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
Jun 16, 2016, 6:23 pm 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
Jun 16, 2016, 4:18 pm 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
Jun 16, 2016, 2:43 pm 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
Jun 16, 2016, 11:30 am 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
Jun 16, 2016, 8:26 am 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
Jun 16, 2016, 8:01 am 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?
Jun 16, 2016, 6:00 am 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.
Jun 16, 2016, 4:55 am 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
Jun 15, 2016, 6:41 pm 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
Jun 15, 2016, 5:13 pm By John Upton
Several months after storms fueled by a fierce El Niño exploded over the northern Sierra Nevada,…Greenland was hotter than New York City last week
Jun 15, 2016, 4:01 pm By Katie Herzog
Greenland, the Arctic nation that is basically one huge ice cube, is feeling rather balmy lately.…Kenya is on the brink of approving GMOs
Jun 15, 2016, 2:39 pm By Nathan Siegel
Just four years after banning imports of genetically-modified crops, Kenyan officials have come full…Massive sinkholes in Texas could combine to form even massiver sinkhole
Jun 15, 2016, 1:57 pm By Katie Herzog
Welcome to West Texas, where sometimes the ground just opens up under your feet. Two existing…France ratifies U.N. climate deal. Your move, rest of world.
Jun 15, 2016, 1:02 pm By Clayton Aldern
France on Wednesday became the first global power to formally join the U.N. climate deal, after it…
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