How to make people care about climate change? Tell it one story at a time
5:22pm By Heather Smith
I first met Christine Cordero at a conference several years ago. She was leading a workshop for…Latino voters care a whole lot about climate change
5:10pm By Eve Andrews
This just in, from the “we’re really goddamn tired of people saying that people of color don’t…Could we make tennis rackets out of atmospheric CO2? Science says yes
4:33pm By Suzanne Jacobs
You know the old saying: “When life gives you atmospheric CO2, capture it, turn it into carbon…New Orleans’ transit system still hasn’t recovered, 10 years after Katrina
4:24pm By Ben Adler
After Hurricane Katrina made landfall in Louisiana, on Aug. 29, 2005, Americans were awoken to a few…Why shade balls aren’t such a great idea after all
2:15pm By Katie Herzog
Here’s how the news works circa 2015: A story gets reported, usually by journalists for major…This chef built her reputation on seafood. How’s she feeling about the ocean now?
5:01am By Eve Andrews
Renee Erickson isn’t just one of the most celebrated chefs in the Seattle restaurant scene —…EPA wants the oil and gas sector to stop leaking so much methane
Tue 6:20pm By Clayton Aldern
Obama’s coming for our gas! On Tuesday, the EPA proposed new regulations for methane emissions…Google will now tell you whether you should put solar panels on your roof
Tue 3:49pm By Eric Holthaus
This story was originally published by Slate and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk…Muslim leaders call for climate action in new declaration
Tue 2:57pm By Katie Herzog
Sixty Muslim leaders from around the globe are calling for serious action to address climate…Clinton comes out against Arctic drilling
Tue 1:15pm By Katie Herzog
Because it’s 2015 and major policy decisions are conveyed throughout the land via 140 characters…Letter from Texas: Floods didn’t drown the drought
Tue 6:06am By Justin Carroll
This year brought what former Texas governor (and current idiot) Rick Perry had us praying for back…How do you study an underwater volcano? Build an underwater laboratory
Tue 5:01am By Suzanne Jacobs
It was the early 90s, and John Delaney was frustrated. For the past decade, he’d been studying a…How microbes can make plastic from sunshine, carbon, and a little bit of love
Aug 17, 2015, 8:08 pm By Suzanne Jacobs
We build with it, eat from it, wear it, let our kids play on it, drive around in it, and decorate…Here’s why I won’t be buying anything from Amazon again
Aug 17, 2015, 6:51 pm By Katie Herzog
We’ve written a lot about Amazon at Grist, from the company’s high-tech campus a couple miles…Obama gives Shell the final OK to drill in the Arctic
Aug 17, 2015, 5:40 pm By Katie Herzog
President Obama has a brain tumor. At least, it seems like that must be the case considering he just…Stop trashing the climate! EPA’s new plan would crack down on landfills
Aug 17, 2015, 5:34 pm By Clayton Aldern
Municipal solid waste — commonly known as trash, garbage, or Ke$ha — is under fire. (Not…New research shows a flaw in the plan to tax soda out of existence
Aug 17, 2015, 5:25 pm By Nathanael Johnson
Last week, The New York Times covered Coca-Cola’s effort to steer the scientific discussion…What will happen when the floods hit drought-parched California?
Aug 17, 2015, 5:13 pm By Heather Mack
After four years of a near-biblical dry spell, it’s hard to think of California ever getting wet…Climate change could wipe out the internet’s favorite animal
Aug 17, 2015, 4:06 pm By Suzanne Jacobs
Internet dwellers, unite! The red panda, lord of all things cute, is in danger, and only we can…How an inspiring group of women built one of the greenest buildings in Portland
Aug 17, 2015, 1:41 pm By Sara Bernard
When the Portland Alumnae chapter of the Delta Sigma Theta sorority purchased a long-abandoned gas…
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