One-fifth of the country is about to get broiled
Jun 17, 2016, 6:46 pm By Katie Herzog
Take a deep breath, western United States: You’re about to be on fire. Parts of Arizona, Nevada,…Can the Hulk convince the DNC to call for a fracking ban?
Jun 17, 2016, 5:25 pm By Katie Herzog
Environmentalists had a chance to make their case for the Democratic party’s official stance on…Conservatives try out bizarre energy attack ad
Jun 17, 2016, 4:43 pm By Melissa Croninoriginal video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VzMAw0MWrTs Welcome to 2016, where “run, Jimmy,…Plants have an immune system, too. It’s called soil.
Jun 17, 2016, 3:54 pm By Nathanael Johnson
Organic agriculture has long focused on fortifying soils to provide a sort of immune system for…Fight over Grand Canyon pits Native Americans against John McCain
Jun 17, 2016, 3:45 pm By Katie Herzog
President Obama has already protected over 265 million acres of land and water in the U.S. —…Antarctica, most remote place on Earth, just hit a scary CO2 milestone
Jun 17, 2016, 3:38 pm By Brian Kahn
We’re officially living in a new world. Carbon dioxide has been steadily rising since the start of…Fancy streetlights save a lot of energy but steal your sleep
Jun 17, 2016, 3:29 pm By Heather Smith
Getting politicians to agree on climate-change policy is usually about as easy as settling a bar…California’s trees are thirstier than a college kid with a hangover
Jun 17, 2016, 2:08 pm By Madison Kotack
This story was originally published by Wired and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk…Meet the activist getting sued for complaining about a coal-ash dump
Jun 17, 2016, 11:01 am By Aura Bogado
Esther Calhoun lives in Uniontown, a small town in Alabama where more than nine out of ten residents…Our clean energy future, brought to you by loofahs
Jun 17, 2016, 6:09 am By Clayton Aldern
Good news for environmental sustainability, the cost of batteries, and the loofah market:…That massive methane leak in L.A. was visible from space
6:23pm By Katie Herzog
The massive methane leak in California’s Alisio Canyon may have been invisible to the human eye,…Norway talks a big game, promises to go carbon neutral by 2030
4:18pm By Katie Herzog
Norway may be best known as the birthplace of the cheese slicer, but now the country can claim…The next U.S. president could save or destroy the Arctic
2:43pm By Melissa Cronin
The next president will decide the fate of pristine waters 3,000 miles away from the Oval Office…A handful of the world’s coral reefs are actually thriving
11:30am By Samantha Lee
Coral reefs seem to be having a bad century, with global bleaching events and the Great Barrier…Trees lining California streets are worth $1 billion
8:26am By Clayton Aldern
It’s not easy to price a tree, but a group of researchers from the U.S. Forest Service and U.C.…Watch a band make music out of wheelbarrows and backyard grills
8:01am By Grist staff
What do you get when you cross a steel guitar and a Weber barbecue grill? One very unique musical…Is there a non-toxic way to get rid of hard water stains?
6:00am By Ask Umbra®
Q. Dear Umbra, I’ve been doing spring cleaning and wondering what people who’d like to stay as…Britain might leave the European Union. Here’s what that could mean for the climate.
4:55am By Clayton Aldern
On June 23, British voters will head to the polls to decide whether their nation should exit the…U.S. Chamber of Commerce joins anti-solar crusade
Wed 6:41pm By Ben Adler
The U.S. Chamber of Commerce is the latest conservative group to start spreading anti-solar…California’s drought isn’t going away anytime soon
Wed 5:13pm By John Upton
Several months after storms fueled by a fierce El Niño exploded over the northern Sierra Nevada,…
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