Articles by Melissa Cronin
Melissa Cronin is a Grist fellow.
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Half of U.S. oil is now fracked — but it might not stay that way
America's 300,000 fracking wells pumped out 4.3 million barrels per day in 2015.
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What would actually happen if we stopped eating so much meat?
A new study shows just how much CO2 -- and lives -- we'd save if we just cut our meat consumption in half by 2050.
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Protestors turn a federal offshore oil auction into a circus
Watch about 150 activists disrupt the auction for offshore drilling leases in the Gulf of Mexico.
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Climate activists gear up to protest new oil drilling in the Gulf of Mexico
With their victory against Atlantic offshore drilling behind them, activists set their sights on shutting down new leases in the Gulf.
