Obama’s latest green move: Banning drilling in Alaska’s Bristol Bay
Dec 17, 2014, 1:43 am By John Light
President Obama took another step today to build up his green legacy, just the latest in a recent…When the Cards of Humanity folks say they’re going to sell you bullshit they mean it
Dec 16, 2014, 6:28 pm By Sam Bliss
Cards Against Humanity hates Black Friday. That’s why this year, on the day after Thanksgiving,…Psst, Congress, you have a little food stuck in your Cromnibus
Dec 16, 2014, 5:02 pm By Nathanael Johnson
Congress has just passed the so-called Cromnibus — a giant $1.1 trillion spending bill to keep…Most Americans are clueless about how climate change will affect their health
Dec 16, 2014, 3:24 pm By John Light
Americans aren’t thinking much about the effects climate change will have on their health, a new…London’s garden bridge might be even better than NYC’s High Line
Dec 16, 2014, 3:19 pm By Amelia Urry
London — city of famous bridges — has just approved the construction of one more viaduct…Seattle’s unbelievable transportation megaproject fustercluck
Dec 16, 2014, 9:00 am By David Roberts
Last week, I mentioned in passing that Seattle is in the midst of a full-spectrum transportation…How to keep your true love’s headphones from ever getting tangled again
Dec 16, 2014, 7:20 am By Amelia Bates
Instead of buying cheap, mass-produced gewgaws to give out this season, show your loved ones you…Remembering the genius who got BPA out of your water bottles, and so much more
Dec 16, 2014, 6:46 am By Heather Smith
It was the late 1970s and Theo Colborn was, like pretty much everyone else in the ’70s, getting…Watch these experts use design to push renewable energy forward
Dec 16, 2014, 4:13 am By Grist staffHave any lunch plans? Here’s a bright idea. At noon PST (3 p.m. EST), we’re streaming an…Trees are fed up with our carbon, refuse to grow faster
Dec 15, 2014, 7:19 pm By Sam Bliss
Scientists have long expected extra carbon dioxide in the atmosphere to boost tree growth — the…Congress wants you to know that food has nothing (nothing!) to do with the environment
Dec 15, 2014, 5:08 pm By Liz Core
Every five years since 1980, a group of government-appointed nutritionists have put together a…More women are choosing more effective birth control — here’s why it matters
Dec 15, 2014, 3:40 pm By Eve Andrews
Good news for people who want to have sex without the whole making-a-baby hassle: The percentage of…This doomed Alaskan village shows just how unprepared we are for climate change
Dec 15, 2014, 2:18 pm By Kate Sheppard
It’s a Wednesday morning in late August, the first day of classes at the Shishmaref School. The…American cities have bigger things to worry about than gentrification
Dec 15, 2014, 2:09 pm By Ben Adler
To read the popular press, you’d think that America’s suburban era is over, fully replaced by a…Frackers can now frack faster on some public lands
Dec 15, 2014, 12:52 pm By John Light
As Congress moves to wrap up its year, a lot of important, must-pass legislation is moving quickly…Watch E.O. Wilson explain the meaning of human existence, in 6 minutes
Dec 15, 2014, 7:41 am By Grist staffWhen noted biologist and public intellectual E.O. Wilson visited the Grist offices touting his new…How to turn a boring old book into a stash box
Dec 15, 2014, 7:05 am By Amelia Bates
Instead of buying cheap, mass-produced gewgaws to give out this season, show your loved ones you…Can I justify a fake Christmas tree?
Dec 15, 2014, 7:03 am By Ask Umbra®
Q. My family has had the same artificial plastic Christmas tree for nearly 20 years. Though we…Reducing food waste takes more than finishing your plate
Dec 15, 2014, 6:08 am By Nathanael Johnson
In southeast Costa Rica near the Panamanian border, there’s a group of farmers growing bananas and…Weak deal at Lima climate talks disappoints climate hawks
Dec 15, 2014, 1:54 am By Ben Jervey
LIMA, Peru — The U.N. climate summit kicked off two weeks ago with an unfamiliar sense of…
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