Mitch McConnell has already admitted GOP promises to out-of-work coal miners won’t come true.
Nov 14, 2016, 4:37 pm By Katie HerzogThe Senate Majority leader walked back expectations for a coal industry revival at the University of…The future of U.S. climate action doesn’t look great, but cities around the world are stepping up.
Nov 14, 2016, 1:33 pm By Emma Foehringer MerchantOn Monday at COP22, leaders of 7,100 cities in 119 countries announced progress on locally-driven…What should you do with your food scraps?
Nov 14, 2016, 5:30 am By Ask Umbra®
Q. Dear Umbra, When disposing of food waste, what’s better: putting it down the garbage disposal,…Take a tour of the Arctic vault designed to keep our seeds safe.
Nov 12, 2016, 6:00 am By Abigail BechtelMotherboard takes us inside the Svalbard Global Seed Vault deep in Norway’s mountains, home to…Trump’s victory could be a big win for the Dakota Access Pipeline, but opponents stand strong
Nov 11, 2016, 7:40 pm By Antonia Juhasz
The sound had not been heard in over 150 years. Rising over the remote plains of North Dakota, below…Here’s what to read when you just can’t read about the election right now.
Nov 11, 2016, 5:07 pm By Grist staffIf we have learned anything in this election, it is that we knew nothing! So why not learn some new…Young tech entrepreneur takes the money Peter Thiel gave him, donates it to climate fight.
Nov 11, 2016, 4:41 pm By Heather SmithThiel is a Silicon Valley venture capitalist and a libertarian. For the last five years, the…Cloud spy cams could make solar panels work better.
Nov 11, 2016, 4:08 pm By Heather SmithIt’s a familiar refrain — the sun doesn’t always shine, so how can we depend on solar? And…Day two of the Trump era, environmentalists set their sights on … holiday cups.
Nov 11, 2016, 3:24 pm By Amy McDermottProtestors with forest advocacy group Stand erected a giant, cardinal-red coffee cup in…Obama’s Interior makes it easier to build renewable energy on public land in Trump era.
Nov 11, 2016, 2:46 pm By Emma Foehringer MerchantThe Bureau of Land Management finalized a rule on Thursday that enables solar and wind…Donald Trump promises to revive the coal industry. He can’t.
Nov 11, 2016, 2:45 pm By Katie HerzogOn the campaign trail, President-elect Donald Trump vowed to make the industry great again. “If…The farmers who voted for Trump may be in for disappointment.
Nov 11, 2016, 2:33 pm By Nathanael JohnsonAs Chuck Conner, president of the National Council of Farmer Cooperatives, told journalist Chris…Let’s fight for the future we want
Nov 11, 2016, 7:07 am By Scott Dodd
For most of its history, Grist has gone by the tagline “A beacon in the smog.” This week, after…Mass transit wins big in ballot initiatives
Nov 10, 2016, 5:07 pm By Ben Adler
In an otherwise rough election for cities, poor people, and the environment, all three got a bit of…The Senate lost some more GOP climate moderates.
Nov 10, 2016, 4:50 pm By Rebecca LeberIn a cycle otherwise thoroughly dominated by Republicans, both Senators Mark Kirk of Illinois and…Trying to cope with the election? Brexit strugglers share their tips.
Nov 10, 2016, 4:24 pm By Amy McDermottIn June, the U.K. choose to leave the European Union by 52 to 48 percent. Then, as now, many young…California county bans fracking, even though big oil spent big money to stop it.
Nov 10, 2016, 4:10 pm By Katie HerzogIn a rare bit of good environmental news, voters in California’s fourth-largest oil-producing…Trump will be the fossil fuel industry’s greatest gift
Nov 10, 2016, 1:44 pm By Rebecca Leber
Among climate hawks, the reactions to Donald Trump’s election have ranged from hopeless to…Clean technology will move forward despite a Trump administration.
Nov 10, 2016, 1:29 pm By Heather SmithThe morning after the election, solar and wind stocks weren’t looking great, and the stocks of a…Is your bank funding the Dakota Access Pipeline? Here’s how to find a new bank
Nov 10, 2016, 5:23 am By Ask Umbra®
Q. Dear Umbra, I’ve been looking to switch banks for some time and the recent events in North…
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