Mamas, please let your daughters grow up to be scientists
Nov 11, 2014, 6:06 am By Eve AndrewsIt’s kind of a shame that there aren’t more women elected to our national legislature, because…Texas official ignores voters’ ban on fracking
Nov 10, 2014, 5:21 pm By Sara Bernard
As predicted, mere hours after the first-ever fracking ban passed in Texas, industry reps took to…Dead zones are coming for your rivers, lakes, and oceans
Nov 10, 2014, 4:30 pm By Liz Core
Halloween may have come and gone, but climate change continues to give us the creeps. A new study…There must be 50 ways to prep potatoes
8:00am By Alexandra Stafford
Winter is coming and we’re serious about keeping farmers market produce on the menu. Alexandra…Here’s what it looks like when a typhoon devastates your city
Sat 8:01am By Alex Park
Well before Typhoon Haiyan made landfall in the Philippines on Nov. 8, 2013, weather watchers knew…Stephen Colbert to the children of America: Dream of being a politician with zero grasp of science!
Nov 7, 2014, 7:38 pm By Eve AndrewsI’ve put it in writing before, and I’ll say it again: I love America. I really, truly do! But…Was the shocking outcome of Maryland’s gubernatorial race about rain, or something else?
Nov 7, 2014, 6:24 pm By Brentin Mock
Days after Republicans ethered Democrats in this year’s midterm elections, many are still…Scotland may achieve energy independence before political independence
Nov 7, 2014, 6:19 pm By Sam Bliss
Th’ Gaelic gales o’ Britain’s blashie northern land dinnae just carry Celtic tunes o’er…I watched a bunch of scrotums get snipped and it was totally fine
Nov 7, 2014, 5:55 pm By Eve Andrews
When people talk about contraception, it’s almost always discussed as a woman’s issue. Hell,…No, Americans did not just vote to “drill, baby, drill!”
Nov 7, 2014, 4:13 pm By Ben Adler
As soon as the results from Tuesday’s midterm elections were in, the oil industry knew how it…“Interstellar” solves climate change by incoherently jetting into space
Nov 7, 2014, 4:01 pm By Amelia Urry
Welcome back to Green Screen, where Grist writers put on their proverbial cinephile hats to talk…Surprise! This GOP senator’s theory about volcanoes and climate change is totally wrong
Nov 7, 2014, 3:21 pm By Alex Park
When the 114th Congress convenes in January, Alaska Republican Lisa Murkowski will likely take over…Move over Beyonce, there’s a new Queen Bee
Nov 7, 2014, 1:59 pm By Liz Core
Move over Beyonce, it’s time to make room for another Queen B. And her name is Susannah Austin.…America’s solar boom, in charts
Nov 7, 2014, 1:34 pm By Tim McDonnell
Last week, an energy analyst at Deutsche Bank came to a startling conclusion: By 2016, solar power…Here’s how one green group got its investments out of dirty energy
Nov 7, 2014, 7:25 am By Sam Bliss
The Oregon Environmental Council had a problem. It was late last year, and the nonprofit’s board…If you build bike paths, cyclists will come
Nov 6, 2014, 8:11 pm By Sam Bliss
Science says you should keep babies away from ledges and going bald is upsetting. The latest from…The Netherlands’ new solar bike lane totally rules
Nov 6, 2014, 7:08 pm By Liz Core
As if the Netherlands wasn’t cool enough already, they had to go and build a cycling lane made…Here are the worst places to live in the U.S., and climate change isn’t helping
Nov 6, 2014, 6:07 pm By Amelia Urry
From wildfires and drought in the Southwest to hurricanes and floods on the Eastern seaboard,…Meet your new fossil fuel-loving GOP senators
Nov 6, 2014, 2:21 pm By Ben Adler
The Democrats got wrecked on Tuesday, and now Republicans are taking over the Senate. Some of the…How climate change is like street harassment
Nov 6, 2014, 1:12 pm By David Roberts
When I was in grad school I took a small seminar course on Reasons and Persons, the landmark work of…
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