Articles by Jonathan Hiskes

Jonathan Hiskes is a writer in Seattle and a former Grist staff reporter. Find him at jonathanhiskes.com and on Twitter.

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Senate PACE bill adds to pressure to restore clean-energy program

Sens. Barbara Boxer (D-Calif.), Jeff Merkley (D-Ore.), Kirsten Gillibrand (D-N.Y.), and Mark Begich (D-Alaska) introduced a bill Thursday that would put Property Assessed Clean Energy (PACE) programs back in action over Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac's objections.

Jonathan Hiskes Politics
The climate bill’s dead. Really dead

Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) conceded today that he doesn't have the 60 votes necessary this year to pass a carbon cap, even a watered-down, scaled-back one.

Jonathan Hiskes Politics
Money magazine’s ‘Best Place to Live’ isn’t much of a place

Eden Prairie, Minn., gets top billing for its low unemployment rate (5.1 percent), and it seems like a very pleasant place -- except not quite.

Jonathan Hiskes Cities
London builds bike ‘superhighways’ with groundbreaking blue paint

To keep bikers safe and speedy, the two eight-mile tracks use the innovative technology of ... bright blue paint.

Jonathan Hiskes Cities