Erica Gies

Erica Gies is a freelance environmental writer who lives in San Francisco, Calif.

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Animals

Goldman Environmental Prize winners give the rest of us a kick in the pants
Clean Energy: It’s Complicated
What's the deal with offsets?

Offsets remain off-putting to many experts intent on curbing CO2 emissions
What's the deal with offsets?

Offsets and Big Ag: Does the climate bill give away too much to the farm sector?
What's the deal with offsets?

Key to climate bill, offsets have plenty of critics
Cities

I sold my car, and I couldn’t be happier … I think
Cities

A journey on China’s controversial new train to Tibet
Cities

A guide to offsetting your carbon emissions
What the West’s only communist nation has done right