EPA wants the oil and gas sector to stop leaking so much methane
Aug 18, 2015, 6:20 pm 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
Aug 18, 2015, 3:49 pm 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
Aug 18, 2015, 2:57 pm By Katie Herzog
Sixty Muslim leaders from around the globe are calling for serious action to address climate…Clinton comes out against Arctic drilling
Aug 18, 2015, 1:15 pm 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
Aug 18, 2015, 6:06 am 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
Aug 18, 2015, 5:01 am 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…Check out these amazing photos of activists shutting down a coal mine
Aug 17, 2015, 1:22 pm By Katie Herzog
More than 1,000 activists descended into a dystopian hellscape on Saturday to shut down one of…The secret ingredient in your homemade jam may be coming from the lid
Aug 17, 2015, 6:00 am By Ask Umbra®
Q. I would like to start jarring the food I grow in my garden, but I heard that BPA-free lids still…How much plastic is in our oceans? Ask the woman trying to clean it up
Aug 17, 2015, 5:09 am By Ana Sofia Knauf
When Carolynn Box left for her first 5 Gyres research expedition in 2011, it was Christmas Eve. She…Here’s where every single presidential candidate stands on Keystone — except Hillary Clinton
Aug 16, 2015, 10:13 am By Lisa Hymas
Rumor has it that President Obama will officially reject the Keystone XL pipeline in the coming…Amazing cucumber salad — and other recipes for your CSA veggies
Aug 16, 2015, 8:05 am By Alexandra Stafford
A few weeks ago, a cucumber salad I brought to a neighborhood gathering threw me into a tizzy: It…Top 10 cities facing the most “danger days” due to climate change
Aug 15, 2015, 8:04 am By Brian Kahn
Chances are you’ve never heard the phrase “danger day” when it comes to weather. That’s…
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