Articles by Brentin Mock

Brentin Mock is a staff writer at CityLab and Grist's former justice editor. Follow him on Twitter at @brentinmock.

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When did Republicans start hating green? When green started helping blacks

A new study dates the GOP's distaste for the environment to 1992, just as the country was realizing that policies were steering pollution disproportionately to communities of color and low income.

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Public art, environment, history, and the locals all collide in the Anacostia River

Artist Mia Feuer wanted to submerge a gas station in the river, but locals fought back. We unpack all the reasons why.

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This architect builds with beer crates and recycled fabric, but don’t call him green

“I have no interest in ‘Green,’ ‘Eco,’ and ‘Environmentally Friendly,’" says Pritzker Architecture Prize winner Shigeru Ban. "I just hate wasting things.”

Brentin Mock Technology
5 things I learned from DOJ’s elder statesman on environmental justice

A chance meeting in a Washington, D.C., bookstore turned into an hours-long conversation. Here are the highlights.

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