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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![A plastic bag in a tree, with red building in background]()
![A plastic bag in a tree, with red building in background]()
2 new bills aim to reduce plastic pollution in New York state
The proposed legislation includes the "strongest in the nation" push to reduce single-use plastic packaging.
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![Cars and motorbikes drive through heavy smog, with birds in the foreground amid heavy pollution.]()
![Cars and motorbikes drive through heavy smog, with birds in the foreground amid heavy pollution.]()
Report: Pollution is connected to 9 million deaths worldwide each year
World governments have made "strikingly little effort" to solve the problem.
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![A man on a road with an orange standstorm in the background]()
![A man on a road with an orange standstorm in the background]()
How debt cancellation could help poor countries prepare for climate change
A new report calls on rich countries to provide immediate relief.
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![Plastic bottles in two side-by-side trash tubes]()
![Plastic bottles in two side-by-side trash tubes]()
The US only recycled about 5% of plastic waste last year
A new report highlights recycling's failure to keep up with growing volumes of plastic trash.
