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A wide shot of a tall, modern smokestack, painted in blue, white, and orange, releasing a thick, white plume of smoke into a light blue sky with wispy clouds. The smokestack is the focal point, rising above a skyline of smaller, modern buildings and trees in the foreground.
Pollution

How much carbon can we safely store underground? Much less than previously thought.

By Joseph Winters / Grist

Fish and plastic pollution in sea. Microplastics contaminate seafood. Animals in the sea cannot live.
Pollution

The oceans may contain much, much more plastic than previously thought

By Joseph Winters / Grist

<> on July 9, 2018 in Sausalito, California.
Pollution

Why some Starbucks locations are switching from plastic to paper cups

By Joseph Winters / Grist

Micro plastic.
Pollution

What scientists have learned from 20 years of microplastics research

By Joseph Winters / Grist

Empty plastic water bottles. Close up.
Science

Bottled water is full of microplastics. Is it still ‘natural’?

By Joseph Winters / Grist

Plastic chemicals are inescapable—and they’re messing with our hormones
Environment

Plastic chemicals are inescapable—and they’re messing with our hormones

By Joseph Winters / Grist

Detergent pods are only the start of clothing’s microplastic pollution problem
Environment

Detergent pods are only the start of clothing’s microplastic pollution problem

By Joseph Winters / Grist

Carrying groceries in plastic bags
Environment

Plastic bag bans have already prevented billions of bags from being used, report finds

By Joseph Winters / Grist

Bottled water has up to 100 times more plastic particles than previously thought
Pollution

Bottled water has up to 100 times more plastic particles than previously thought

By Joseph Winters / Grist

Aging US energy grid will get a largest-ever $3.5 billion boost
Energy

Aging US energy grid will get a largest-ever $3.5 billion boost

By Joseph Winters / Grist

Jar filled with a week's worth of trash.
Pollution

How the trash jar went from inspirational to elitist

By Joseph Winters / Grist

Amazon package at fulfillment center.
Pollution

Amazon might finally be cutting down on plastic waste

By Joseph Winters / Grist

More toxic chemicals will be banned globally—but there’s a catch
Pollution

More toxic chemicals will be banned globally—but there’s a catch

By Joseph Winters / Grist

Inside climate activists’ uneasy relationship with ‘net-zero’
Fossil Fuels

Inside climate activists’ uneasy relationship with ‘net-zero’

By Joseph Winters / Grist

We’re shipping twice as much plastic to developing nations than accounted for
Pollution

We’re shipping twice as much plastic to developing nations than accounted for

By Joseph Winters / Grist

Why one California beach town is cracking down on balloons
Ocean

Why one California beach town is cracking down on balloons

By Joseph Winters / Grist