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is it too late?

A video interview with Bill Moyers 2
Posted 1 month, 2 weeks ago Renowned journalist Bill Moyers on what it takes to change direction in America, whether it's too late to act on climate, and what he thinks of climate skeptics.
No Holds Barred

The Yes Men reveal their next big stunt 1
Posted 1 month, 2 weeks ago In a video interview with Grist, the high-minded pranksters talk about their successes (and arrest!) during the recent climate week, their new movie, and their hot plans for Copenhagen.
A video interview with the Yes Men 0
Posted 1 month, 2 weeks ago
Hitting the Green Carpet

Umbra reports from the Age of Stupid premiere 0
Posted 1 month, 4 weeks ago Umbra Fisk talks with Heather Graham, Moby, Gillian Anderson, and others at the premiere of the year's hottest climate film.
It's the end of the world and we know it

Climate doomsday film ‘The Age of Stupid’ still hopeful, says director in video interview 9
Posted 2 months ago
The new film The Age of Stupid paints a grim view of the future: In 2055, a man living in a world wrecked by climate change gets pissed off at the people of today who knew they were messing with the climate but failed to do much about it. Age of Stupid director Franny Armstrong video-chatted with Grist before the film's U.S. premiere.
Wonkeriffic!

An interview with Jason Burnett, who worked on EPA greenhouse gas regulations 0
Posted 2 months ago

The following is an interview with Jason Burnett, who worked in the EPA under President GW Bush, wherein we discuss efforts by the EPA to regulate greenhouse gases. Burnett quit the EPA in protest in June 2008, alleging interference from the Office of the Vice President.

The interview is meant as a supplement to the story, "Everything you always wanted to know about EPA greenhouse gas regulations, but were afraid to ask."
The badass birdwatcher

Teddy Roosevelt and the search for new ‘wilderness warriors’ 2
Posted 3 months ago
"He would have taken his fist and smashed the National Manufacturing Association," Douglas Brinkley, author of a new book on Theodore Roosevelt's conservation legacy, says in an interview.
A new approach to sustainable business

Take the environment out of sustainability, argues former Sierra Club chief 4
Posted 3 months ago
Adam Werbach, who made his name when he took the helm of the Sierra Club at age 23, has now written a how-to guide for companies to reframe the way they do business in a carbon-constrained, Twittering world.
Placemakers

Tim Halbur on sprawl, propaganda, and Obama’s approach to urban issues 0
Posted 3 months ago
We kick off a new interview series by talking with the managing editor of Planetizen, who knows a thing or two about how cities grow.
How much is that brainwashing in the window?

Our addiction to cheap stuff has become very expensive, new book argues 24
Posted 3 months ago
Ellen Ruppel Shell, author of Cheap: The High Cost of Discount Culture, explains the history, psychology, and dangers of the American romance with bargain hunting.
Who liberates the liberators?

Terrorism laws are wrongly being used to round up eco-activists, says author Dean Kuipers 1
Posted 4 months ago
“Rod Coronado is not a terrorist,” says Dean Kuipers, author of Operation Bite Back: Rod Coronado's War to Save American Wilderness. In an interview, Kuipers explains how terrorism laws are being used against environmentalists and animal-rights activists.
Yes We can!

Confident Obama: Senate will pass climate bill, “we can do even more” than ACES’s targets 0
Posted 4 months, 3 weeks ago
President Obama gave a very lengthy "must-read" interview to the several reporters Sunday in which he spelled out a great deal of his thinking on the climate bill. Since Senate passage of a climate bill depends crucially on Obama's strong messaging and lobbying effort, I will excerpt the interview in two parts.
Obama’s environmental adviser talks coal and mountaintop mining 1
Posted 4 months, 4 weeks ago
If you could CEQ her now

Coal is here to stay, says Obama’s chief environmental adviser 2
Posted 4 months, 4 weeks ago
"Clearly coal is a part of our energy mix now and it's likely to be so in the future," says Nancy Sutley, chair of the White House Council on Environmental Quality. In an exclusive interview, she also talks about economic stimulus, green jobs, and mountaintop-removal mining. Watch the video and read the highlights.
EPA chief on environmental justice, working for Obama, and more 0
Posted 5 months ago
EPA chief on mountaintop mining, climate, and more 0
Posted 5 months ago
Action Jackson

EPA chief Lisa Jackson on mountaintop removal, climate legislation, toxics, and more 3
Posted 5 months ago
The EPA can't stop mountaintop-removal mining under current law, EPA Administrator Lisa Jackson tells Grist. In an exclusive interview, she also talks about climate legislation, toxics, environmental justice, and what it's like to be part of Obama's "green Cabinet." Watch the video and read the highlights.
Lazy Eye

Can a lazy environmentalist really change the world? 6
Posted 5 months, 1 week ago
Lazy Environmentalist Josh Dorfman is dedicated to cutting out the typical green-minded guilt-trip crap and helping people find eco-solutions that not only fit their lifestyles but improve them.
Generation Next

Former PepsiCo exec to take helm at Seventh Generation 3
Posted 5 months, 1 week ago
Seventh Generation's Jeffrey Hollender has decided to step down from his role as CEO of the natural-products company, leaving Chuck Maniscalco, a former executive at PepsiCo, to take his place. What do the incoming and outgoing CEOs have to say about maintaining the company's commitment to sustainability?
Strengthening the Movement by Shrinking It

An interview with the innovators behind ioby.org 0
Posted 5 months, 3 weeks ago
Can small-scale, local giving have a large-scale environmental impact? The anti-NIMBY activists behind the first green micro-lending site think so. Stephanie Ogburn reports.