What is a ‘sky river,’ and why is Miss Piggy flying in it?
Feb 17, 2015, 8:33 pm By Suzanne Jacobs
Earlier this month, Miss Piggy took an epic seven-hour trip on the Pineapple Express, reminding…Oil trains are blowing up all over the place
Feb 17, 2015, 4:13 pm By John Light
Two tanker trains full of crude oil have derailed and burst into flames in the last few days, one in…Michelle Obama thinks carrots are better than Ariana Grande
Feb 17, 2015, 3:50 pm By Liz CoreThe days of coaxing vegetables into your child’s mouth via the “airplane” method —…“More research” into geoengineering is not such a hot idea
Feb 17, 2015, 3:46 pm By David Roberts
Geoengineering is back in the news, thanks to the release of big report from the National Research…8 ways Obama sucks on climate
Feb 17, 2015, 3:15 am By Ben Adler
The new conventional wisdom among the political class is that President Obama is doing everything he…Should I take notes on my laptop or with a notepad and pencil?
Feb 16, 2015, 7:05 am By Ask Umbra®
Q. I’m a graduate student. Most of my peers are taking their notes on a laptop during class…This dreamy dude wants you to use all-natural condoms
Feb 15, 2015, 8:54 am By Eve AndrewsThis is a time of year when, allegedly, lots of people are having lots of sex, because bed is a far…Kitzhaber is on his way out, but Oregon should continue being a green leader
Feb 14, 2015, 9:29 pm By Ben Adler
Environmentalists are by their nature worrywarts, so they might be tempted to freak out over…These countries are making polluters pay
Feb 14, 2015, 7:01 am By James West
This story was reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. Solving climate change is…Protests, oil prices add fuel to the divestment fire
Feb 14, 2015, 4:53 am By Heather Smith
It was a move straight from the student activism playbook: On Thursday, Feb. 12, at 10 a.m., 34…Is Drake the perfect role model for the green movement?
Feb 13, 2015, 8:22 pm By Eve Andrews
Last night, Drake dropped an unannounced mixtape with the sort of genius title If You’re Reading…Yellowstone’s grizzlies have officially given up on winter
Feb 13, 2015, 8:00 pm By Ted Alvarez
Yellowstone snowshoers may want to keep a keen eye and a can of bear spray out this winter. Park…Mississippi utility must repay $281M for illegally financing “clean coal”
Feb 13, 2015, 7:08 pm By Sara Bernard
On February 12, the day we published a deep-dive story on the Kemper County energy facility — the…If you think that California is dry now, wait until the 2050s
Feb 13, 2015, 6:18 pm By Eric Holthaus
This story was originally published by Slate and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk…There’s a scary amount of plastic in the ocean. Here’s who put it there
Feb 13, 2015, 3:43 pm By Tim McDonnell
This story was reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. Marine scientists have…The fight over Obama’s Clean Power Plan heats up in the states
Feb 13, 2015, 2:57 pm By David Roberts
For background on what follows, see my previous post on the legal question at the heart of the Clean…A surprising tool to slow gentrification: Land trusts
Feb 13, 2015, 2:05 pm By Ben Adler
I grew up in a gentrifying Brooklyn neighborhood. Thanks to the influx of wealthier newcomers, I…Can movies slow mass extinction? This filmmaker thinks so
Feb 13, 2015, 1:55 pm By Eve Andrews
Here, in brief, is a big chunk of what we talk about here at Grist: The climate is heating up, and…Watch out, Arctic: Shell is coming for you again
Feb 13, 2015, 11:33 am By John Light
Even as Shell is talking a good talk about climate change, it is pushing ahead with plans to drill…Watch our relationship counselor give out some green dating advice
Feb 13, 2015, 8:55 am By Eve AndrewsIf you can get past the fact that Valentine’s Day is just another expression of our pretty…
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