Now we know Scott Pruitt isn’t serious about fighting smog
Apr 12, 2017, 12:37 pm By Jack Lienke
Jack Lienke is a senior attorney at the Institute for Policy Integrity and a coauthor, with Richard…Meet the fixer: This startup founder built a Fitbit for the planet.
Apr 12, 2017, 6:00 am By Grist staff
You can’t fight what you can’t measure. But Davida Herzl has a solution: Her company, Aclima,…Chicago wants to dominate in renewable energy.
Apr 11, 2017, 9:49 pm By Kate Yoder
Mayor Rahm Emanuel announced this week that the city plans to power all of its public buildings…A tiny Iowa paper just won a Pulitzer Prize for tackling farm pollution.
Apr 11, 2017, 5:02 pm By Nathanael Johnson
This year’s prize for editorial writing went to Art Cullen at the Storm Lake Times. His winning…Our plan for Earth Day is to ponder whether feminism is dead.
Apr 11, 2017, 3:21 pm By Eve Andrews
The Independence Institute has put out some communications around Earth Day that, even in this…March for Science organizers say April 22 is just the beginning
Apr 11, 2017, 1:34 pm By Brian Kahn
In a little over two weeks, scientists and science advocates are planning to flood the streets of…A crucial climate mystery is just under our feet
Apr 11, 2017, 6:00 am By Nathanael Johnson
What Jonathan Sanderman really wanted was some old dirt. He called everyone he could think of who…Meet the fixer: This farmer champions efficiency.
Apr 11, 2017, 6:00 am By Grist staff
In the United States, 40 percent of the food we produce isn’t eaten. Ben Hartman is trying to put…A black community in Oakland says pollution is violating its civil rights.
Apr 10, 2017, 6:27 pm By Nikhil Swaminathan
Residents of West Oakland charge in a federal civil rights complaint filed last week that diesel…The Great Barrier Reef has been brutally bleached for the second year in a row.
Apr 10, 2017, 5:10 pm By Kate Yoder
Contrary to what you may have heard, the reef isn’t dead — not yet. But aerial surveys show…S-Town, the most talked-about podcast of the year, is delving into climate grief.
Apr 10, 2017, 2:14 pm By Cody Permenter
If you haven’t listened to it yet, stop reading here and come back later to avoid spoilers. The…California’s drought is over! Too bad the world’s breadbaskets are slowly drying out.
Apr 10, 2017, 1:35 pm By Tom Philpott
This story was originally published by Mother Jones and is reproduced here as part of the Climate…Meet the fixer: This comedian spotlights indigenous rights.
Apr 10, 2017, 6:00 am By Grist staff
Growing up, Dallas Goldtooth tagged along at protests with a lot of “rabble-rousers.” His…Farmers could lead the way on climate action. Here’s how.
Apr 9, 2017, 6:00 am By Matthew Russell
President Trump, congressional Republicans, and most American farmers share common positions on…Depressed about climate change? There’s a 9-step program for that.
Apr 8, 2017, 6:00 am By Caroline Preston
This story was originally published by Fusion and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk…California’s cap-and-trade program isn’t a tax, court rules
Apr 7, 2017, 6:04 pm By John Upton
State judges told the California Chamber of Commerce on Thursday that its members don’t have a…You can expect Neil Gorsuch to be bad news for the environment.
Apr 7, 2017, 3:05 pm By Lisa Hymas
Gorsuch, who was confirmed by the Senate on Friday in an ugly, partisan fashion, will be sworn in as…Wild swarms of Arctic icebergs are making shipping companies miserable
Apr 7, 2017, 1:51 pm By Brian Kahn
Like bees, icebergs sometimes roam in swarms. Unlike bees, icebergs can sink ships. It’s with that…Trump plans to open more offshore areas for drilling, but the law may stand in the way.
Apr 7, 2017, 1:38 pm By Emma Foehringer Merchant
Speaking Thursday at an offshore energy industry conference, Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke…The technology that brought us Airbnb and Uber can do so much more
Apr 7, 2017, 6:31 am By Amelia Urry
There’s a problem with the sharing economy, says Julian Agyeman, an urban studies and…
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