Articles by Kate Sheppard
Kate Sheppard was previously Grist's political reporter. She now covers energy and the environment for The Huffington Post. Follow her on Twitter.
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Grist talks to enviro leaders about what the next administration needs to do on climate
Van Jones was at the Democratic National Convention this week to talk about green jobs, justice, and the economic growth potential in a new, green economy. I caught him for a few minutes to talk about the message he’s bringing to the convention, and about whether he’d take a job in an Obama administration. Green […]
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Scenes from Mile High Stadium
Here are some photos I took from the crowd at Mile High Stadium on Thursday night for Barack Obama’s acceptance speech at the Democratic National Convention:
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Natural disasters, evacuated oil rigs might cause a PR disaster for the GOP
According to the Washington Post, Republican officials are considering delaying their convention in St. Paul because of Tropical Storm Gustav, which might hit the Gulf Coast as a full-force hurricane next week. If it does reach land during their convention, it would hit a sore spot for Republicans, whose current representative in the White House […]
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Obama calls out climate and energy in his big acceptance speech
Thursday’s much anticipated acceptance speech by Barack Obama was less like a political event than a rock concert. Except you’ve never seen people quite this excited at a rock concert. Obama took the stage before 75,000 fans waving flags, stomping, and screaming. Among the many issues he addressed in his long, winding oration, he pledged […]