What to do when you’re running out of time on climate change
Sep 20, 2014, 8:00 am By Rebecca Solnit
There have undoubtedly been stable periods in human history, but you and your parents, grandparents,…11 short stories about the People’s Climate Train
Sep 20, 2014, 5:18 am By Heather Smith
(1) It’s a beautiful morning at the Amtrak station in Emeryville, Calif. I am standing here…Northwest states talk green, invest dirty
Sep 19, 2014, 8:39 pm By Sam Bliss
You know those proposed coal terminals and the ramped-up oil-train traffic that many…Population could hit 12 billion, unless, you know, birth control
Sep 19, 2014, 7:11 pm By Liz Core
Have a minute? Because you’ve got to see this. This map simulation lets you witness the most…We’re way more screwed than we were the last time the U.N. had a big climate meeting
Sep 19, 2014, 6:54 pm By Ben Adler
It’s been nearly five years since President Obama and other heads of state attended a major U.N.…Time to march for the climate, then “Shmoney dance to the polls”
Sep 19, 2014, 5:50 pm By Brentin Mock
If we’re talking marches, especially those inspired by the civil rights demonstrations of the…Where are the ocean heroes of our childhood now? All washed up
Sep 19, 2014, 5:20 pm By Ted Alvarez
Any kid born in the modern era didn’t need to live near the beach to spend huge chunks of…Antarctic sea ice hits a record max, and that’s not good
Sep 19, 2014, 3:16 pm By John Metcalfe
For the third year in a row, the sea ice ringing Antarctica has set a new record. Its extent is the…Media coverage creates oil spill amnesia — so don’t read this!
Sep 19, 2014, 1:46 pm By Jim Meyer
Remember how, after the Exxon Valdez disaster, the nation, horrified by the oil industry’s…Good news! There’s bad news for coal
Sep 19, 2014, 12:03 pm By David Roberts
Too often I’m writing depressing things, so now I’m going to turn my attention to some good…Why North Dakota is doing caviar right
Sep 19, 2014, 11:20 am By Eve Andrews
North Star CaviarWilliston, N.D. Thanks to the Bakken fracking boom, North Dakota boasts the…Naomi Klein is right: Unchecked capitalism will destroy civilization
Sep 19, 2014, 10:44 am By Joseph Romm
Best-selling progressive journalist Naomi Klein has an important new book out, This Changes…Headed to the climate march? Here’s what to do (and where to eat cupcakes)
Sep 19, 2014, 9:01 am By Liz Core
So you’re going to Climate Week NYC? First off, you are magnificent: This is the climate event of…California is (finally) taking steps to regulate its groundwater
Sep 19, 2014, 8:00 am By Madeleine Thomas
It’s taken three years of severe drought, but California is finally taking steps to regulate its…The farmers should show up to the climate march
Sep 19, 2014, 7:22 am By Nathanael Johnson
The food movement will show up to this Sunday’s big climate march in New York. Vandana Shiva and…Use your dead pet to power the grid. It’s what Miss Toots would have wanted
Sep 19, 2014, 6:04 am By Eve Andrews
How much do you care about finding alternative sources of energy to save the environment? I mean —…What climate marchers have learned from anti-nuke organizers
Sep 18, 2014, 5:22 pm By Ben Adler
The phrase “nuclear freeze movement” sounds quaint these days. To the ears of anyone under 40,…We just had the hottest August ever
Sep 18, 2014, 4:56 pm By Amelia Urry
On the tails of the hottest May, one of the worst droughts in U.S. history, some of the earliest…At continent’s edge, a rail epic concludes, pursued by tank cars
Sep 18, 2014, 3:50 pm By Heather Smith
Earlier this month, I moved cross-country using Amtrak. This is part three of the story. Part one is…On climate, how far gone is the far right? (Spoiler: far)
Sep 18, 2014, 1:44 pm By David Roberts
Grist recently had the pleasure of hosting a lunch chat with activist and author George Marshall,…
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