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,…Why Scotland’s independence vote matters for climate change
Sep 18, 2014, 12:53 pm By James West
As you’ve no doubt seen by now, Scottish voters are heading to the polls to decide whether to…Why North Carolina is doing jam right
Sep 18, 2014, 12:16 pm By Eve Andrews
April McGregerFarmer’s DaughterHillsborough, N.C. McGreger grew up on a Mississippi farm, where…Civil rights heroes offer climate marchers a little wisdom
Sep 18, 2014, 8:18 am By Brentin Mock
What can organizers of the upcoming People’s Climate March learn from organizers of some of the…What’s the greenest way to get drunk?
Sep 18, 2014, 7:06 am By Ask Umbra®
Q. Is beer or hard cider most environmentally friendly? Actually, scratch that – of ALL the…Environmental justice works — and these folks show us how
Sep 18, 2014, 7:01 am By Brentin Mock
I’ve been asked a lot lately about how environmental justice works in practical measures. Making…Rumors of the death of the train station have been greatly exaggerated
Sep 18, 2014, 6:56 am By Heather Smith
Earlier this month, I moved cross-country using Amtrak. This is part three of the story. Part one is…China’s coal addiction threatens the planet — but can it handle a natural gas revolution?
Sep 18, 2014, 6:02 am By Jaeah Lee
On a hazy morning last September, 144 American and Chinese government officials and high-ranking…
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