Is it safe to use a soaker hose in my veggie garden?
Jun 30, 2016, 6:00 am By Ask Umbra®
Q. Dear Umbra, I found your old answer about the safety of garden hoses and the advice to use a…Oakland says no thanks to coal exports
Jun 29, 2016, 3:39 pm By Katie Herzog
A proposal to turn a former Army base into a coal export terminal was thwarted Monday by a vote of…There’s now a Tinder for National Parks
Jun 29, 2016, 3:16 pm By Katie Herzog
Finding the right match isn’t easy. Maybe he’s too short, too old, or covered in millions of…See how the Sierra Club’s leader is trolling Republicans
Jun 29, 2016, 11:22 am By Rebecca Leber
The head of the Sierra Club is having some fun trolling the GOP. The Republican National…The ocean is full of treasure — if you know where to look
Jun 29, 2016, 6:06 am By Samantha Lee
Finding money in the world’s oceans is a lot easier than finding Dory, at least according to NOAA.…Congress fails to pass Zika bill, and that’s an ominous sign of things to come
Jun 28, 2016, 6:06 pm By Ben Adler
The Zika virus epidemic in Latin America and the Caribbean threatens to spread throughout much of…North America pledges to deliver 50 percent zero-carbon energy in less than a decade
Jun 28, 2016, 5:53 pm By Katie Herzog
Climate change will be front and center at the North American Leaders’ Summit this week in…Arnold Schwarzenegger is here to terminate your hamburger addiction
Jun 28, 2016, 3:02 pm By Nathanael Johnson
A sweaty Arnold Schwarzenegger wanders across a barren wasteland before turning to the camera and…Americans are buying more gas guzzlers. Americans are stupid.
Jun 28, 2016, 2:42 pm By Katie Herzog
There’s a lot we can’t do about climate change. Industrial emissions are largely out of our…Sanders and Clinton teams fight over climate language in Democratic platform
Jun 28, 2016, 11:49 am By Ben Adler
The Democratic Party’s platform drafting committee has written a stronger climate change section…Heat waves could bring lots more deaths to NYC
Jun 28, 2016, 4:01 am By Ben Adler
Annual heat-related deaths in New York City could soar by more than 500 percent by the 2080s,…Why your poison ivy allergy is about to get worse
Jun 27, 2016, 5:30 pm By Katie Herzog
Summer: It’s the perfect time of year to get outside and enjoy some of that wilderness the U.S.…TransCanada’s latest move perfectly illustrates why so many people hate free-trade deals
Jun 27, 2016, 2:44 pm By Katie Herzog
TransCanada is demanding that the U.S. fork over $15 billion to make up for the fact that the…Even with the Supreme Court ruling on abortion clinics, there’s still a big mess in Texas
Jun 27, 2016, 2:28 pm By Eve Andrews
If you visit West Texas — a region defined as anything falling on the left side of a diagonal…Top climate leader wants to be U.N.’s head honcho
Jun 27, 2016, 2:06 pm By Clayton Aldern
Outgoing United Nations climate chief Christiana Figueres will soon announce her candidacy for U.N.…Obama creates national monument at iconic NYC gay bar
Jun 27, 2016, 10:20 am By Ben Adler
On Friday, President Obama honored the LGBTQ rights movement by designating a new national monument…Trader Joe’s: Looks adorable, passes gas like a climate villain
Jun 27, 2016, 6:00 am By Heather Smith
Trader Joe’s is the go-to supplier of bagged almonds and $2 wine to an entire generation of city…Help! My closet has been invaded by wire hangers.
Jun 27, 2016, 6:00 am By Ask Umbra®
Q. Dear Umbra, I have more than 2M wire hangers (slight exaggeration) that most cleaners don’t…Sorry, Beijing, but you look like a wrung-out sponge
Jun 26, 2016, 7:00 am By Samantha Lee
Beijing, is it just me or did you just get shorter? According to new satellite measurements,…It’s really hard to deal with climate change. A new podcast talks it out.
Jun 25, 2016, 8:09 am By Grist staff
A podcast about our warming planet from some of the nation’s best-known climate commentators? To…
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