Meet the climate deniers who want to be president
Aug 20, 2014, 7:07 am By Ben Adler
It’s hard to believe, surveying the GOP field of possible presidential nominees, but back in 2008…People are mistaking strangers’ cars for Ubers
Aug 19, 2014, 8:18 pm By Madeleine Thomas
We’ve all been there before: Accidentally liking an Instagram photo during a bout of late-night…Magical algae turns sewage into biofuel and Dasani
Aug 19, 2014, 7:35 pm By Sara Bernard
Making biofuel out of algae has long been a goal of enterprising startups (and even teen…South African kids try to reconcile back-to-the-land with big-city dreams
Aug 19, 2014, 6:27 pm By Darby Minow SmithGoing back to the land isn’t strictly an American concept. This beautiful video from the perennial…Frackers are sending sludge to the Mitten State
Aug 19, 2014, 5:31 pm By Heather Smith
About a week ago, LuAnne Kozma got an email from a friend. “Have you seen this?” the friend…Another coal export terminal bites the dust
Aug 19, 2014, 2:43 pm By Ben Adler
In a blow to the struggling U.S. coal industry, yet another proposed coal export terminal on the…This marmot wants to make out with you because of climate change
Aug 19, 2014, 1:27 pm By Ted AlvarezGreenpeace was out filming the mini-doc Secretary Sally Jewell: #ParksNotCoal in Glacier National…Why Michael Brown had the right to stand his ground
Aug 19, 2014, 11:05 am By Brentin Mock
“It’s like trying to fly, but they clipping your wings, and that’s exactly why the caged bird…Joel Kotkin thinks you want to live in Houston. Here’s why you don’t.
Aug 18, 2014, 8:55 pm By Ben Adler
There are people who have made a career out of being consistently wrong, and then there’s Joel…California cemeteries dig deep to save water
Aug 18, 2014, 8:06 pm By Madeleine Thomas
Californians are getting creative to cope with the state’s ongoing extreme drought — from…Thousands of birds are igniting mid-air. What’s solar got to do with it?
Aug 18, 2014, 6:28 pm By Sara Bernard
At the $2.2 billion Ivanpah solar installation in California’s Mojave Desert, telltale plumes of…Here’s what Grist’s first fellows learned about journalism (and mac & cheese)
Aug 18, 2014, 4:35 pm By Andrew SimonBack in February, we added three journalism fellows to the Grist ranks: Amber Cortes, Samantha…These folks feed their family with a garden in their swimming pool — and you can, too
Aug 18, 2014, 8:01 am By Sara Bernard
When Dennis and Danielle McClung bought a foreclosed home in Mesa, Ariz., in 2009, their new yard…Is producing more food to feed the world beside the point?
Aug 18, 2014, 7:36 am By Nathanael Johnson
Imagine you are a small farmer in a poor country, growing corn and a small mix of other crops to…Ask Umbra: Is the Ice Bucket Challenge a waste of water and money?
Aug 18, 2014, 7:05 am By Ask Umbra®
Q. I have a two-part question: Part 1: How much water and energy has been wasted by people doing the…Why is Environmental Defense Fund spending $1 million to elect Republicans?
Aug 17, 2014, 5:04 pm By Ben Adler
As even a casual political observer knows, the era of the moderate Republican is over, especially in…Drillers illegally using diesel fuel to frack, report says
Aug 17, 2014, 8:23 am By Naveena Sadasivam
A new report charges that several oil and gas companies have been illegally using diesel fuel in…Meet the Wisconsin Republicans who love solar
Aug 16, 2014, 7:25 am By Heather Smith
The year was 2010 and Mark Neumann, a Republican former congressman, was running for governor of…You heard it here first: Foraged blackberry sauce is the new hot fudge sauce
Aug 16, 2014, 7:04 am By Eve AndrewsPro tip: When it comes to dessert, you’ve been doing it wrong. The best ice cream topping around…What to do with an old bus? Turn it into a shower for San Francisco’s homeless
Aug 15, 2014, 9:05 pm By Madeleine ThomasThere are more than 7,000 sheltered and unsheltered homeless people living in San Francisco. But…
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