Articles by Staff Writer 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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![Aerial view of a tree-filled neighborhood]()
![Aerial view of a tree-filled neighborhood]()
In Washington state, a new initiative to boost urban tree cover
The Washington Tree Equity Collaborative aims to bring more greenery to underserved communities.
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![Aerial view of petrochemical facilities and the Mississippi River]()
![Aerial view of petrochemical facilities and the Mississippi River]()
Green groups sue EPA over decades-old water pollution rules
Technologies to control wastewater contamination have come a long way since the 1980s. Regulations haven’t.
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![Collage of smokestack with smoke cloud cut out]()
![Collage of smokestack with smoke cloud cut out]()
Inside climate activists’ uneasy relationship with ‘net-zero’
How the logic of carbon neutrality got “lit on fire” by big polluters.
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![Damaged trees against mountains]()
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The future of US forests — a major carbon sink — is ‘highly uncertain’
A new study highlights the risks of using forest-based carbon offsets to cancel out greenhouse gas emissions.
