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.
All Articles
-
![Close-up of California Governor Gavin Newsom]()
![Close-up of California Governor Gavin Newsom]()
Gavin Newsom delayed his own ‘nation-leading’ plastic policy. Why?
Industry groups expressed concerns about California’s landmark plastic pollution law in the weeks before regulators were supposed to begin enforcing it.
-
![Smoke pours from a refinery smokestack, with gray-blue sky in background.]()
![Smoke pours from a refinery smokestack, with gray-blue sky in background.]()
Supreme Court declines to hear Republicans’ ‘Hail Mary’ effort to block climate lawsuits
The justices shrugged off a complaint described by legal experts as a “political stunt.”
-
![Aerial view of mountains and forests and river in Chile, with low-lying clouds]()
![Aerial view of mountains and forests and river in Chile, with low-lying clouds]()
In Canada, Indigenous advocates argue that mining companies violate the rights of nature
Tribunal judges found the industry guilty of “ongoing ecocide.”
-
![View of the Wall Street bull statue, facing its head.]()
![View of the Wall Street bull statue, facing its head.]()
Big banks abandoned a voluntary climate alliance. Now, critics are calling for new laws.
Environmental groups say state and international policymakers must step up to stop fossil fuel financing.
