JULIA TILTON
Journalist
Julia Tilton is a multimedia journalist. Her beat is energy and climate change, with a particular focus on emerging technology, AI, and data centers. Julia's byline has appeared in a host of outlets in the U.S. and Mexico, including The Boston Globe, Inside Climate News, Canary Media, Grist, The Oregonian, and The Yucatán Times. She currently reports on energy topics in rural communities for the Daily Yonder. She also contributes to the Maine Monitor's climate newsletter, the IEEE Spectrum, and the Latin America Correspondent podcast.Julia got her start in media at NASA, interning on the agency's Curious Universe podcast just outside of Washington, D.C. She has a dual major bachelor's degree in Earth & Environmental Sciences and Spanish from Vanderbilt University, where she was an Ingram Scholar for four years. Julia is committed to the responsible and ethical use of AI in her work.
Featured TOPICS
Data Centers
Rural Wisconsin Has Become a Hotspot for Data Centers. State’s Unique Tax Instrument Explains Why, Daily Yonder, January 2026
This Rural Community Fought One of the Country’s Biggest Gas-Powered Data Centers, and Won, Daily Yonder, June 2025
Big Tech Tests Data Center Flexibility, IEEE Spectrum, June 2025
INSIDE CLIMATE NEWS
Arizona Rural Grassroots Organizers Take on Industrial Developers, Aided by Urban Allies
Energy
How Clean-Energy Firms Adapt Messaging in the Trump Era, IEEE Spectrum, January 2026
As tax credits expire, how will heat pump costs change in Maine? The Maine Monitor, December 2025
As Winter Approaches, Rural Americans Struggle to Afford Heat, Daily Yonder, December 2025
Electric boats splash down in rural Maine’s coastal waters, Canary Media / Daily Yonder, September 2025
“Water battery” proposed in western Maine, The Maine Monitor, August 2025
In Texas, Federal Cuts to Renewable Energy Projects Mean Lost Revenue for Rural Communities, Daily Yonder, August 2025
Energy Cuts in ‘One Big Beautiful Bill’ Raise Costs, Threaten Jobs, Investment in Rural Communities Across U.S., Daily Yonder, July 2025
Walmart Will Test a Green-Hydrogen Fuel Cell Truck in Chile, IEEE Spectrum, August 2025
Puerto Rico’s Solar Microgrids Power Through Blackout, IEEE Spectrum, June 2025
The Boston Globe
Rural New England needs EV chargers. The Trump administration is making it harder to build them.
Climate
How would Maine’s proposed climate superfund work?, The Maine Monitor, February 2026
After Fighting for Clean Waters, Rural Communities along Hudson Take on Climate Change, Daily Yonder, February 2026
Maine entrepreneurs see big potential in seaweed, The Maine Monitor, November 2025
FEMA Funding at Risk for Vermont’s Rural Communities After Trump Denies Disaster Declaration Request, Daily Yonder, October 2025
Rural Communities, Tribes Sue EPA Over $2.8 Billion in Canceled Funding for Flood Mitigation and Resilience Projects, Daily Yonder, July 2025
Closures of EPA’s regional environmental justice offices will hurt rural America, Grist, April 2025
DAILY YONDER
Carbon Credit Markets Help Rural Landowners Hold on to Their Land
MULTIMEDIA
Julia's multimedia work includes video and audio production for social media, podcasts, and radio.
