Articles by Ben Adler
Ben Adler covers environmental policy and politics for Grist, with a focus on climate change, energy, and cities. When he isn't contemplating the world's end, he also writes about architecture and media. You can follow him on Twitter.
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![A firefighter walks past a burning train wagon at Lac Megantic, Quebec, July 6, 2013.]()
![A firefighter walks past a burning train wagon at Lac Megantic, Quebec, July 6, 2013.]()
Fracking chemicals may make oil extra explosive
Recent train explosions have involved crude from the Bakken formation in North Dakota, perhaps because flammable fracking fluids contaminated the oil.
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Christie’s bullying fails to push pipeline through nature preserve
The governor was twisting arms to get a natural-gas pipeline built through the New Jersey Pinelands, but after the bridge scandal broke, that effort may have backfired.
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Lifting the crude-oil export ban would worsen pollution and climate change
If U.S. oil companies can sell their crude on the world market, they'll have more incentive to drill drill drill.
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Christie administration’s bridge-blocking stunt was bad for environment
Cars idling in traffic generate extra CO2 emissions as well as local pollution that can contribute to respiratory ailments and deaths.
