Change 100 businesses, and the world’s food system will change with them
Jan 12, 2015, 8:08 am By Nathanael Johnson
It’s become clear to me, as I’ve worked my way through this series, that we’re going to have…Can I just dump old beauty products down the drain?
Jan 12, 2015, 7:10 am By Ask Umbra®
Q. It is time to purge all the toxic beauty products that I quickly accumulated but slowly phased…This 14-year-old will fix the planet before she graduates
Jan 12, 2015, 6:00 am By Sara Bernard
In a dream world, every kid’s resume would look a lot like Maya Penn’s. Her dizzying fount of…Hateful little cannibal squirrels could help California drought
Jan 11, 2015, 9:02 am By Nancy Shulins
Among alfalfa farmers in Northern California, Public Enemy No. 1 is a promiscuous, photogenic fur…Carrots get a makeover with these awesome recipes
Jan 11, 2015, 6:00 am By Alexandra Stafford
I did not need another monstrosity of a gadget cluttering my countertop. I had no interest in a…How much fracking is happening in the Gulf of Mexico?
Jan 10, 2015, 4:36 pm By John Light
We don’t know nearly enough about the fracking that’s already going on in the U.S. — that’s…ExxonMobil claims it’s the savior of the world’s poor
Jan 10, 2015, 8:05 am By Michael T. Klare
Around the world, carbon-based fuels are under attack. Increasingly grim economic pressures, growing…I went on TV and told the world about my creepy green habit
Jan 9, 2015, 7:48 pm By Katie Herzog
I was recently invited on to the new MSNBC show Greenhouse to talk about a piece I wrote for Grist…Tired of worrying about climate change? Vote Pit for president!
Jan 9, 2015, 4:54 pm By David Roberts
I spend a lot of time worrying about climate change and lamenting the inadequacy of most proposed…Get ready for endlessly gross shrimp, thanks to climate change
Jan 9, 2015, 4:53 pm By Madeleine Thomas
You may not think you care much about the mental well-being of imperiled sea spawn, but did ya know…So Keystone is on again in Nebraska. What next?
Jan 9, 2015, 4:26 pm By Heather Smith
For much of last year, a big question mark hung over the Keystone XL pipeline: Would Nebraska allow…Rejoice! New York is the biggest city to ban foam packaging
Jan 9, 2015, 3:56 pm By Sara Bernard
This week, New York officially became the largest city in the U.S. to ban that squeaky ecological…Smart pedals help you find your stolen bike
Jan 9, 2015, 3:32 pm By Liz Core
When my bike was stolen off the grounds of my college campus in the fall of 2010, a vindictive,…Inslee on Seattle tunnel: “No one is more frustrated by this project than I am”
Jan 9, 2015, 1:28 pm By David Roberts
On Wednesday, I went down to Olympia to chat with Washington Gov. Jay Inslee (D) about his ambitious…Nebraska Supreme Court clears the way for a Keystone decision
Jan 9, 2015, 11:06 am By Grist staff
President Obama recently cited a pending court case in Nebraska as a reason for delaying his final…We can fix the Gulf dead zone — for $2.7 billion a year
Jan 9, 2015, 11:00 am By Nathanael Johnson
Every year, millions of tons of nitrogen and phosphorus fertilizers wash down the Mississippi River…Even Detroit is hatin’ on freeways now
Jan 9, 2015, 7:04 am By Heather Smith
When the mayor of the most car-centric city in history/the world/the universe starts talking smack…This horror film is about K-Cups
Jan 8, 2015, 7:44 pm By Darby Minow SmithK-Cups are a terrible invention. Keurig took something as simple, delicious, and cheap as a cup…Federal diet guidelines won’t mention food’s environment connection. Ugh.
Jan 8, 2015, 6:54 pm By Sam Bliss
Well, shoot. Looks like the Department of Agriculture’s new Dietary Guidelines for Americans…The point of the Keystone fight
Jan 8, 2015, 6:40 pm By David Roberts
Josh Green is a smart guy and a great writer, but I think he’s being uncharacteristically dense in…
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