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…Post-Brexit, U.K. favorite for prime minister is Trump-Lite on climate change
Jun 24, 2016, 5:51 pm By Clayton Aldern
The British Bulldog. The Iron Lady. BoJo? Former London Mayor Boris Johnson might not fit the grand…Watch a burning house float away in an epic flood
Jun 24, 2016, 3:17 pm By Kate YoderWest Virginia’s deadly deluge just took a turn for the apocalyptic. A burning building was swept…Younger Brits just had their future decided for them
Jun 24, 2016, 1:25 pm By Rebecca Leber
Hours into a post-Brexit universe, it’s impossible to know the full scale of repercussions from…Brexit could have serious repercussions for the climate
Jun 24, 2016, 10:41 am By Clayton Aldern
Britain has voted to leave the European Union by a 52–48 margin. Environmentalists and climate…Ben & Jerry’s keeps trying to save the world with ice cream (and beer)
Jun 24, 2016, 6:36 am By Katie Herzog
Ben & Jerry’s may be as well-known for its founders’ progressive politics as for its delicious…China could blow the world away as a wind superpower
Jun 24, 2016, 6:02 am By Samantha Lee
China is — we could say — a big fan of wind energy. The country has huge potential to…Tesla wants to be your renewable energy everything
Jun 24, 2016, 5:04 am By Heather Smith
Elon Musk — future Mars settler, founder of Tesla – stepped into the solar business earlier this…Here come GMO labels!
Jun 23, 2016, 8:10 pm By Nathanael Johnson
I’m too high-minded to say “I told you so,” but after a lot of wrangling, the Senate struck a…A solar-powered plane just crossed the Atlantic
Jun 23, 2016, 6:51 pm By Samantha Lee
If you thought there was something solar power couldn’t do, think again, because the sun just…30 million dead trees could make California wildfires even worse
Jun 23, 2016, 5:22 pm By John Upton
With drought and climate change conspiring to push California’s summer wildfire season into…California’s latest oil spill almost drained right into the Pacific
Jun 23, 2016, 4:22 pm By Katie Herzog
A pipeline leak discovered Thursday morning spilled as many as 700 barrels, or nearly…Don’t believe the slander: Americans are eating less crap.
Jun 23, 2016, 2:10 pm By Nathanael Johnson
Americans are eating less of our unofficial national dish — deep-fried sugar-frosted rot gut.…Bernie Sanders lays out what Democrats should do next
Jun 23, 2016, 1:47 pm By Katie Herzog
The race for the Democratic nomination may be more or less over for Bernie Sanders. The natural…Top architect of climate deal warns against Brexit
Jun 23, 2016, 1:05 pm By Clayton Aldern
Britons vote Thursday on whether they’ll withdraw from the European Union. The latest polls show a…
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