Articles by Kate Sheppard
Kate Sheppard was previously Grist's political reporter. She now covers energy and the environment for The Huffington Post. Follow her on Twitter.
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Eat fried food, save the planet
“You’ll be able to eat fried chicken and save the environment. We’ll be working on our marketing for that …” — former Walmart CEO Lee Scott, discussing the company’s plan […]
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Reid to introduce a new bill granting more authority to feds for electricity transmission
Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) today signaled that energy policy will be a major focus for Congress in the next months, announcing plans to introduce a bill later this […]
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… and all we got were ‘clean energy’ promises …
Barack Obama and Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper get dual climate fingers this week for a thoroughly disappointing meeting in Ottawa on Thursday. Rather than coming forward with fightin’ words […]
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Anti-coal activists get a boost from Tennessee ash spill and other mishaps
Anti-coal activists are inspired to hit the streets. Sarah McCoin watched for years as coal fly ash piled up at the coal-fired power plant just a mile down the road […]