Articles by Melissa Cronin
Melissa Cronin is a Grist fellow.
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The Alberta wildfire is dumping mercury into the atmosphere
The fire is burning through a boreal forest that has stored mercury for thousands of years.
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Coal workers get screwed, their bosses get bonuses
Coal execs have a knack for landing a windfall just before their companies go bankrupt.
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![A member of the Indigenous Environmental Network demonstrates against the Shell oil company outside the South African Petroleum Refinery (SAPREF) in Durban November 30, 2011. The city is hosting the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change Conference of the Parties meeting (COP17).]()
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A Manhattan-sized oil spill just hit the Gulf of Mexico
Offshore drilling is hitting new highs in the region, and it has its risks.
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Gates Foundation quietly dumps all of its BP stock
Bill Gates has criticized the fossil fuel divestment movement, but he’s selling off oil shares anyway.
