Articles by Joseph Winters
Joseph Winters was previously a staff writer at Grist covering plastics, corporate sustainability commitments, and carbon markets, among other topics. He previously worked as a production assistant at the radio show Living on Earth and as an intern at Oregon Public Broadcasting.
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![A person drinks a frozen Starbucks drink with a green straw]()
![A person drinks a frozen Starbucks drink with a green straw]()
Your ‘widely recyclable’ Starbucks cup is still trash
A new label promises single-use cups are recyclable. But that doesn't mean they actually get recycled.
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![A stack of fluorinated ski waxes sits in front of a black background]()
![A stack of fluorinated ski waxes sits in front of a black background]()
The Olympics are ditching PFAS waxes — and the ‘ridiculous’ speed they gave skiers
After years of concern over so-called “fluoro” waxes, the Milan Cortina Games will be the first Olympics without them.
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![Collage of squares containing photos of raised hands. All the squares are yellow, except for one blue square.]()
![Collage of squares containing photos of raised hands. All the squares are yellow, except for one blue square.]()
UN climate talks are built on consensus. That’s part of the problem.
At COP, the requirement that countries find consensus before taking action has stalled climate progress for decades. Experts say there's a better way.
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![Headshots of Andreas Malm and Wim Carton beside the book cover for The Long Heat]()
![Headshots of Andreas Malm and Wim Carton beside the book cover for The Long Heat]()
So many climate solutions, so few emissions reductions. A new book explains why.
In "The Long Heat," Wim Carton and Andreas Malm argue that capitalism has turned the climate crisis into a business opportunity.
