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Ali Hickerson

Ali Hickerson

Ali Hickerson is a purpose-driven freelance journalist, content writer, and strategist.

She's been passionate about telling and amplifying stories of human and societal impacts of health and policy for over a decade in New York City and Melbourne, Australia, supporting organizations and initiatives such as the International Association for the Study of Lung Cancer, Get Us PPE, the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, the Rockefeller Foundation, Global Health Strategies, United Way of Northern New Jersey, Stacker Media, Diabetes Victoria, and Kidney Health Australia.

Health is the sweet spot where Ali’s work and personal interests connect. She is also a certified yoga teacher in Brooklyn, New York, and loves soaking up the arts in the city or walking her three-legged doggo.

Articles by Ali Hickerson

A Memphis Community’s Clean Air Battle With Elon Musk’s xAI Supercomputer

by Ali Hickerson

South Memphis’ Boxtown community has been fighting Elon Musk’s enormous artificial intelligence supercomputer facility for over six months. The project powers his artificial intelligence start up xAI and uses 10 times the electricity of other data centers.

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How an Electric School Bus Turned an Arizona Mining Town Into a Clean Air Pioneer

by Ali Hickerson

Clarkdale, Arizona, has been working hard to fix environmental damage from its past as a copper mining town over 100 years ago. The latest example: a shiny yellow electric school bus, which rolled out this fall.

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Electric School Buses Roll On While Diesel Fleets Freeze in Montana

by Ali Hickerson

Parents, students, and seasoned bus drivers are working together to build a movement for electric school buses in Montana.

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In Rural Michigan, New Electric School Buses Get Top Grades

by Ali Hickerson

Pellston Public Schools Superintendent Stephen Seelye was initially wary of electric school buses. But since transitioning his entire fleet in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula to electric over the last two years, he couldn’t be more pleased.

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