Ho hum, another scientific expedition to Antarctica … but this time the scientists are all women.
Dec 2, 2016, 5:56 pm By Amy McDermott
The voyage, which embarked from Ushuaia, Argentina, on December 2, is sponsored by the Homeward…The backstory on Standing Rock, the federal government, and tribal sovereignty
Dec 2, 2016, 5:21 pm By Aura Bogado
Police in riot gear forming a wall across a road. Water cannons spraying water protectors in the…Look, we spend a lot of time reading the internet — here’s the best stuff of the week.
Dec 2, 2016, 5:15 pm By Grist staff
For better or worse, the Grist staff delves into the mass of words on the web every single day.…Trump supports finishing Dakota Access.
Dec 2, 2016, 2:39 pm By Sabrina Imbler
The president-elect’s transition team said that his stance “has nothing to do with his…5 lessons activists can learn from Florida’s successful ballot fight to defend solar
Dec 2, 2016, 2:13 pm By Heather Smith
On Election Day, Florida voters helped send Donald Trump to the White House, reelected Marco Rubio…Bill McKibben: Trump presidency “demands fierce resistance”
Dec 2, 2016, 1:53 pm By Bill McKibben
We’re going to be dealing with an onslaught of daily emergencies during the Trump years. Already…The mannequin challenge may be in its twilight, but public transit has our hearts forever.
Dec 2, 2016, 11:02 am By Grist staff
Atlanta’s Metropolitan Atlanta Rapid Transit Authority filmed a “mannequin challenge” video…Want to convince Trump to care about climate? Scaremongering about refugees won’t help.
Dec 2, 2016, 10:42 am By Alex Randall
After the election of Donald Trump, people concerned about climate change will be searching for ways…Our government is now getting its science news from science-denying Breitbart.
Dec 1, 2016, 8:57 pm By Cody Permenter
Whoever runs the House of Representatives Committee on Science, Space, and Technology Twitter…Deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon increased by a whopping 29 percent this year — but there’s a way to slow it.
Dec 1, 2016, 6:19 pm By Emma Foehringer Merchant
According to satellite imagery, loggers depleted 3,000 square miles of the Amazon from August 2015…The Great Barrier Reef is still dying, still refuses to die.
Dec 1, 2016, 5:20 pm By Amelia UrryIt’s sort of like that time the whole family flew to say goodbye to Great-Uncle Fred only to have…OPEC agrees to cut 1.2 million barrels a day, pleasing U.S. oil companies.
Dec 1, 2016, 4:53 pm By Kate Yoder
For the first time in eight years, OPEC — you know, that cartel of 14 oil-rich countries like…This is your brain on climate change.
Dec 1, 2016, 4:40 pm By Cody Permenter
Back in February, former Grist fellow Clayton Aldern produced a series exploring the connections…Is Ivanka Trump putting up with all this shit to save the planet?
Dec 1, 2016, 3:20 pm By Eve Andrews
For months — years, even — anyone watching Donald Trump has turned an eye to his oldest daughter…What’s a greener way to heat my home?
Dec 1, 2016, 5:01 am By Ask Umbra®
Q. Dear Umbra, I want to replace my aging gas furnace with a heat pump. But the heat pump is much…Appalachia, who? The red heart of America is smoldering.
Nov 30, 2016, 8:38 pm By Amy McDermott
Less than a month after the election, fires ripped through eastern Tennessee, killing seven, and…There is child labor in your food.
Nov 30, 2016, 5:20 pm By Nathanael Johnson
Amnesty International investigators interviewed laborers as young as 8 working on plantations that…Watch changes on the ol’ Blue Marble unfold in gorgeous, alarming satellite images.
Nov 30, 2016, 5:12 pm By Amelia UrryWith the help of Google Earth’s updated Timelapse feature, now you can see just how fast the…The EPA downplayed its findings in its comprehensive study of fracking’s impact on drinking water.
Nov 30, 2016, 3:58 pm By Kate Yoder
An investigation from Marketplace and APM Reports found that top EPA officials made last-minute…Obama just missed a big chance to boost wind power
Nov 30, 2016, 3:20 pm By Ben Adler
The Obama administration has squandered a big opportunity to promote renewable energy, especially…
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