Fracking fight headed for the ballot in Colorado
Mon 6:40am By Ben Adler
Colorado voters will likely get a chance to weigh in on fracking in November — and that puts…California’s next oil rush is tastier than you might expect
Mon 6:18am By Nathanael Johnson
Olives trees have a lot to offer the United States. One of those things is water — and this year,…Feds move to restrict neonic pesticides — well, one fed at least
Jul 20, 2014, 7:11 am By John Upton
So far the EPA has refused to ban use of neonicotinoid insecticides — despite mounting evidence…Whole Foods will bring you groceries by bike
Jul 19, 2014, 8:07 am By Nathanael JohnsonOK, I’ll admit right off the bat that I wasn’t so excited when my editors suggested I write…Washington state just lopped up to $2,500 off the cost of solar panels. Here’s how.
Jul 18, 2014, 8:13 pm By Heather Smith
All new technology, no matter how innovative, arrives in a world of pre-existing laws and…Florida Gov. Rick Scott is about to sweat through some climate education
Jul 18, 2014, 6:38 pm By Jim Meyer
During the 2010 gubernatorial campaign, when Rick Scott was asked if he believed in climate change,…Punk strife and farm life pair remarkably well
Jul 18, 2014, 5:42 pm By Eve Andrews
Here is something you’ve almost definitely never thought about: Rural punks! Punks in the country!…It’s going to take more than swimming lessons to undo the effects of racism
Jul 18, 2014, 5:05 pm By Brentin Mock
If you haven’t caught the documentary Free Swim, about the paradox of an island in the Bahamas…Hospital food gets a locavore makeover
Jul 18, 2014, 4:43 pm By Samantha Larson
If you’re reading this from a hospital bed, you’ve probably got a lot feel crummy about. And…Living next to natural gas wells is no fun
Jul 18, 2014, 3:31 pm By Ben Adler
Driving around the rural back roads of Garfield County, Colo., you don’t see many cars. But one…How Western civilization ended, circa 2014
Jul 18, 2014, 3:19 pm By Chris Mooney
This episode of Inquiring Minds, a podcast hosted by neuroscientist and musician Indre Viskontas…Stephen Colbert can’t wait to belch exhaust all over bicyclists & hybrid cars
Jul 18, 2014, 2:16 pm By Darby Minow SmithGreens had Stephen Colbert seeing red, so he was excited to hear about a new anti-environmentalist…New Jersey reshuffles Sandy relief dollars, admits to numerous mistakes
Jul 18, 2014, 10:48 am By Greg Hanscom
Remember Bridgegate? No? You obviously weren’t trying to get across the GW Bridge last Sept 9-13.…Sierra Club chief weighs in on conservation heroes, green energy, and Thunder Road
Jul 18, 2014, 7:01 am By Grist staffWe have a new game we like to play with famous (and infamous) visitors to Grist World HQ. It’s…This crusty activist gave up on playing by the rules. What are they gonna do, arrest him?
Jul 18, 2014, 6:09 am By Heather Smith
It’s been over a year since Alec Johnson was arrested for locking himself to an excavator sitting…In 10 years, no one in Helsinki is going to own a car
Jul 17, 2014, 5:58 pm By Jim Meyer
The future is always changing. Back in the day, they promised a flying car in every garage. Now that…Another reason kelp will win over hipsters’ hearts: Craft beer
Jul 17, 2014, 3:44 pm By Samantha Larson
Yesterday, I gave you the top reasons why kelp could bump out kale as hipsterdom’s star vegetable…Wanna see what climate change looks like? Check out the vicious fires in northwest Canada
Jul 17, 2014, 2:42 pm By John Upton
Lightning, an intense heat wave, and low rainfall are lighting up northwestern Canada like a…This rogue bicycle pony express delivered mail in 1894
Jul 17, 2014, 2:40 pm By Amber Cortes
If any of the cyclists who participated in the great bicycle messenger mail route were still…Weed-sniffing dogs join the fight against invasive species
Jul 17, 2014, 2:18 pm By Jim Meyer
There aren’t a lot of career options for dogs. Basically they’ve been limited to law…
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