Articles by Jess Zimmerman
Jess Zimmerman was the editor of Grist List.
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New film about fracking stars Matt Damon, John Krasinski, and maybe you
Ryan Gosling may have saved a woman from a speeding car, but some of our other favorite stars are doing the next best thing: starring in an anti-fracking movie. Gus Van Sant is directing, and the cast includes Matt Damon, John Krasinski, Frances McDormand, probably Hal Holbrook — and, if you can get to Pittsburgh […]
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Congressman brags about forcing vegetarians to ‘confess’
Has Rep. Steve King (R-Iowa) ever met a vegetarian? They're not exactly secretive about it. It's like forcing people to "confess" that they're on the paleo diet. Spoiler alert: THEY WANT YOU TO KNOW.
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Four cars, built by teenagers, that get over 1,000 miles per gallon
The Shell Eco-Marathon is sort of a weird contradiction: It's all about challenging students to make hyper-fuel-efficient cars, i.e. kind of the opposite of Shell's goals.
