Articles by Senior Staff Writer Tik Root
Tik Root covers climate solutions and economics at Grist. He started his career as a freelance journalist in Yemen, and has since covered everything from Al Qaeda to the Olympics for outlets such as National Geographic, The New York Times, and The Atlantic, among others. He previously worked at The Washington Post and Scripps News. Tik lives in Vermont with his wife and son.
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![U.S. cross-country skier Ben Ogden competes in the men's team sprint free finals at the Milano Cortina 2026 Winter Olympic games.]()
![U.S. cross-country skier Ben Ogden competes in the men's team sprint free finals at the Milano Cortina 2026 Winter Olympic games.]()
Team USA is proving that world-class skiing doesn’t require PFAS wax
U.S. ski techs reflect on competing at the first Olympics banning waxes with "forever chemicals."
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![Environmental activists march in lower Manhattan, New York, to demand Wall Street stop funding of fossil fuel projects.]()
![Environmental activists march in lower Manhattan, New York, to demand Wall Street stop funding of fossil fuel projects.]()
It just got harder for shareholders to push companies on climate
New SEC restrictions could sideline the small shareholders who have driven high-profile climate fights in recent years.
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![Han Dasom of Team Republic of Korea is seen competing at the Milano Cortina 2026 Winter Olympic Games.]()
![Han Dasom of Team Republic of Korea is seen competing at the Milano Cortina 2026 Winter Olympic Games.]()
The Olympics just saw its first ‘forever chemical’ disqualifications
Waxes containing PFAS are banned at the Milan-Cortina Games. Three athletes already have been disqualified for using them.
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![A stack of fluorinated ski waxes sits in front of a black background]()
![A stack of fluorinated ski waxes sits in front of a black background]()
The Olympics are ditching PFAS waxes — and the ‘ridiculous’ speed they gave skiers
After years of concern over so-called “fluoro” waxes, the Milan Cortina Games will be the first Olympics without them.
