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Join Grist on Sunday, Nov. 16, for a night of comedy at The Bell House in Brooklyn. “A Beacon in…Farm life without modern tech looks beautiful and backbreaking
Nov 3, 2014, 2:35 pm By Nathanael JohnsonAs I was writing up my interview with Ethiopian farmers Birtukan Dagnachew Tegegn and Dadi Buta…From two Ethiopians, what small farmers really want
Nov 3, 2014, 11:09 am By Nathanael Johnson
In this series trying to figure out how we humans can best feed ourselves, I’ve been talking to…Wait, who says people of color don’t care about the climate?
Nov 3, 2014, 8:04 am By Brentin Mock
Black and Latino voters don’t care about climate change. Or that’s what a new study would have…Help! I need eco-friendly party favors — on a budget
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Q. We’ll soon be throwing a birthday party for our preschool-age son. There is a very firm social…Rotten odors rouse citizen sleuths in Pennsylvania gas patch
Nov 3, 2014, 6:02 am By Heather Smith
The badges cost $14 apiece. Rebecca Roter walked around the perimeter of the fences surrounding the…The 10 things you need to know from the new IPCC climate report
Nov 2, 2014, 5:29 pm By John Light
The latest IPCC report is out, and the news is not happy. The chair of the Intergovernmental Panel…After Irene, Vermont shows us what climate resilience looks like
Nov 2, 2014, 8:11 am By Nancy Shulins
Three years after Tropical Storm Irene turned their fields into lakes and their cows into swimmers,…In the fight for bike-safe streets, we’ll need everyone to join the ride
Nov 1, 2014, 8:05 am By Sara Bernard
At the mention of “bicycling advocates,” you probably picture dread-headed hippies at a Critical…Surprise: Biodegradable plastic bags usually aren’t
Oct 31, 2014, 8:47 pm By Sam Bliss
Reducing waste is hard. Who really knows what packaging is safe to recycle or compost when labeling…Fracking pollution just went airborne
Oct 31, 2014, 8:34 pm By Madeleine Thomas
From contaminated groundwater to polytechnic displays at the kitchen faucet, most of the major…These wearable air monitors fight pollution from the streets
Oct 31, 2014, 5:21 pm By Amelia Urry
Here’s a Kickstarter that got our attention this month: The AirBeam, a wearable air monitor…Scary maps show how bad California’s water shortage is
Oct 31, 2014, 5:11 pm By Tom Philpott
Just how bad is California’s water shortage? Really, really bad, according to these new maps,…Is this House Republican about to lose to a climate hawk?
Oct 31, 2014, 4:41 pm By David Roberts
I haven’t paid too much attention to the midterm elections this year, mostly because they are…32 countries where global warming could make violence worse
Oct 31, 2014, 4:14 pm By James West
Recently, the Pentagon released a disturbing report. Climate change, it warned, will exacerbate…Texas lobbying group busted for phony anti-solar campaign
Oct 31, 2014, 2:17 pm By Brentin Mock
If you want to see just how low utility companies will stoop to try to turn public opinion against…Meet the Amazon tribespeople who beat Chevron in court — but are still fighting for clean water
Oct 31, 2014, 8:05 am By Alexander Zaitchik
This article originally appeared in TakePart. One day in early August, I took a long and lazy canoe…Turn your last-minute Halloween costume into an environmental statement
Oct 31, 2014, 7:04 am By Eve Andrews
Halloween is here, my friends, and that only means one thing: You should feel anxious and…With Big Oil on the horizon, this walnut farmer has bigger problems than squirrels
Oct 31, 2014, 6:05 am By Tara Lohan
This story is a part of Faces of Fracking: Stories From the Front Lines of Fracking in California.…This company invented a better soda can. Why isn’t anybody buying?
Oct 30, 2014, 8:52 pm By Madeleine Thomas
Earlier this month, Novelis — the largest aluminum recycler in the world — opened up a brand new…
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