This beautiful video of plankton eating plastic is also a little disturbing
Jul 10, 2015, 3:53 pm By Grist staffHere’s a slightly alarming tidbit of news for your Friday: Plankton — that wonderful array of…Enviros, Tea Partiers, and the Christian Coalition all agree: Florida needs more rooftop solar
Jul 10, 2015, 3:26 pm By John Light
There’s an increasingly energetic fight brewing in Florida — one that has odd battle lines,…It turns out Mr. Baseball is still the worst thing Tom Selleck has done
Jul 10, 2015, 2:54 pm By Nathanael Johnson
The media has been gleefully enraged about the story of Tom Selleck trucking water from a fire…Climate change is killing bees
Jul 10, 2015, 12:58 pm By Tim McDonnell
This story is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. Bees are having a really…Rick Perry stole my urbanist talking points. Too bad he doesn’t actually understand them
Jul 9, 2015, 8:14 pm By Ben Adler
When I set out to cover climate change and urban policy, I never thought that I would wind up…Can fiction make people care about climate? Paolo Bacigalupi thinks so
Jul 9, 2015, 7:46 pm By Amelia Urry
When Paolo Bacigalupi showed up at the Grist offices a couple of weeks ago prepared to talk about…Here’s the vegan hip-hop playlist you never knew you needed
Jul 9, 2015, 7:23 pm By Grist staff
What do members of the Wu-Tang Clan, Jay Z, Beyonce, Jermaine Dupri, and André 3000 have in common?…One Direction wants leaders to take direction on climate change
Jul 9, 2015, 7:03 pm By Ana Sofia KnaufGuess what, One Direction lovers? You have a new reason to coo over your favorite boy band. Earlier…Fossil fuel companies have been lying about climate change for more than 30 years
Jul 9, 2015, 5:49 pm By John Light
For nearly three and a half decades — longer than many of you dear Grist readers have even been…Fossil fuels are terrible investments, says top energy economist
Jul 9, 2015, 3:41 pm By Clayton Aldern
A lot of things are better when tapped at the source. Spring water. Maple syrup. Apple advice from…Artisans transform one small town’s economy
Jul 9, 2015, 3:37 pm By Sam Bliss
Sam Bliss is traveling from Seattle to London by bicycle and boat. Read the intro to his travels…Country rocker Hiss Golden Messenger performs a slow-burning ballad
Jul 9, 2015, 11:00 am By Grist staff
M.C. Taylor, frontman of the North Carolina-based country rock band Hiss Golden Messenger, has a…What’s the best way to dump my old cosmetics and contact lenses?
Jul 9, 2015, 6:08 am By Ask Umbra®
Dearest Readers, Occasionally, a theme emerges from the questions you so lovingly send me. Though…How much does your state care about the environment?
Jul 8, 2015, 7:49 pm By Sara Bernard
“Which states care most about the environment?” The folks at Save On Energy, a consumer tool to…June was a scorcher in the Western U.S.
Jul 8, 2015, 7:13 pm By Andrea Thompson
The U.S. West is still baking. The temperatures for June are in and five Western states saw their…Can we talk? Here’s the conversation African Americans need to have about climate change
Jul 8, 2015, 6:49 pm By Danielle Hilton
Last year, the African-American author and commentator Charles D. Ellison asked, “Where’s the…Norway’s approach to electric cars pays off in a big way
Jul 8, 2015, 6:38 pm By Ana Sofia KnaufNorway, you already stole our hearts by divesting from coal. Now, on top of that, electric cars…What do weed and chicken farmers have in common? Willie Nelson
Jul 8, 2015, 6:10 pm By Grist staff
Chicken farmers have been shafted by corporate consolidation, says country legend and Farm Aid…Here’s a new idea for giving EPA more power to regulate CO2
Jul 8, 2015, 5:40 pm By Ben Adler
Reading about ocean acidification is usually a bummer: A hefty portion of the carbon dioxide we’re…Methane from fracking is probably more of a problem than EPA thinks
Jul 8, 2015, 5:03 pm By John Light
America’s natural gas boom might be generating a lot more greenhouse gas emissions than the EPA…
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