Hurricane Matthew was a 1-in-1000-year disaster for North Carolina.
Oct 20, 2016, 7:02 pm By Amelia Urry
But that doesn’t mean it will take another 1,000 years before the state sees another storm like…The world needs better sidewalks and bike paths, like now.
Oct 20, 2016, 4:45 pm By Emma Foehringer MerchantIn a report out Thursday, the United Nations Environment Programme says pedestrians,…I went and made all new Teslas autonomous, says Elon Musk. You’re welcome.
Oct 20, 2016, 4:04 pm By Heather SmithAs of yesterday, all new cars rolling off the Tesla factory line come with full self-driving…Cow burps are a big problem for the climate, but a little change in diet could correct that.
Oct 20, 2016, 2:25 pm By Katie HerzogAccording to a study by Australian researchers, adding very small amounts of a particular seaweed…Lake Titicaca has 10,000 problems and dead scrotum frogs are all of them.
Oct 20, 2016, 1:45 pm By Cody PermenterThese critically endangered frogs — also called Titicaca water frogs — are covered in folds of…Which U.S. city should you hunker down in during the era of climate change?
Oct 20, 2016, 12:55 pm By Katie HerzogThe New York Times’ Jonah Engel Bromwich asked three climate experts and got nine answers (well,…How one artist put climate activism on paper
Oct 20, 2016, 6:03 am By Emma Foehringer Merchant
In 2011, artist Rachel Schragis found herself in Zuccotti Park, the epicenter of the Occupy Wall…Here’s why it’s so important to buy recycled products
Oct 20, 2016, 5:48 am By Ask Umbra®
Q. Dear Umbra, I usually buy recycled aluminum foil, but I’m wondering: Is most foil made from…An alternative timeline of what the Clinton-Trump debates could have been.
Oct 19, 2016, 10:36 pm By Rebecca LeberDuring the third and final presidential debate, Vox’s Brad Plumer gave us a taste of the lively…It’s 2016, and we’re arguing about the constitutional validity of Roe v. Wade.
Oct 19, 2016, 9:53 pm By Eve Andrews
In case you were wondering how the presidential candidates were feeling about a woman’s…Garbage is a dirty business. L.A. is trying to clean it up.
Oct 19, 2016, 6:43 pm By Aura Bogado
The way most cities handle garbage is a mess. In Los Angeles, for instance, businesses and owners of…Want to rent a bike? If you’re in the wrong neighborhood, forget it.
Oct 19, 2016, 6:03 pm By Ben AdlerLower-income communities are getting shut out from bike-sharing programs, and New York City is an…Rising seas could zap billion-dollar space equipment.
Oct 19, 2016, 5:36 pm By Sabrina ImblerThe U.S. Air Force is building a new radar to keep astronauts safe from space debris. The…Why the heck are there pig farms in the path of hurricanes?
Oct 19, 2016, 3:56 pm By Nathanael Johnson
When I reached Mike Williams by phone last week, the head of poultry science at North Carolina State…In a weird twist, hurricanes help keep deltas above water.
Oct 19, 2016, 3:52 pm By Amy McDermottAs sea level rises, tropical storms will be a bigger problem for coastal cities — but the same…Oil companies should be scared of electric vehicles.
Oct 19, 2016, 3:42 pm By Heather SmithOr so says a report released this week by the Fitch credit rating agency. Rapid innovation…Fossil fuel favorite Lamar Smith just lost a big ol’ endorsement.
Oct 19, 2016, 1:54 pm By Katie HerzogThe San Antonio Express-News, the fourth-largest daily newspaper in Texas, has refused to repeat…Trump and Clinton have one more shot to address the biggest issue of our time.
Oct 19, 2016, 9:58 am By Grist staffClimate change and energy have gotten just over five minutes of attention in the first two…Trump says cities are in decline. Reality says otherwise.
Oct 19, 2016, 8:53 am By Ben Adler
To hear some people tell it, cities are failed experiments in big-government liberalism, hellish…The stem cell burger is back, and this time it might even be affordable.
Oct 18, 2016, 6:05 pm By Kate YoderWe met the first lab-grown patty in 2013 — when it rang in at a mind-boggling $331,400. But…
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