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Nov 5, 2014, 6:01 pm By Liz CoreIf you didn’t experience last year’s polar vortex, let me offer a brief ode to The Great…The country is going to hell, but at least your bus may come on time
Nov 5, 2014, 4:10 pm By Grist staffHello. You can come out of the closet now. We know, it’s a scary day. You haven’t wanted to face…Holy sh*t, a town in Texas just banned fracking
Nov 5, 2014, 3:31 pm By Sara BernardThis was the year of the fracking ban, at least in local elections: Eight municipal and county-wide…Watch Stephen Colbert make fun of major networks’ election coverage
Nov 5, 2014, 2:45 pm By Amelia UrryThere are few things sillier than live election coverage but leave it to Stephen Colbert to take the…Why Jon Stewart is excited about Mitch McConnell’s win
Nov 5, 2014, 1:23 pm By Ted AlvarezJon, baby, I spoke too soon. Here I am, crying in my breakfast beer and despairing that a landslide…Clean energy may be dead in D.C., but here’s how you can lead the charge
Nov 5, 2014, 12:58 pm By Sam BlissHow can communities lead the charge toward a future powered by the wind and sun? That’s the…The new GOP Senate is already gearing up to cause climate mayhem
Nov 5, 2014, 7:30 am By Ben AdlerOn Tuesday night, Republicans won big: They picked up governorships in blue states like Maryland,…Three climate hawks who won their races
Nov 5, 2014, 5:54 am By Lisa HymasThere were a few wins for the climate movement on Tuesday night. And, alas, a greater number of…Food votes: GMO labels rejected in Colorado, probably Oregon; Berkeley taxes soda
Nov 5, 2014, 4:08 am By Nathanael JohnsonDespite all the media chatter over which party controls the Senate, as Jonathan Chait has pointed…This tool-lending library brings the sharing economy out of the city and onto the farm
Nov 4, 2014, 8:21 pm By Darby Minow SmithYou might associate the sharing economy with Uber and San Francisco, but there’s a version of the…Which plants will survive climate change? This greenhouse could have the answers
Nov 4, 2014, 7:25 pm By Liz CoreIn Durham, N.C., there’s a biotechnology lab where scientists are figuring out who will win, and…Meet the mom leading the fight against fracking in Santa Barbara
Nov 4, 2014, 3:51 pm By Tara LohanThis story is a part of Faces of Fracking: Stories From the Front Lines of Fracking in California.…You kids get off my sidewalk: Baby boomers want walkable cities, too
Nov 4, 2014, 2:40 pm By Liz CoreAs much as many millennials wouldn’t like to admit it, they may have more in common with their…When Republicans say crazy sh*t, it ought to matter
Nov 4, 2014, 11:01 am By David RobertsThese midterm elections have been too depressing to write about much, but I would like to make one…3,500 voters in North Dakota could put the brakes on huge fracking boom
Nov 4, 2014, 7:15 am By Tim McDonnellThe run-up to Tuesday’s midterm elections has seen an unprecedented spending surge from…Tar-sands industry loses $17.1 billion thanks to public opposition
Nov 4, 2014, 7:06 am By Sara BernardHere’s some good news for your tar-sands blues: Grassroots activism makes a difference! $17.1…The Tom Steyer campaigns you haven’t heard about yet
Nov 4, 2014, 6:29 am By John LightYou already know about the huge amount of money being spent to get voters to care a bit more about…In Richmond, Calif., it’s Chevron’s $3 million vs. a green slate
Nov 4, 2014, 2:06 am By Heather SmithIn old films about Richmond, Calif., MacDonald Avenue is a bustling pedestrian corridor. During the…Is snacking on a scorpion sexy?
Nov 3, 2014, 7:56 pm By Eve AndrewsFor centuries, the guiding principle of getting humans to plunk down their hard-earned legal…We pay inmates $3 a day to fight California wildfires
Nov 3, 2014, 7:11 pm By Brentin MockI recently heard a story told by the actor/activist Harry Belafonte about meeting with Martin…
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