How can I avoid wasting food over the holidays?
Nov 16, 2015, 6:00 am By Ask Umbra®
Q. Dear Umbra, My kids were very efficient trick-or-treaters this year and each brought home a…Kids in Mexico block a development that would pave over a mangrove forest
Nov 15, 2015, 8:08 am By Suzanne Jacobs
When it comes to fighting environmental battles, low expectations are kind of the name of the game.…Bernie Sanders says climate change is still our biggest national security threat
Nov 15, 2015, 3:45 am By Jeremy SchulmanThis story was originally published by Mother Jones and is reproduced here as part of the Climate…The Earth is on track to end 2015 with an average 1 degree C warming
Nov 14, 2015, 8:00 am By Brian Kahn
It’s all but certain that 2015 will end up as the hottest year on record. And in setting that…Will Utah’s state prison end up being an environmental catastrophe?
Nov 13, 2015, 5:37 pm By Raven Rakia
In the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina, guards fled the Orleans Parish Prison, leaving the people…This week in America’s crazy abortion laws: Texas, South Dakota, and Missouri
Nov 13, 2015, 4:46 pm By Eve Andrews
Have you ever done a Big American Road Trip? I haven’t, really. There was the drive I took out to…America’s obesity problem just keeps getting, well, bigger
Nov 13, 2015, 3:48 pm By Katie Herzog
Gone are the days when Americans washed down their Big Macs with Pepsi and cigarettes. These days,…American cities keep fighting climate change while Congress stonewalls
Nov 13, 2015, 3:23 pm By Jeremy Deaton
Years of congressional inaction on climate change have prompted civic leaders to take matters into…Portland, being Portland, says no to new fossil fuel infrastructure
Nov 13, 2015, 3:03 pm By Katie Herzog
Portland, Ore., has become the first city in the U.S. to pass a resolution opposing the development…4 charts show what’s ahead for renewable energy
Nov 13, 2015, 2:37 pm By Tim McDonnell
This story was originally published by Mother Jones and is reproduced here as part of the Climate…Here’s what you can fight now that Keystone XL is dead
Nov 13, 2015, 12:48 pm By Heather Smith
So the president rejected the permit for Keystone XL (well, the northern part of it, anyway). And…Electric cars are better than gas cars when it comes to emissions, study says
Nov 12, 2015, 8:18 pm By Kate Yoder
For years, people have debated a burning question: Are electric vehicles actually better for the…New photos of China’s awful air quality make us nervous about coal plant plans
Nov 12, 2015, 8:03 pm By Katie Herzog
China isn’t exactly known for its pristine air quality, but levels of pollution are now the…Pope Francis gets more people to care about climate change
Nov 12, 2015, 5:26 pm By Suzanne Jacobs
In a complete slap in the face to millions of environmental activists all over the world, a bunch…A major Greenland glacier is collapsing
Nov 12, 2015, 5:00 pm By Ian Sample
This story was originally published by the Guardian and is reproduced here as part of the Climate…Hillary Clinton introduces plan to help coal communities as Big Coal declines
Nov 12, 2015, 4:01 pm By Tim McDonnell
This story was originally published by Mother Jones and is reproduced here as part of the Climate…Chemicals used in oil spill cleanup made Gulf disaster worse
Nov 12, 2015, 3:24 pm By Katie Herzog
An estimated 4.9 million barrels of oil spilled into the Gulf of Mexico during the Deepwater…Raise awareness about the Paris climate talks by acting like a rude French person
Nov 12, 2015, 1:44 pm By Katie Herzog
A few weeks ago, my colleague Daniel came to work with something on his face. “Daniel,…Exclusive: William Tyler’s dreamy performance at Pickathon
Nov 12, 2015, 11:00 am By Grist staff
There’s something about fall and acoustic guitars that goes together like brandy and apple…Should I heat my house with oil or natural gas?
Nov 12, 2015, 6:00 am By Ask Umbra®
Q. Dear Umbra, My husband and I just bought a house that has an older (at least 10 years old)…
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