Articles by Jess Zimmerman
Jess Zimmerman was the editor of Grist List.
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Wisconsin town wants to outlaw biking and walking
The town of Hull, Wis., has a creative response to solving the problem of bike and pedestrian safety: Forbid bikers and pedestrians from using the roads.
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Perry's energy plan is a Big Oil wet dream
This is not a surprise or anything, but Rick Perry unveiled what we'll charitably call an "energy plan," and it's printed on oil-soaked paper with oil-based ink.
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House members say Keystone XL approval process is tainted
Twenty members of the House of Representatives have signed a letter to Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, asking her to reject the Keystone XL pipeline on the grounds that the approval process has been tainted by conflicts of interest. The legislators are worried about reports that the State Department hired a TransCanada-affiliated firm to do the pipeline's environmental evaluation. "These relationships alarmingly suggest that the process may not have been objective," they write, "and this decision is too important to be clouded by even the appearance of impropriety."
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The top 10 Fox News lies about the EPA
Media Matters has compiled a list of the top 10 falsehoods Fox News has spread about the EPA this year. Click for more detail!
