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Yes We can!

Confident Obama: Senate will pass climate bill, “we can do even more” than ACES’s targets 0
Posted 3 days, 5 hours 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 1 week, 2 days ago
If you could CEQ her now

Coal is here to stay, says Obama’s chief environmental adviser 2
Posted 1 week, 2 days 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 1 week, 3 days ago
EPA chief on mountaintop mining, climate, and more 0
Posted 1 week, 3 days ago
Action Jackson

EPA chief Lisa Jackson on mountaintop removal, climate legislation, toxics, and more 3
Posted 1 week, 3 days 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 2 weeks, 3 days 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 3 weeks, 2 days 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 1 month 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.
For whom the Nobel tolls

Climate honcho Rajendra Pachauri tells Grist he’s optimistic about action 1
Posted 1 month, 2 weeks ago
Pachauri says the U.S. has made "remarkable" progress on climate change under President Barack Obama, and he's hopeful that world leaders will reach agreement on a new global climate treaty in December.
Zac and Forth

Catching up with eco-model Summer Rayne Oakes 0
Posted 1 month, 4 weeks ago
Since we last checked in with the ubiquitous face of green, she's launched a shoe line and a book. She talks about what's coming next -- and the one non-green habit she just can't shake.
A Fit of Peak

An interview with ‘Green Nobel’ winner Maria Gunnoe 0
Posted 2 months, 1 week ago
The West Virginia activist talks about the horrors of mountaintop mining, the fierceness of Appalachian mothers, and the unintended motivation that Obama's giving Big Coal.
An eco-chat with Matthew Modine 0
Posted 2 months, 1 week ago
Earth Day in Times Square 0
Posted 2 months, 1 week ago
TreePeople founder discusses his Ashoka fellowship and green infrastructure 0
Posted 5 months, 1 week ago
Former MSHA investigator Tony Oppegard discusses the TVA coal investigation 2
Posted 6 months ago
Outgoing Greenpeace leader talks about activism, economics, and his next steps 3
Posted 6 months ago
Journalist interrogates head economist of International Energy Agency 5
Posted 6 months, 2 weeks ago
Christie Todd Whitman 0
Posted 6 months, 3 weeks ago
Better Off Ted

Ted Turner chats about his outsized environmental hopes and ambitions 2
Posted 6 months, 3 weeks ago