No, the rich are not all moving to the city now
2:22pm By Ben Adler
You may be under the false impression that rich people now typically live in cities. Your confusion…Scott Walker is suddenly sweet on biofuels
1:46pm By Sam Brodey
This story was originally published by Mother Jones and is reproduced here as part of the Climate…Kids are smarter than senators on climate change, and this poll proves it
12:02am By Liz Core
Every kid ever has dreamt of bossing around a bunch of authoritative grown-ups. Tuesday on Capitol…I watched Tim Cook introduce Apple Watch and now I’m depressed
Mon 7:32pm By Eve Andrews
As Tim Cook announced in an Apple broadcast conference today, Apple Watch is coming out in April —…There’s a local flower movement blooming
Mon 7:06pm By Ana Sofia Knauf
Spring is coming! Which means farmers markets will soon be crankin’ with garlic scapes, leafy…How human composting will change death in the city
Mon 5:53pm By Katie Herzog
What we do with our dead can seem bizarre to outsiders. In a Tibetan tradition called sky burial,…How the U.S. Embassy used Twitter to clear China’s air
Mon 5:17pm By David Roberts
This story was originally published by Wired and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk…The GOP’s king corn problem
Mon 3:02pm By Donald Carr
Republican politics — especially the presidential primary — have become a contest of…Florida officials banned from talking about climate change
Mon 11:10am By John Light
Florida Gov. Rick Scott’s (R) administration has apparently instituted a ban on using the term…3 big food system problems begging for innovation
Mon 8:07am By Nathanael Johnson
When individuals want to help the world feed itself equitably, healthily, and sustainably, what…Which is worse, a K-Cup or a throw-away coffee cup?
Mon 7:07am By Ask Umbra®
Q. I’m an ardent K-Cup hater and saw that you just covered their wastefulness. But if lazy people…The sharing economy is bullsh!t. Here’s how we can take it back
Mon 7:00am By Sam Bliss
The sharing economy is bullshit. Airbnb is a rental broker. Uber and Lyft are unregulated cab…Watch Obama call tar-sands oil “extraordinarily dirty”
Mar 8, 2015, 3:03 pm By Grist staff
President Obama disparaged the Keystone XL pipeline and the filthy oil it would carry during a town…Cabbage gets a delicious makeover
Mar 8, 2015, 6:00 am By Alexandra Stafford
Whenever I find myself eating pounds of vegetables in single sittings, I often have my sheet pan to…New York’s new solar plan sets a high bar
Mar 7, 2015, 6:00 am By Tim McDonnell
This story is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. New York wants to get…Underwater, melting glaciers are louder than a symphony of chainsaws
Mar 6, 2015, 8:48 pm By Suzanne Jacobs
Think about the best rock concert you’ve ever been to. Pretty loud, right? Well, some parts of the…Take it easy, man: Marijuana is not turning New Yorkers into murderers
Mar 6, 2015, 8:06 pm By Ben Adler
Perhaps no factor has enabled the much-heralded urban renaissance more than declining crime rates.…The tiny house fantasy is getting a teensy bit out of control
Mar 6, 2015, 7:59 pm By Liz Core
You, like most of us, have likely spent hours sprawled on the wooden floor of your local book store…50 years after Selma, a search for environmental justice
Mar 6, 2015, 7:45 pm By Brentin Mock
Fifty years ago, on March 7, 1965, hundreds of African Americans lined up on the Edmund Pettis…Is sustainability just for rich, white people?
Mar 6, 2015, 4:50 pm By Grist staff
Grist’s own Brentin Mock appeared on MSNBC’s Greenhouse this week to discuss the free…
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