Emma Foehringer Merchant
Grist
Seattle, WA, United States
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California defies Trump claim that environmental regulation kills economic growth
The state's example suggests that the president's deregulation spree isn't necessary. → Read More
California went all-in on natural gas. Can it do the same with renewables?
The battle over a proposed So Cal power plant could signal if the state is ready to put its money where its mouth is on clean energy. → Read More
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. → Read More
Trumpcare and climate change will have the same victims
'They’re not seeing what they’re doing -- how it’s going to affect actual human lives.' → Read More
No one’s breathing easy in the nation’s new megawarehouse hub
Your online shopping habit is polluting California's Inland Empire. → Read More
Trump doesn’t really give a crap what you think about national monuments
A curious decision by the new administration could open protected wilderness to energy exploration. → Read More
Who’s begging Trump to stick with Paris? Ivanka and Exxon, for starters.
Here’s a list of the folks throwing support behind the climate agreement. → Read More
The water empire: How a Korean family became the source of drinking water for many Angelenos
In L.A., water stores do brisk business. → Read More
Veggies grown with toilet water could be headed to your table
A novel water-recycling project will help save struggling California farms. → Read More
Techies and tractors: Silicon Valley’s next big thing is saving water
In a climate-changed world, entreprenuers and farmers are coming together to confront scarcity. → Read More
How the climate march can stand out in a crowd of protests
Under Trump, pulling off a successful People's Climate March won't be easy. → Read More
Environmental justice starts with “everyday folks who feel like enough is enough”
Goldman Prize winner mark! Lopez explains how he helped shutter a polluting factory in L.A. → Read More
Interior Secretary Zinke is a Roosevelt fanboy. So does that mean he won’t trash the place?
Grist asks the historian Douglas Brinkley what it means for Zinke to call himself a Roosevelt conservationist. → Read More
Trump’s budget is a declaration of war on the environment
Here are 13 ways that it would massively screw over the climate, clean water, Amtrak, and more. → Read More
This tiny program keeps our coasts safe. So Trump’s gutting it, of course.
Scrapping this “small but mighty” program means less money to prepare for rising seas and other threats to the country’s coasts. → Read More
Rising seas aren’t the only threat to coastlines
Erosion will make the West Coast even more vulnerable as bigger storms batter shores. → Read More
Environmental organizations see an outpouring of support post-election
“Apparently the sixth stage of grief is activism.” → Read More
An injured Standing Rock activist could lose an arm, but her resolve remains strong
Sophia Wilansky could undergo as many as 20 surgeries as doctors try to repair her injuries. → Read More
With or without the U.S., the world’s going to move forward on climate change
COP22 wraps up with countries determined (for now) to keep Paris Agreement on track. → Read More
No, Trump’s election hasn’t derailed the U.N. climate conference
Why there’s (some) cause for optimism at the U.N. climate talks → Read More