14 for ’14: The most popular Grist stories this year
Dec 29, 2014, 2:01 pm By Ted Alvarez
The navel-gazing end-of-year list: It’s a hoary holiday tradition right up there with punt-worthy…Watch the year’s biggest climate stories in 2 minutes
Dec 29, 2014, 12:56 pm By James West
This was a big year for climate news, good and bad. In June, the Obama administration took its…How do I fend off freezer burn without using plastic?
Dec 29, 2014, 7:04 am By Ask Umbra®
Q. I’m trying to avoid plastic, so I’ve been using freezer paper for non-liquid foods in the…What to do with all those sweet potatoes — no marshmallows necessary
Dec 28, 2014, 7:22 am By Alexandra Stafford
Winter is coming and we’re serious about keeping farmers market produce on the menu. Alexandra…The climate in 2015: Everything’s coming together while everything falls apart
Dec 27, 2014, 6:00 am By Rebecca Solnit
It was the most thrilling bureaucratic document I’ve ever seen for just one reason: It was dated…How to use up your holiday cookie surplus by baking a pie
Dec 26, 2014, 6:10 pm By Sam Bliss
At Grist, we are always writing about recycling the things in your kitchen you don’t want to eat…Christmas is over — it’s time to throw your tree to the goats
Dec 26, 2014, 4:26 pm By Liz Core
There’s only one time of year when millions of people chop down (or, if less lumberjack-inclined,…What’s in a name? These farmers know
Dec 26, 2014, 7:02 am By Lori Rotenberk
In the wake of World War II, young veteran Cleo Fitterling returned home, wondering how he was going…Pro-life equals pro-planet for this green evangelical leader
Dec 26, 2014, 6:07 am By Madeleine Thomas
Evangelicals make up about 26 percent of the country’s population, and, as you might imagine, they…If you forgot a gift, you can always hug it out
Dec 25, 2014, 9:07 am By Amelia Bates
Instead of buying cheap, mass-produced gewgaws to give out this season, show your loved ones you…6 things to laugh about from 2014, a real trash can of a year
Dec 25, 2014, 8:23 am By Eve Andrews
All across the infinite virtual trash heap that is the internet, people are claiming that 2014 was…Please save my favorite Christmas cookies, reader begs
Dec 25, 2014, 7:09 am By Ask Umbra®
Q. I grew up with pizzelles and have made them for most of my 58 years. But now I am in a quandary,…Love and long-distance travel in the time of climate change
Dec 24, 2014, 3:43 pm By Eve Andrews
This is the first time in my life that I’ve spent the holidays in a fairly unfamiliar place,…Lessons from 2014: If you care about green cities, you must care about justice too
Dec 24, 2014, 7:01 am By Greg Hanscom
What’s the old saying about life being what happens while you’re busy making other plans? Right.…These fantastic maps showed us different worlds in 2014
Dec 24, 2014, 6:06 am By Heather Smith
I love maps to a ridiculous degree — I even worked on a book of them once, a gig that involved…A bit of good green energy news for your holidays, courtesy of New England
Dec 23, 2014, 7:49 pm By David Roberts
I write about bad news pretty much all the time, so for the holiday season, let’s check out a…Violent cops suffocate the street life they claim to protect
Dec 23, 2014, 6:21 pm By Ben Adler
On Saturday afternoon, Ismaaiyl Brinsley — whose last known address was in Georgia, who had arrest…How to win at last-minute holiday shopping (hint: buy vintage)
Dec 23, 2014, 6:19 pm By Sam Bliss
At Grist, we’re all about making the holidays less commercial. Over the last couple weeks, our…Have people of color been locked out of the green economy?
Dec 23, 2014, 5:36 pm By Brentin Mock
One of my first stories of 2014 was an interview with Reginald Parker, an African-American…Life in the bike lane was pretty good in 2014
Dec 23, 2014, 3:17 pm By Madeleine Thomas
Much to the delight of the staff here at Grist, 2014 was a banner year for bikes.…
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