What kind of cockroach are you? Take our quiz to find out!
Feb 4, 2015, 3:52 pm By Darby Minow Smith
Cockroaches have distinct personalities, according to a new study published in Proceedings of the…Here’s how to make sure renewables keep getting cheaper
Feb 4, 2015, 2:00 pm By David Roberts
Yesterday I gave you six charts that show renewable energy is getting cheaper, from a new report by…BP’s missing oil is found — where else? — on the bottom of the Gulf
Feb 4, 2015, 1:36 pm By John Light
After the 2010 Deepwater Horizon disaster, some of the estimated 200 million gallons of oil that…Mining the moon is a thing that could actually happen
Feb 4, 2015, 1:19 pm By Amelia Urry
Dispatch from our dystopian future: We did it, everyone. All the precious minerals on Earth are…Warmer seas make for a transoceanic fish party
Feb 4, 2015, 12:50 pm By Liz Core
Here’s a thing you may not have considered before: Climate change could make fish more mobile,…Buying this guy a car was nice. Buying a mass transit system would be way nicer.
Feb 4, 2015, 1:12 am By Ben Adler
There’s been lots of depressing news coming out of Detroit lately, but this week we were treated…Valley fever is taking a toll on California prisoners — and it’s the government’s fault
Feb 3, 2015, 8:22 pm By David Ferry
This story was originally published by Mother Jones and is reproduced here as part of the Climate…Beyoncé wants you to become vegan
Feb 3, 2015, 7:45 pm By Eve Andrews
If you, like most of the rational world, wake up every morning wondering what Your Good Friend…Uber, Google could replace cab drivers with robots
Feb 3, 2015, 7:34 pm By Sam Bliss
Loving your local Uber driver? That scrappy entrepreneur who’s turned his car into a home office?…Renewable energy is getting cheaper and cheaper, in 6 charts
Feb 3, 2015, 6:57 pm By David Roberts
Things are changing very quickly in the world of renewable energy. The conventional wisdom — that…Look at how much greener California is
Feb 3, 2015, 3:27 pm By Madeleine Thomas
The first two weeks of December brought heavy rain and snowfall to California — and we could…These climate change Instagrams will make you cry
Feb 3, 2015, 3:25 pm By Katie HerzogA new Instagram account called Everyday Climate Change collects photos of the effects of climate…The Koch brothers just kicked mass transit in the face
Feb 3, 2015, 2:36 pm By Ben Adler
A coalition of conservative pressure groups has defeated any hope that congressional Republicans…EPA to Obama: You gotta reject Keystone
Feb 3, 2015, 1:14 pm By Grist staff
Extracting tar-sands oil from Canada would lead to “a significant increase in greenhouse gas…Obama’s budget calls for billions to fight climate change
Feb 3, 2015, 12:59 pm By James West
This story was reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. In yet another sign…Greens get behind striking oil workers
Feb 3, 2015, 12:04 pm By John Light
U.S. oil workers have launched a strike that has the potential to spread as the United Steelworkers…Solving climate change will be difficult but worth it
Feb 3, 2015, 8:03 am By David Roberts
I wrote a post last week that seems to have caused a bit of fuss. I got a bunch of angry emails and…Guess who’s coming to dinner? Body politics, lady butchers, and feminism
Feb 3, 2015, 7:04 am By Madeleine Thomas
Render isn’t your typical food magazine. It’s not full of glossy photographs of perfectly rustic…2014 was the safest year to walk in NYC since 1910
Feb 2, 2015, 7:01 pm By Heather Smith
The year was 1910. The mass manufacture of cars was less than a decade old, and the Model T had only…5 most absurd Super Bowl commercials
Feb 2, 2015, 6:34 pm By Eve AndrewsFor those who love to hate on the Super Bowl for, well, any number of reasons, consider this: It is…
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