One of the first free towns founded by former slaves is being taken over by Big Oil
Nov 6, 2015, 4:24 pm By Raven Rakia
When it comes to history, I’m a nerd. I’m not necessarily super-interested in memorizing dates…Angry tweets from Republican leaders on the Keystone XL decision
Nov 6, 2015, 4:07 pm By Tim McDonnell
This story was originally published by Mother Jones and is reproduced here as part of the Climate…The fight against Keystone XL changed the climate movement. Here’s how
Nov 6, 2015, 12:47 pm By Ben Adler
The U.S. climate movement has gained a lot of clout in the four years since it made Keystone XL into…Breaking: Keystone is dead. For now
Nov 6, 2015, 12:44 pm By Katie Herzog
Victory! After years of protests by environmentalists and concerned citizens, President Obama has…The inside story of how the Keystone fight was won
Nov 6, 2015, 12:25 pm By Ben Adler
Everyone is talking about President Obama’s decision to reject the Keystone XL pipeline proposal,…The 7 things you need to know now about the Keystone XL pipeline
Nov 6, 2015, 12:17 pm By Lisa Hymas
1) President Obama rejected the Keystone XL pipeline on Nov. 6. He said, “Shipping dirtier crude…Climate change will stress plants out. These scientists think they have a solution
Nov 6, 2015, 5:18 am By Suzanne Jacobs
Just east of the University of Washington campus, along a busy thoroughfare, behind a rundown strip…How to explain climate change to teens
Nov 6, 2015, 4:10 am By Heather Smith
Here’s a tip for the next time you’re explaining climate change to an auditorium full of…Watch this discussion on conservatives, climate change, and fossil fuels
Nov 5, 2015, 7:58 pm By Grist staffGrist staff writer Ben Adler appeared on MSNBC’s Greenhouse for an enlightening panel discussion…No longer top secret: The TPP trade deal is just as evil as you think it is
Nov 5, 2015, 6:27 pm By Heather Smith
Remember the Trans-Pacific Trade Partnership (TPP)? That top-secret agreement between the United…Is the rest of the world’s climate action saving the U.S. billions of dollars?
Nov 5, 2015, 6:02 pm By Clayton Aldern
A new report bobbing around the climate policy waters suggests that over the past five years alone,…Polluting industries took over this California city. Now, residents are taking it back
Nov 5, 2015, 5:56 pm By Aura Bogado
The city of Commerce, a small municipality of 13,000 just a short distance from downtown Los…Scientists told President LBJ about climate change in 1965
Nov 5, 2015, 4:40 pm By Katie Herzog
People of a certain age and political persuasion may have fond memories of marching to protest the…Wildfires, droughts, and frigid winters: Which natural disasters did climate change make worse?
Nov 5, 2015, 3:16 pm By Tim McDonnell
This story was originally published by Mother Jones and is reproduced here as part of the Climate…There’s plastic in your fancy sea salt, study says
Nov 5, 2015, 2:51 pm By Katie Herzog
There’s plastic in your salt. That’s the finding of a new study published in the journal…Can polluters block Obama’s Clean Power Plan in court?
Nov 5, 2015, 1:22 pm By Ben Adler
It never fails: All major environmental regulations are met with legal challenges from polluting…Turns out Daylight Saving Time really does suck
Nov 5, 2015, 6:00 am By Ask Umbra®
Q. Dear Umbra, Having just suffered through the circadian disruption of another Daylight Saving time…Can something called the cleanweb help fight climate change?
Nov 5, 2015, 5:01 am By Suzanne Jacobs
Two hundred years from now, if humanity hasn’t succumbed to climate change, nuclear war, the…Obama says “no” to TransCanada’s latest Keystone gambit
Nov 5, 2015, 4:28 am By Lisa Hymas
On Monday, TransCanada tried a desperate move to salvage its plan to build the Keystone XL…“Punk archaeologists” study the human side of the oil industry in the Bakken shale
Nov 4, 2015, 8:19 pm By Kate Yoder
The temporary housing settlements of Williston, N.D., might seem like an unlikely haunt for…
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