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Joseph Winters

Joseph Winters is a contributing writer from Grist.org.

A view of the famous 'Morant's Curve' offering a beautiful view of the frozen Bow River and the Canadian Pacific Railway at Banff National park near Lake Louise, Canada, late on December 06, 2013. (Photo by JOE KLAMAR/AFP via Getty Images)

In Canada, Indigenous advocates argue that mining companies violate the rights of nature

Joseph Winters, Taylar Dawn Stagner
Colorful vegetables and fruits vegan food in rainbow colors (Getty Images/MEDITERRANEAN)

Goodbye, ‘soy boys.’ Hello, swole vegans

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Clear Plastic Cup Pattern (Getty Images/MirageC)

‘Sip, return, repeat’: How this California city is trying to normalize reusable cups

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A heap of disposable water bottles next to a reusable water bottle (Getty Images/Richard Drury)

Bottled water is full of microplastics. Is it still “natural”?

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Biodegradable trash paper and plastic spread out (Getty Images/Tatiana Maksimova)

What will it take to get companies to embrace reusable packaging?

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Green campaigners organized by the "BreakFreeFromPlastic movement" march through the streets in Nairobi, Kenya, Nov. 11, 2023. (Han Xu/Xinhua via Getty Images)

Plastic chemicals are inescapable — and they’re messing with our hormones

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An Amazon package lies on a conveyor belt in the DHL package center. (Robert Michael/picture alliance via Getty Images)

Amazon says its plastic packaging can be recycled. An investigation finds it usually isn’t

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Plastic waste (Getty Images/Anna Efetova)

Chemicals used in plastic food packaging linked to 10% of preterm births in 2018

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(Getty/TeerawatWinyarat)

Bottled water has up to 100 times more plastic particles than previously thought

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A scavenger looks for plastic bottles at Jabon landfill on April 22, 2021 in Sidoarjo, East Java, Indonesia. (Robertus Pudyanto/Getty Images)

Plastic’s life-cycle costs overwhelmingly fall on poor countries

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Colorful Plastic Bottle Caps 655465824 (Getty Images/Deanna Kelly)

A new report calls chemical recycling a “dangerous deception” — and a former plastic lobbyist agrees

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A gull picks up a piece of trash that washed up along the bank of the San Gabriel River just a few hundred yards from the Pacific Ocean in Seal Beach on Tuesday morning, December 13, 2022. (Mark Rightmire/MediaNews Group/Orange County Register via Getty Images)

Democrats unveil “most comprehensive plan ever” to address plastics problem

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Volunteers are seen collecting waste and plastic during the cleaning of San Andrés Beach ahead of World Environment Day on June 5th. (Jesus Merida/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images)

Companies are claiming to be “plastic neutral.” Is it greenwashing?

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Food trucks are seen during the Richmond Fusion Fest in Richmond, British Columbia, Canada, Aug. 11, 2023. (Liang Sen/Xinhua via Getty Images)

In Portland, Oregon, extreme heat is making food trucks feel like ovens

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Plastic waste (Getty Images/Anna Efetova)

How to build a zero-waste economy

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Garbage, pollution (Getty Images)

Oregon bans plastic foam and PFAS in food containers, promotes reusable alternatives

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A bike rider is pictured as an excessive heat warning remains in effect a day after record-breaking temperatures from a historic heatwave throughout the region in Seattle, Washington on June 29, 2021. (JASON REDMOND/AFP via Getty Images)

In Washington state, a new initiative to boost urban tree cover

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A power generating windmill towers above a nuclear power plant operated by Exelon on June 14, 2018 near Marseilles, Illinois (Scott Olson/Getty Images)

Inside climate activists’ uneasy relationship with ‘net-zero’

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A woman depositing a plastic bottle in a recycling bin (Getty Images/Andrew Fox)

American cities want to recycle their plastic trash in Mexico. Critics call it ‘waste colonialism.’

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Wind turbine reflected in solar panels (Getty Images/Tetra Images)

The IPCC says we need to phase down fossil fuels, fast. Here’s how the US could do it

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A flame burns a tree during a forest fire in Cebreros on July 18, 2022 in Avila, Spain. Wildfires have broken out across Spain and southern Europe amid a severe heatwave. (Pablo Blazquez Dominguez/Getty Images)

Immediate action is needed to ensure ‘a livable future for all,’ UN report says

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Egyptian volunteers arrange sacks with plastic waste to build the world's largest plastic pyramid on September 17, 2022 in Giza, Egypt. (Fadel Dawod/Getty Images)

Rich countries export twice as much plastic waste to the developing world as previously thought

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A herd of Plains Bison or buffalo grazing in Grand Teton Natonal Park in Wyoming, USA. (Jon G. Fuller/VWPics/Universal Images Group via Getty Images)

Biden administration pledges $25 million to bring bison back to tribal lands

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Logistics and transportation of Container Cargo ship (Getty Images/Thatree Thitivongvaroon)

Walmart, Target, Home Depot lead pack of retailers emitting millions of pounds of CO2 via shipping

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