Oakland
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Schools waste $5 million a day in uneaten food. Here’s how Oakland is reinventing the cafeteria
Schools waste $5 million a day in uneaten food. Here's how Oakland is reinventing the cafeteria
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Exxon says climate lawsuits violate its right to free speech. Seriously.
Exxon is spinning a new narrative about who the real victim is.
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Scientists won’t debate climate science on a national stage, but cities and oil companies will
Scott Pruitt's “red team–blue team” plan is dead, but a court hearing next week will put climate science on trial.
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Smoke from California’s raging wildfires spreads a public health emergency across the Bay
Stores see a run on particle masks as residents breathe air resembling what some West Oakland residents face year-round.
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This army base once drove West Oakland’s economy. Now it drives discrimination.
Ignored by officials, residents filed a federal civil rights complaint to have a say in their community's future.
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Oakland says no thanks to coal exports
The city council unanimously voted to stymie a proposal to ship out 10 million tons of a coal a year.
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Oakland might not have much water, but it’s littered with kittens
A flood of fuzzy kittens are arriving at animal shelters in Oakland, Calif. Could the drought be the culprit?
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Rue Mapp: Black and green and web all over
Grist is proud to present the Change Gang — profiles of people who are leading change on the ground toward a more sustainable society and a greener planet. Some we’ve written about before; some are new to our pages. Some you’ll have heard of; most you probably won’t. Know someone we should add to the […]
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Mercedes mows down Occupy protestors
Where's the mayor of Vilnius when you need him? This video shows a Mercedes nearly hitting two Occupy Oakland protestors at slow speed as they cross the street, causing one of them to first make a "stop" motion and then bang twice on the hood — at which point the driver decided to just run […]