Uber’s self-driving cars threaten to squish bike riders.
Dec 20, 2016, 3:59 pm By Heather Smith
The ones released into the wilds of San Francisco last week have been spotted running red…Obama’s likely putting a permanent kibosh on offshore drilling in parts of the Arctic and Atlantic.
Dec 20, 2016, 2:20 pm By Katie Herzog
The administration is expected to announce Tuesday that President Obama will use a provision in the…How a growing timber business revived a forest
Dec 20, 2016, 2:15 pm By Nathanael Johnson
Fourth in a series on tackling poverty while protecting the environment. Read the intro. The…Tired of waiting on humans, microbes cooperate to clean up our messes.
Dec 19, 2016, 7:46 pm By Amy McDermott
Microscopic critters are doing our dirty work, by digesting pollutants including methane in the soil…Relive a big moment in civil disobedience for the climate.
Dec 19, 2016, 5:20 pm By Abigail Bechtel
On Oct. 11, activists organized to shut down five pipelines transporting Canadian tar sands through…One of Hillary Clinton’s faithless electors went to Faith Spotted Eagle. Here’s who that is.
Dec 19, 2016, 5:10 pm By Sabrina Imbler
In today’s Electoral College vote, eight electors in Washington state went to Clinton, three to…The Obama administration pushed out an environmental rule just in time for Trump to reverse ’em.
Dec 19, 2016, 4:44 pm By Emma Foehringer Merchant
On Monday, Obama’s Department of Interior published a new stream protections rule, which hasn’t…$1 million will buy you a hunting trip with the Trumps.
Dec 19, 2016, 3:53 pm By Katie Herzog
TMZ reports that the Trump family will hold a fundraiser the day after the presidential…There are over 3,000 U.S. communities with lead levels twice as high as in Flint.
Dec 19, 2016, 2:59 pm By Katie Herzog
That’s according to a Reuters investigation that analyzed blood tests from state health…The case for putting people before nature
Dec 19, 2016, 2:03 pm By Nathanael Johnson
Third in a series on tackling poverty while protecting the environment. Read the intro. The…Your guide to buying nontoxic, kid-friendly toys
Dec 19, 2016, 5:45 am By Ask Umbra®
Q. Dear Umbra, Thanks for the information on nontoxic kids’ playmats — very important. What…Cities can pick up nations’ slack on combating climate change
Dec 18, 2016, 7:00 am By Nick Stockton
This story was originally published by Wired and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk…Shift Happens: Dumbledore’s Army
Dec 17, 2016, 10:00 am By Chip Giller
Grist / Shutterstock It’s a bad sign when writers frequently compare the U.S. president-elect to…The weird way that Obama’s press conference was actually, sort of, about climate change.
Dec 16, 2016, 4:52 pm By Emma Foehringer Merchant
In his final press conference of 2016, President Obama — in his usual, staid tones — fielded…GOP Governor Pat McCrory just signed a bill that limits his successor’s powers.
Dec 16, 2016, 3:51 pm By Katie Herzog
This week, the Republican-controlled legislature held multiple special sessions under the guise of…Here are three reasons the world didn’t completely suck this week.
Dec 16, 2016, 3:28 pm By Sabrina ImblerSure, we live in a world where President-elect Donald Trump appointed ExxonMobil CEO Rex…Dark days for the planet, maybe, but a good day for learning about dumplings.
Dec 16, 2016, 1:19 pm By Grist staff
Read on: It’s kind of a trash time to be a human, but, in the beautiful words of New York…How food, forests, and people are connected, in 10 charts
Dec 16, 2016, 7:00 am By Nathanael Johnson
Part of a series on tackling global poverty while protecting the environment. Environmentalists…Could countries end poverty without wrecking the planet? We investigated.
4:26pm By Grist staff
Even if all those beauty pageant wishes came true and we ended global poverty, that good news would…Prepare to be chilled to your core.
3:42pm By Grist staff
Welcome to the triumphant return of climate denial to American politics: While he was speaking…
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