Articles by Jess Zimmerman

Jess Zimmerman was the editor of Grist List.

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  • Investors representing $20 trillion get behind climate change prevention

    It's sort of a no-brainer to realize that we need to invest in clean energy technology and get governments to institute policies that support those investments. Greens have been saying that for ages. But greens, for the most part, do not represent $20 trillion in assets. So when people who do wield that amount of […]

    Jess Zimmerman Technology

  • Carbon-eating paint could clean air and strengthen buildings

    Okay, now this one really sounds fake: Scientists are working on a carbon-eating paint, which would be capable of turning emissions into limestone. In other words, it would let buildings eat carbon and then use that fuel to grow, like a living thing. The secret is synthetic chemicals that behave like microorganisms. Their creator calls […]

    Jess Zimmerman Technology

  • Mark Ruffalo at Occupy Wall Street

    Our favorite indie darling/anti-fracking activist was down at Occupy Wall Street last week, looking extremely handsome and encouraging people to join up with Tar Sands Action's planned protest at the White House next month. We like the "mic check" thing, where speakers at OWS use the surrounding crowd as a human amplifier — it keeps […]

    Jess Zimmerman Energy

  • Obama administration hires former TransCanada lobbyist

    Apparently the Obama administration has given up on even pretending it can make an unbiased decision on Keystone XL. After hiring a TransCanada-affiliated firm to do the environmental assessment for the pipeline — a move so corrupt that even Congresspeople noticed — the administration has now taken on a former TransCanada lobbyist as a senior […]

    Jess Zimmerman Energy