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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Tough love: Can a local leader save the EPA’s troubled southeast region?

A former Mississippi mayor takes the helm of an office that has long been at odds with environmental justice leaders. She doesn't have much green cred, but that may be just as well.

Brentin Mock Cities
How not to celebrate MLK Day: PETA compares animal cruelty to slavery (again)

While Dr. King would likely have sympathized with PETA's cause, the group can't honor him while continuing to be clueless on issues of race.

Brentin Mock Cities
Scarred, spangled banner: 46 years after MLK’s death, we still struggle to broaden the movement

In his later years, Rev. King tried to broaden the civil rights movement, laying the groundwork for the environmental justice fight we see today. Sadly, it is still a struggle.

Brentin Mock Climate & Energy
Native sun: In the Deep South, a solar farm rises on a former cotton plantation

The entrepreneur bills the project as the largest solar farm in the country owned by an African American, and it's in North Carolina of all places.

Brentin Mock Technology