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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Thanks to coal, U.S. CO2 emissions are up. Good thing Obama’s about to regulate coal plants.
A five-year decline in U.S. CO2 emissions is over, and the main culprit is increased coal burning.
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Obama’s foreign policy doctrine includes climate action
In his speech, he made a brief call for multilateral cooperation on a climate treaty, but he should have said more about the serious threats posed by global warming.
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Why the Koch brothers hate Detroit
The Koch-funded group Americans for Prosperity is trying to kill a deal that would rescue Detroit from financial ruin.
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Why bikers should live by the same laws as everyone else
Some cyclists argue that it should be legal for them to blow through stop signs and traffic lights. Here's why they're wrong.
