Extreme heat? Check. Ice loss? Check. Any other records we can shatter?
Apr 20, 2016, 11:08 am By Rebecca Leber
The world has been breaking climate records left and right. Here’s the short list: 2015 was by far…Can we actually make a difference by changing the way we eat?
Apr 20, 2016, 12:01 am By Nathanael Johnson
You’ve probably seen the statistic: According to the United Nations, we’ll need to produce 70…Soy boom threatens Brazil’s climate goals
Apr 19, 2016, 8:19 pm By Jeffrey Hoelle
Brazil’s economy is teetering on the edge of collapse. The country’s political regime has been…This week’s deadly flooding in Houston is just the beginning
Apr 19, 2016, 7:34 pm By Xian Chiang-Waren
Houston is in the throes of a flood that is, according to recent headlines, “historic,”…The EPA met its match: Amateur race car drivers
Apr 19, 2016, 6:18 pm By Melissa Cronin
The Environmental Protection Agency is used to hysteria whenever it rolls out a new regulation or…Michigan governor attacks PR crisis by drinking Flint water for a month
Apr 19, 2016, 5:42 pm By Katie Herzog
Michigan Gov. Rick Snyder has faced scathing criticism over his response to the Flint water…The incredible history of fossil-fuel beauty pageants
Apr 19, 2016, 1:37 pm By Katharine Wroth
Spend a little time in Morgan City, La., and you’re bound to run into someone connected to oil.…Everything you need to know about pot’s environmental impact
Apr 19, 2016, 6:02 am By Clayton Aldern
Americans smoke a lot of weed. It’s a little tricky to get a handle on the actual numbers…The legal marijuana biz is sky high. We’ve got some burning questions.
Apr 19, 2016, 6:00 am By Katie Herzog
First, a confession. I, Catherine Ronan Herzog, 32 years old, a resident of Seattle, Wash.,…Want to support indigenous land rights? Keep talking about the people fighting for them.
Apr 18, 2016, 7:52 pm By Eve Andrews
Today, a 47-year-old indigenous farmer from Peru won the Goldman Environmental Prize for repeatedly…Keurig’s new green move is as mediocre as K-Cups coffee
Apr 18, 2016, 6:20 pm By Katie Herzog
After literally a decade of trying, Keurig has finally found a way to address complaints…Meet the black activist who derailed a big polluting project before graduating college
Apr 18, 2016, 6:12 pm By Aura Bogado
Destiny Watford was a 17-year-old student at a south Baltimore high school when she asked a roomful…Congress passed around the blame for Flint’s lead crisis. John Oliver gives it right back to them.
Apr 18, 2016, 3:02 pm By Katie Herzoghttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GUizvEjR-0U America’s best Brit John Oliver took a brief pause…How much has drought screwed the West Coast?
Apr 18, 2016, 1:53 pm By Nathanael Johnson
It was only a year ago that Californians were marching into another relentless summer, having…What the subway adventures of Clinton and Sanders really show us
Apr 18, 2016, 1:26 pm By Ben Adler
If you run for president, you have to demonstrate fluency in local culture on the campaign trail:…Are plastic soil beads safe for my plants?
Apr 18, 2016, 6:00 am By Ask Umbra®
Q. Dear Umbra, I just watched a video promoting the use of polymer beads in a window box to reduce…What you need to know about presidential candidates’ climate plans
Apr 18, 2016, 5:05 am By Eve Andrewshttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iopNtn5Phr0 Hello, it’s election season, which means we’re all…The future of lettuce looks a whole lot like a weed farm
7:00am By Leslie Stephens
For years, the only produce that thrived indoors — and made money doing so — was cannabis. The…Atlantic coastline sinks as sea levels rise
Sat 8:00am By John Upton
The 5,000 North Carolinians who call Hyde County home live in a region several hundred miles long…We pass the popcorn for the greatest climate hits of the Bernie-Hillary smackdown
Apr 15, 2016, 6:58 pm By Grist staff
What do Gristers do after the two remaining Democratic candidates for president spend a substantial…
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