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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Clean coal making the early rounds at DNC
8:28 a.m., residential Denver: First sighting of giant, roving “clean coal” van, sponsored by the American Coalition for Clean Coal Electricity. Photos to come.
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Grist heads to the Democratic and Republican national conventions
David and I are bound for Denver this week, where we’ll be bringing you on-the-ground reporting from the Democratic National Convention. Immediately thereafter, we’ll be in St. Paul, Minn., for the Republican National Convention. Whose convention will be the greenest? Will I be able to track down one of those elusive organic-cotton fanny-packs? Will delegates […]
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Enviros generally pleased with Biden’s record on environmental issues
Joe Biden. Photo: Michael Millhollin In a 3 a.m. blast of emails and text messages, Democrat Barack Obama announced that his selection for a vice presidential candidate is Delaware Sen. Joe Biden. And, for the most part, representatives from the environmental community were pleased with the news they awoke to Saturday morning. During his 35 […]
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Barack Obama and Joe Biden make their first public appearance as ticket mates
“We literally can’t afford four more years of this non-energy policy, relying on hostile foreign countries … literally putting America’s security at risk,” said Delaware Sen. Joe Biden, in his first speaking engagement as Barack Obama’s vice-presidential candidate today in Springfield, Ill. “Barack Obama and I believe — we believe with every fiber of our […]