Articles by Ben Adler
Ben Adler covers environmental policy and politics for Grist, with a focus on climate change, energy, and cities. When he isn't contemplating the world's end, he also writes about architecture and media. You can follow him on Twitter.
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We’re finding out what’s in fracking wastewater, and it ain’t pretty
Thanks to a disclosure law in California, we now know that frackers are polluting water with petroleum chemicals, heavy metals, radioactive elements, and carcinogens.
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Bribing bloggers with free solar panels is apparently a thing now
A marketing consultant tried to get me to write a column about solar startup in exchange for a panel. It didn't work.
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No, the rich are not all moving to the city now
Despite what you may have heard, rich people and the middle class are still holed up in the suburbs -- and that's bad for cities and the climate, too.
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Take it easy, man: Marijuana is not turning New Yorkers into murderers
The NYC police chief is blaming a rise in the murder rate on pot, which makes absolutely zero sense. If we want safer cities, we should legalize pot.
