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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What America can learn from Europe’s high-speed trains
As California builds its own high-speed rail line, it has a great opportunity to invigorate cities along the route.
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What can a president do to boost renewable energy? A lot
Even without approval from Congress, Obama or his successor could take big steps to promote clean energy projects on federal land.
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U.S. taxpayers are getting ripped off by fossil fuel extraction
Coal-mining and oil-drilling programs on federal land are big money-wasters, in addition to polluting the environment and hurting the climate.
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New Orleans’ transit system still hasn’t recovered, 10 years after Katrina
And it wasn't good to begin with.
