A green utopia deep in Mississippi? This guy has a game plan
7:01am By Sara Bernard
Jackson, Miss.: Not exactly the eco-capital of the world. The city’s wastewater disposal has the…Lousiana has a crazy plan to save its sinking coastline
6:40am By Bob Marshall
This story is second in a two-part series on Louisiana’s rapidly disappearing coastline. Read part…Coal giant exploits the global poor to save its own hide
Mon 5:44pm By David Roberts
The outlook for coal — especially thermal coal, the kind used to make electricity — is…The Supreme Court has no time for BP’s BS
Mon 5:26pm By Sam Bliss
This morning, the U.S. Supreme Court denied BP’s request to take another look at the…Paris plans to ban cars from its city center
Mon 5:09pm By Liz Core
Paris is surging toward the front of the peloton of European cities racing for more bike and…Why environmentalists should support the Black Lives Matter protests
Mon 2:58pm By Brentin Mock
I arrived in the emergency room the morning of Wednesday, December 3, with the singular mission of…Adapting to climate change will cost much more than we thought
Mon 1:40pm By John Light
Poor countries will need at least twice as much money as we thought in order to successfully adapt…A Republican rep calls for his party to “recognize the reality” of climate change
Mon 11:48am By John Light
One lonely House Republican is taking a stand, saying his party needs to get its head out of the…Is there such thing as a “green” poinsettia?
Mon 6:58am By Ask Umbra®
Q. Our church orders Eco-Palms for Easter. Is there an Eco-Poinsettia? This plant has such…We can feed the world without chopping down more forests
Mon 6:01am By Nathanael Johnson
Maybe this is obvious, but expanding our agricultural footprint to feed the growing population —…Martin O’Malley, long-shot presidential hopeful, is a real climate hawk
Mon 3:01am By Ben Adler
Maryland Gov. Martin O’Malley (D) is nothing like any pop culture stereotype of a politician.…“We want democracy, but we don’t have the theory or skill to do it”
Dec 7, 2014, 8:24 am By Heather Smith
Like a lot of people, I stopped by Zuccotti Park in fall 2011 when Occupy Wall Street was happening.…Why ants are NYC’s unsung heroes
Dec 6, 2014, 8:54 am By Amelia Urry
When you’re crammed into a city with a couple million other people, it’s easy to lose sight of…A college isn’t green if it’s not safe for women
Dec 5, 2014, 8:26 pm By Eve Andrews
Vassar College is probably the most beautiful place I will ever live in my life — and that’s…This massive retirement home would grow its own food
Dec 5, 2014, 6:33 pm By Darby Minow Smith
It’s a good thing the Homefarm is still just a twinkle in its architects’ eyes, or Grist might…A million trees grow in Brooklyn
Dec 5, 2014, 6:15 pm By Liz Core
If you thought New York boasted some noteworthy humans, you should take a gander at its tree…Support nonprofit journalism and my beard
Dec 5, 2014, 4:42 pm By David Roberts
I don’t do this very often, but I’m going to ask you, my loyal readers, for money. It’s no…Whales start pulling their own weight, save us for a change
Dec 5, 2014, 2:19 pm By Amelia Urry
Whales: what a bunch of majestic slackers. We’ve been saving them for DECADES, and only just now…Will fake snow on my Christmas tree land me on the naughty list?
Dec 5, 2014, 7:03 am By Ask Umbra®
Q. A friend wants a flocked Christmas tree. Actually, he wants a pink flocked Christmas tree. How…The last holdout among big palm oil producers joins no-deforestation pledge
Dec 5, 2014, 6:09 am By Nathanael Johnson
The Singapore-based palm-oil business Musim Mas announced Thursday that it will make sure that the…
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