Sorry, leaves — we figured out a way to do photosynthesis better than you
Jun 6, 2016, 8:28 pm By Samantha Lee
original video:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2KRlRhNbxKg Trees, be warned: the process of…Oregon explosion reminds us that oil trains are “weapons of mass destruction”
Jun 6, 2016, 6:48 pm By Katie Herzog
An oil train that went off the tracks and burst into flames in the Columbia River Gorge in Oregon…This veggie is as good for the planet as it is for the body
Jun 6, 2016, 6:44 pm By Katie Herzog
Move over kale. There’s a hip new veggie in town, and this one isn’t just good for the body,…Even if Sanders loses the primary, his fracking policy won California
Jun 6, 2016, 5:41 pm By Tim McDonnell
This story was originally published by Mother Jones and is reproduced here as part of the Climate…Charles Koch really wants us all to believe he’s pro-science
Jun 6, 2016, 3:41 pm By Melissa Cronin
Charles Koch isn’t a climate scientist by any stretch of the imagination, but he sure has a lot to…Tiny sea creatures are saving us from hell on earth. So why are we endangering them?
Jun 6, 2016, 1:19 pm By Samantha Lee
Deep in the ocean where the sun don’t shine, fissures in the earth’s crust spew super-heated…We don’t mean to be rude, cities, but get your gas under control
Jun 6, 2016, 12:26 pm By Heather Smith
Over half of the world’s humans live in cities. I am one of them. As a city-dweller, I use less…These simple steps will make your refrigerator work better
Jun 6, 2016, 6:00 am By Ask Umbra®
Q. Dear Umbra, My refrigerator died suddenly at the tender age of 25. I bought an energy-saving one…We need to find a better way to measure methane
Jun 5, 2016, 8:07 am By Bobby Magill
There may be a significant problem with the measuring stick scientists use to account for how much…Satellites help track down sulfur dioxide we didn’t know existed
Jun 4, 2016, 7:06 am By Aura Bogado
Emissions of sulfur dioxide — a toxic gas with a nasty smell — are regulated and monitored in…Oil train derails, erupts in flames in Oregon
Jun 3, 2016, 6:26 pm By Katie Herzog
Another day, another exploding oil train. On Friday, a flimsy metal can carrying crude oil…Record-breaking floods hit Paris. Get used to it.
Jun 3, 2016, 5:41 pm By Katie Herzog
Record-breaking rains and flooding have inundated western Europe this week, killing at least…Antarctica is melting and shows no sign of slowing down
Jun 3, 2016, 3:58 pm By Andrea Thompson
Over the past few years, the evidence has piled up that glaciers in parts of Antarctica have been…Everyone thinks trump’s plan is nuts, including John Kerry
Jun 3, 2016, 2:54 pm By Katie Herzog
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M2TeOcKQVxQ Secretary of State John Kerry sat down with MSNBC’s…Here’s what Trump just doesn’t understand about clean air and dirty energy
Jun 3, 2016, 1:07 pm By Ben Adler
When Donald Trump gave his big energy speech in North Dakota last week, he recited a…What’s headed our way this hurricane season? Let us explain.
Jun 3, 2016, 5:47 am By Grist staff
In case you didn’t remember to mark the occasion, June 1 marked the opening day of hurricane…Meet the man who changed the way the U.S. fights poverty abroad
Jun 3, 2016, 5:07 am By Nathanael Johnson
What should we pay for with our foreign aid? In recent history, the American answer to that question…Activists wanted to clean up a coal ash dump. Dump sued activists for complaining.
Jun 2, 2016, 8:21 pm By Aura Bogado
Four residents of a tiny Alabama town are fighting back against a giant landfill operator after the…The zombie wildfires have awakened in Alaska
Jun 2, 2016, 7:29 pm By Kate Yoder
As if we didn’t have enough to worry about with the start of wildfire season, we now have to face…Ohio purges thousands of black voters from voting rolls
Jun 2, 2016, 4:58 pm By Katie Herzog
Reuters reports that Ohio officials have purged tens of thousands of voters who haven’t cast…
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