Will an obstinate Senate help heat up the planet?
Oct 18, 2016, 2:55 pm By Ben AdlerIt might, according to a report from Climate Central. A landmark agreement to phase out the use of…September was hot — really hot.
Oct 18, 2016, 2:35 pm By Aura BogadoDepending on who you ask, it was the hottest or second hottest September ever recorded. NOAA The…Rubio’s new climate excuse: “I am 100 percent in favor of mitigation, if in fact sea levels are rising.”
Oct 18, 2016, 1:42 pm By Katie HerzogThe Florida senator and former presidential candidate argued against policies to reduce carbon…Can a lifelong meat-lover go vegan and not go crazy? We’re gonna find out!
Oct 18, 2016, 1:20 pm By Eve AndrewsLast week I broke my daylong Yom Kippur fast — that’s the Jewish Day of Atonement for all you…Uber momentarily flew drones over Mexico City to shame the city’s drivers.
Oct 17, 2016, 6:13 pm By Aura BogadoThe company confirmed to Grist that it deployed drones over Mexico’s capital for a few minutes in…Apple is having second thoughts about building electric, self-driving cars.
Oct 17, 2016, 5:54 pm By Heather SmithThe company is reportedly focusing instead on developing software for driverless vehicles that could…Sharing tractors? There’s an app for that.
Oct 17, 2016, 5:51 pm By Kate YoderWhen a farmer in India’s countryside needs to plow the fields, a tractor can be driven right to…John Oliver just skewered ALL the presidential candidates.
Oct 17, 2016, 5:24 pm By Grist staff“There is no perfect candidate in this race,” said the Last Week Tonight host. “Anyone who…You’re getting a skewed view of this election
Oct 17, 2016, 5:18 pm By Katie Herzog
If you’re liberal, you probably saw the news that Al Gore campaigned with Hillary Clinton in…Another environmental activist was murdered in Brazil — for doing his job.
Oct 17, 2016, 4:11 pm By Sabrina ImblerTwo gunmen shot environmental official Luiz Alberto Araújo in an execution-style killing on…A judge has thrown out Amy Goodman’s riot charges for reporting on Dakota Access.
Oct 17, 2016, 3:46 pm By Emma Foehringer MerchantEven before the charges were dismissed, potential jail time hadn’t been enough to keep the…In wake of Wikileaks, Clinton’s campaign chair seeks to reassure climate activists.
Oct 17, 2016, 3:10 pm By Ben Adler
Last week couldn’t have been an easy one for Clinton campaign chief John Podesta. On the one hand,…You know the drill: 11 of the last 12 months hit record high temps.
Oct 17, 2016, 1:22 pm By Amelia UrrySeptember 2016 is officially the newest addition to a record-breaking streak of hottest-ever…Should I keep my laptop plugged in while I use it?
Oct 17, 2016, 5:47 am By Ask Umbra®
Q. Dear Umbra, I work all day on a laptop (a MacBook Air). I’d like to prolong the life of my…Nearly every country in the world has agreed to cut back on a potent greenhouse gas.
Oct 17, 2016, 3:58 am By Ben AdlerThe deal among some 170 nations to curb the use of hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs) was struck in Kigali,…Relying on future tech to suck up carbon is rolling the dice with the planet
Oct 16, 2016, 6:00 am By Bobby Magill
Removing carbon dioxide emissions from the atmosphere to prevent global warming from becoming…Is synthetic yarn for the birds?
6:21am By Ask Umbra®
Q. Dear Umbra, I’ve been saving my yarn scraps all year to put out for the birds while they’re…Ken Bone: “If I was Energy King …”
Fri 9:01pm By Katie Herzog
“What steps will your energy policy take to meet our energy needs, while at the same time…Satirist writes obituary for the Great Barrier Reef. Internet takes him all too seriously.
Fri 8:32pm By Amelia Urry
On the list of things people are lamenting online this week is how humans let…Hurricane Matthew swept away the bank accounts of 2.1 million Haitians.
Fri 3:36pm By Sabrina ImblerRavaging crops, drowning goats, and wrecking fishing boats, the Category 4 storm devastated the…
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