GOP Governor Pat McCrory just signed a bill that limits his successor’s powers.
Fri 3:51pm 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.
Fri 3:28pm 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.
Fri 1:19pm 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
Fri 7:00am 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.
Dec 15, 2016, 4:26 pm 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.
Dec 15, 2016, 3:42 pm By Grist staff
Welcome to the triumphant return of climate denial to American politics: While he was speaking…But — Rex Tillerson can’t really be his name, right?
Dec 15, 2016, 3:41 pm By Katie Herzog
Isn’t it a little too perfect for one of the largest oil profiteers in history and our future…“If Trump turns off the satellites, California will launch its own damn satellite.”
Dec 15, 2016, 1:20 pm By Grist staff
California Gov. Jerry Brown is on lately. In a speech to the American Geophysical Union…Portland says no way to new fossil fuel infrastructure.
Dec 15, 2016, 12:50 pm By Katie Herzog
Oregon’s largest city became the first in the nation to ban the building of major fossil fuel…Is Trump’s EPA pick or State nominee the riper target for Democrats?
Dec 15, 2016, 12:30 pm By Rebecca Leber
Possibly, the answer is both. Trump is assembling a cabinet that’s literally made of the fossil…What the humble turnip can teach us about economic growth
Dec 15, 2016, 7:07 am By Nathanael Johnson
Part of a series on tackling global poverty while protecting the environment. Read today’s main…Costa Rica modernized without wrecking the environment. Here’s how.
Dec 15, 2016, 7:01 am By Nathanael Johnson
First in a series on tackling global poverty while protecting the environment. Read the intro. For…How do we fight poverty without wrecking the planet?
Dec 15, 2016, 7:00 am By Nathanael Johnson
In the 12,000 or so years since humans invented agriculture (the exact date is up for debate),…Is it terrible to crack open a window during winter nights?
Dec 15, 2016, 6:25 am By Ask Umbra®
Q. Dear Umbra, I have a window in the bedroom that I like to keep open about an inch, year-round, at…Hey Trump, check this out: 78 percent of voters think climate pollution should be regulated and/or taxed.
Dec 14, 2016, 4:18 pm By Katie Herzog
A new survey from the Yale Program on Climate Change Communication and the George Mason University…Rick Perry’s Dakota Access Pipeline business entanglements
Dec 14, 2016, 1:46 pm By Patrick Caldwell
This story was originally published by Mother Jones and is reproduced here as part of the Climate…Google’s self-driving car project is now a company named Waymo.
Dec 14, 2016, 11:40 am By Heather Smith
That name stands for “a new way forward in mobility,” not “we’re making way mo’ cars…Surprise! Trump wants a coal booster and climate change denier to head the Interior Department.
Dec 13, 2016, 8:24 pm By Katie Herzog
He has reportedly offered the job to Montana Rep. Ryan Zinke. (Previous reports that Trump had…Totally chill scientists try to download government climate data before it disappears forever.
Dec 13, 2016, 6:20 pm By Amelia Urry
It’s not like anyone thinks Trump’s appointees will delete or suppress valuable troves of data…The EPA found that fracking can impact drinking water quality.
Dec 13, 2016, 5:32 pm By Rebecca Leber
Its long-awaited report corrects the record on the scientific evidence regarding a controversial…
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