We are fleeing the world’s coasts
Jun 10, 2016, 1:18 pm By Kate Yoder
As if beaches weren’t already scary (think: Shark attacks! Seagulls swooping in to snatch a…777 days later, Congress hasn’t lifted a finger for Flint
Jun 10, 2016, 11:53 am By Katie Herzog
It’s been 777 days since Michigan switched Flint’s water supply from Detroit to Flint River…Watch Obama slow jam his climate legacy
Jun 10, 2016, 5:13 am By Grist staff
original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ziwYbVx_-qg President Obama slow jammed his…Won’t you be my neighbor — say fewer Americans than ever
Jun 10, 2016, 5:05 am By Katharine Wroth
When the first police car pulled up, I didn’t pay much attention. By the time several more rescue…In the Caribbean, a tale of murder in a depleted forest
Jun 9, 2016, 8:26 pm By Aura Bogadooriginal video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WYidimYQ6iE Nearly all of Haiti’s forests are…Republicans in Congress just passed a law giving EPA more power
Jun 9, 2016, 5:46 pm By Rebecca Leber
Congress did something this week that’s practically unheard of. It handed the Environmental…Species-wide gene editing could potentially save life on earth — or permanently damage it
Jun 9, 2016, 5:12 pm By Xian Chiang-Waren
What if scientists could alter an entire species — say, by Zika-proofing the Aedes aegypti…El Niño is officially over. What comes next?
Jun 9, 2016, 3:48 pm By Brian Kahn
Did you wake up this morning with an overwhelming sense of sadness, a feeling that there was a hole…Bay Area voters approve a whole new kind of climate tax
Jun 9, 2016, 1:59 pm By Katie Herzog
Bay Area voters approved a first-of-its-kind tax to fight the effects of climate change. Measure…Our rotten immigration policies have left us with a bunch of rotten food
Jun 9, 2016, 6:06 am By Nathanael Johnson
An unexpected consequence of ramped-up border patrolling: Lots of food rotting in the fields, and…You thought planes burned a lot of carbon? Say hello to cruise ships.
Jun 9, 2016, 6:00 am By Ask Umbra®
Q. Dear Umbra, I read an article by an environmentalist that the lifestyle change with the biggest…Solar panels don’t raise regular utility rates—and might even lower them
Jun 9, 2016, 5:05 am By Heather Smith
In the early days of solar, there was some concern — nay, terror — of how it could destroy…India and U.S. team up to give boost to solar power startups
7:39pm By Ben Adler
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi is serious about fighting climate change, and about…Watch a very buff seed take on his roided-up GMO counterparts
7:14pm By Samantha Lee
original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eEZvx9dQoNw Mr. Seed is an organic seed, and he’s…New York City tries to end scourge of plastic bags. New York state says, “Nope.”
6:24pm By Katie Herzog
In May, New York City became the largest American city to tackle the plastic bag problem by…Donald Trump once backed urgent climate action. Wait, what?
5:14pm By Ben Adler
As negotiators headed to Copenhagen in December 2009 to forge a global climate pact, concerned U.S.…Arctic sea ice, did you lose weight? You look amazing!
4:10pm By Bobby Magill
Arctic sea ice shrank to its lowest level in 38 years last month, setting a record low for the month…Fireflys are disappearing. Here’s why — and what you can do to help,
11:56am By Katie Herzog
Fireflies were a source of great pleasure when I was kid. My friends and I would chase them through…How Bernie Sanders made Hillary Clinton into a greener candidate
6:47am By Ben Adler
Hillary Clinton is her party’s presumptive nominee. Whether Sanders drops out tomorrow or the day…The American diet is an exercise in extremes. How can we find the middle ground?
5:05am By Eve Andrews
What defines American food culture? It’s a question with any number of suitable answers.…
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