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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Rich countries: Sure, climate change will screw poor countries, but what about us?

Shielding poor countries from climate impacts could cost $100 billion a year, but that fact was erased from the IPCC's summary report.

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Science alone can’t save us, says famous climate scientist (gulp)

Katharine Hayhoe says scientists need to do their thing, but to make real progress on the climate, we need to appeal to people's values.

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Want to attract a new generation to the national parks? Find a few new rangers.

If the Park Service wants more people of color to visit the great outdoors, it needs to make its staff look more like America.

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Dirty Kochs will dish out millions for polluting this Texas town

The Koch bros' plant is just one of a gaggle of polluters strangling Port Arthur, a city also beset by ghastly levels of lung disease and cancer.

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