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 BogadoEmissions of sulfur dioxide — a toxic gas with a nasty smell — are regulated and monitored in…Oil train derails, erupts in flames in Oregon
6:26pm By Katie HerzogAnother day, another exploding oil train. On Friday, a flimsy metal can carrying crude oil…Record-breaking floods hit Paris. Get used to it.
5:41pm By Katie HerzogRecord-breaking rains and flooding have inundated western Europe this week, killing at least…Antarctica is melting and shows no sign of slowing down
3:58pm 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
2:54pm By Katie Herzoghttps://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
1:07pm 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.
5:47am By Grist staffIn 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
5:07am 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.
Thu 8:21pm 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
Thu 7:29pm By Kate YoderAs 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
Thu 4:58pm By Katie Herzog
Reuters reports that Ohio officials have purged tens of thousands of voters who haven’t cast…The science is in and this popular weedkiller really might be harmful
Thu 4:46pm By Nathanael JohnsonThe amount of a popular herbicide farmers regularly apply to their fields poses a risk to plants,…
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