Air pollution in China and India may be worse than we realize
Jun 17, 2015, 2:28 pm By Suzanne Jacobs
There are plenty of reasons to hate young people these days — they’re ruining the housing market…Americans are eating more factory-farmed meat than ever
Jun 17, 2015, 2:19 pm By Liz Core
Real, slow, farm-to-table, local, sustainable, grass-fed — all these buzzwords give happy feels to…Poll shows Americans are starting to worry about climate change again
Jun 17, 2015, 2:16 pm By Amelia Urry
You know how this country has had something of an “it’s complicated” relationship to…We’re using groundwater at a terrifying rate, and it’s not just California
Jun 17, 2015, 2:03 pm By Grist staff
Earth is running out of water. But, like, really. The Washington Post has the story: The world’s…Why cities should stop trying to be the next Brooklyn
Jun 17, 2015, 1:48 pm By Ben Adler
Is Detroit the new Brooklyn? Is Compton? Unoriginal writers, especially at The New York Times,…The great 2016 Hyperloop race is on (but only if this loopy contraption works)
Jun 17, 2015, 12:44 pm By Heather Smith
Do you build futuristic, low-friction transit pods that can operate in a transit system that…How to fix America’s beef problems, in under 2 minutes
Jun 17, 2015, 5:59 am By Grist staffDenis Hayes recently dropped by the Grist office to talk about his new book, Cowed: The Hidden…Meet the distractingly sexy women of science who just won the internet
Jun 17, 2015, 5:05 am By Madeleine Thomas
Welcome back to Woman Crush Wednesday, our weekly roundup of badass women in the news. Should free…This power plant slurps up water for Arizona — and burns 15 tons of coal a minute
Jun 16, 2015, 7:05 pm By Abrahm Lustgarten
This story was produced through a collaboration between ProPublica and Matter. A couple of miles…Amazing photosynthetic furniture could grow eco-friendly meals
Jun 16, 2015, 6:55 pm By Grist staffMost furniture is pretty damn one-note. That chair? It just suspends a relaxed rear. A table? Wow,…He may be pope, but that doesn’t mean he can stop climate change
Jun 16, 2015, 4:58 pm By Ben Adler
Liberals love nothing better than a religious figure who takes their side, and the media loves…The U.S. is cutting out trans fats from processed foods by 2018
Jun 16, 2015, 2:48 pm By Grist staff
Time to start hoarding vintage Cheetos for eBay: This morning, the FDA announced it will ban the…This drone footage of an iceberg collapsing is sad, cool
Jun 16, 2015, 1:58 pm By Grist staffAs we chronicle the death of the world’s ice in high-def, we may want to enlist Canadian…Meet moringa, the (latest) world’s most amazing superfood
Jun 16, 2015, 1:55 pm By Nathanael Johnson
I have an involuntary reflex to the word “superfood”: It makes a single eyebrow twitch upward.…What climate deniers get wrong on “politically motivated” science
Jun 16, 2015, 1:26 pm By Naomi Oreskes
Recently, the Washington Post reported new data showing something most of us already sense: that…Can I eat urban-grown produce without getting poisoned?
Jun 16, 2015, 12:56 pm By Ask Umbra®
Q. I am always overjoyed when I see free fruit trees on public land (and new websites/apps are…Climate refugees are already finding asylum in Seattle
Jun 16, 2015, 5:00 am By Ana Sofia Knauf
Before his world was thrown into turmoil, Fasil Tekola lived a comfortable life in Ethiopia’s…How smart meters are helping California save water
Jun 15, 2015, 8:11 pm By Suzanne Jacobs
“The sprinklers were running so hard at a McDonalds in Long Beach, California, recently that…California kids may not have to worry about pesticides at school anymore
Jun 15, 2015, 7:42 pm By Madeleine Thomas
Braving high school every day is enough of a drag without having to worry about, like, pesticides…American teens have incredibly depressing beliefs about money
Jun 15, 2015, 6:59 pm By Eve Andrews
Teens — tragic and tortured as they are — are just as materialistic as they’ve ever been, but…
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