Will Obama’s climate legacy include deporting children to drought-ravaged nations?
May 13, 2016, 6:04 pm By Aura Bogado
The Obama administration is preparing a series of raids to deport mothers and children to…Trump’s new energy adviser is exactly the kind of guy you think he is
May 13, 2016, 5:16 pm By Clayton Aldern
Donald Trump’s new energy adviser is exactly the kind of guy you’d expect to find passing…A Manhattan-sized oil spill just hit the Gulf of Mexico
May 13, 2016, 4:22 pm By Melissa Cronin
Royal Dutch Shell spilled an estimated 2,100 barrels of oil off Louisiana’s coast in the Gulf…This herb could be the secret to curbing cows’ climate-changing burps
May 13, 2016, 3:50 pm By Kate Yoder
Oregano may seem like an unlikely ingredient in the fight against climate change. But this modest…You better learn about this new technology before it transforms the world
May 13, 2016, 1:47 pm By Nathanael Johnson
A “gene drive” is a new technology that gives us the ability to change an entire species at…Cities ask residents to snitch on illegal Airbnb rentals
May 13, 2016, 12:44 pm By Katie Herzog
Rental services like Airbnb and VRBO take up valuable real estate for short-term stays. This can…Hey, energy geeks, there’s now a podcast just for you
May 13, 2016, 6:00 am By Kate Yoderhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VbgE5sUO-lM Podcasts are cool. Government agencies, generally…Here’s what Obama’s new methane rule won’t cover
May 13, 2016, 4:44 am By Clayton Aldern
On Thursday, the Environmental Protection Agency released its final regulations aimed at cutting…Alberta wildfire turns to boreal forests
May 12, 2016, 8:00 pm By Xian Chiang-Waren
Fort McMurray, in Canada’s Alberta province, is surrounded by two things: oil sands and boreal…Gates Foundation quietly dumps all of its BP stock
May 12, 2016, 5:16 pm By Melissa Cronin
Has the world’s largest charitable foundation started shifting away from fossil fuels? The Bill…T. Boone Pickens backs Trump, expects to be dead by the time country collapses
May 12, 2016, 5:04 pm By Katie Herzog
T. Boone Pickens has given up. After penning a blog post last year indicating sympathy for…The ExxonMobil refinery that exploded in L.A. last year is up and running again
May 12, 2016, 4:54 pm By Aura Bogado
A Los Angeles-area ExxonMobil refinery restarted this week, a little more than a year after it…Obama’s latest climate move: Cracking down on methane from fracking
May 12, 2016, 12:57 pm By Tim McDonnell
This story was originally published by Mother Jones and is reproduced here as part of the Climate…Listen to this relaxing jam on a sunny afternoon
May 12, 2016, 11:00 am By Grist staff
If you zone out while listening to “The Garden” by singer-songwriter Sam Cohen, we don’t blame…Don’t look now, but the oil industry miiiight be poisoning your food
May 12, 2016, 6:00 am By Ask Umbra®
Q. Dear Umbra, I love clementines and would hate to give them up. So portable, delicious, and…Amid fire evacuations, Alberta oil production restarts
May 12, 2016, 5:05 am By Xian Chiang-Waren
It’s time to ask the really important question about the ongoing, devastating Alberta…Climatarian, vegavore, reducetarian: Why we have so many words for cutting back on meat
May 12, 2016, 5:00 am By Kate Yoder
A climatarian, a reducetarian, and a sustainatarian walk into a bar. It sounds like the beginning…Will Uber and Lyft learn anything from their defeat in Austin?
May 12, 2016, 2:20 am By Ben Adler
On Saturday, voters in Austin, Texas, handed a stinging defeat to the major ride-hailing companies…Keystone pipeline still a pain in nation’s butt
May 11, 2016, 6:22 pm By Katie Herzog
Will it ever end? Six months after President Obama nixed the Keystone XL pipeline — a decision it…Even with the Arctic out, offshore drilling isn’t slowing down
May 11, 2016, 5:22 pm By Melissa Cronin
The oil industry just lost its chance at finding a fossil fuel goldmine in the U.S. Arctic. On…
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