Articles by Greg Hanscom
Greg Hanscom was a senior editor at Grist.
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Did 350.org’s Twitterstorm to end fossil fuel subsidies work? Kinda
A storm of tweets cut through the Earth Summit cacophony for a brief moment Monday, but it also reignited old fights between rich countries and poor, and offered a reminder of just how far we still have to go.
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For shame, America: Canadians dominate dubious awards in Rio
The United States, once a regular winner of the polluter-friendly Fossil of the Day Award, has fallen behind the pack, despite some pretty (un)impressive work at the Earth Summit.
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Rio cycle: Canadian bikes to Earth Summit (with a little help from trains and buses)
Last January, sustainability planner Naomi Devine set out from Vancouver, British Columbia, planning to ride her bike to the Earth Summit in Brazil. It didn’t work out the way she imagined, but she still made the rest of us look like chumps.
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Rio-ality check: Can the Earth Summit be saved?
With just days to go before world leaders arrive in Rio, international talks are sliding toward the lowest common denominator. But maybe that’s not such a bad thing.
