previous order of just 10% EVs.

By Maria Gallucci . 20 July 2022