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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200 million acres of forest cover have been lost since 1960
“Unprecedented” logging, mining, and agricultural expansion are razing forests faster than they can replenish, report finds.
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![Collage: an ear surrounded by vintage illustrations of a chickadee, a whippoorwill, a loon, a toad, and a humpback whale, music notes, sound waves, and cutout bars of marbled texture]()
![Collage: an ear surrounded by vintage illustrations of a chickadee, a whippoorwill, a loon, a toad, and a humpback whale, music notes, sound waves, and cutout bars of marbled texture]()
How climate change is muting nature’s symphony
From warbling loons to chirping toads, rising temperatures threaten some of the Earth’s most iconic sounds.
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European lawmakers declared natural gas ‘green.’ Now they may face lawsuits.
Environmental advocates said they "will not rest" until the decision is overturned in court.
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Nature is in crisis. A UN report says short-sighted economics is to blame.
A panel of experts calls for different ways to value the natural world.
