Tesla is becoming the 800-pound green jobs gorilla
Aug 13, 2014, 2:03 pm By Heather Smith
I don’t even have a car, but I have a soft spot for the folks at Tesla Motors. They’re doing…When climate disaster strikes, just hit the reset button
Aug 13, 2014, 9:02 am By Heather Hansman
It only took a few hours of playing the new video game Mountain for a thick layer of smog to shroud…Soy vey! Monsanto just lost its GM permit in Mexico
Aug 13, 2014, 8:00 am By Nathanael Johnson
A judge in Mexico has revoked Monsanto’s permit to plant genetically engineered soy in that…Rather than killing sharks, this town moves them away from human-infested waters
Aug 13, 2014, 7:04 am By Jim Meyer
When a shark bites somebody, people tend to react in a few ways. First they freak out, stop…This new app may help design bike lanes in Germany
Aug 12, 2014, 7:05 pm By Madeleine ThomasWhen Wiesbaden, a city in southwest Germany, was declared the least bike-friendly city in the all of…When did Republicans start hating green? When it started helping blacks
Aug 12, 2014, 6:35 pm By Brentin Mock
The question swirling around Climate Desk today is, “When did Republicans start hating on the…Weed could be resistant to GMO labeling in Colorado
Aug 12, 2014, 6:14 pm By Nathanael Johnson
Oregon already has a measure on the ballot this November to label some products of genetic…Harvesting energy from our eyelids? Don’t worry, it’s just art
Aug 12, 2014, 5:47 pm By Sara BernardWhat if the energy crisis gets so bad we’re all forced to plug our own bodies, Matrix-style, into…Fracking wells at the Pittsburgh airport? Sure — what could go wrong?
Aug 12, 2014, 4:04 pm By Eve Andrews
Here’s a great idea: You have a fairly new and extremely unregulated technology that’s used to…Pennsylvania seed-library caper grows loopier
Aug 12, 2014, 2:13 pm By Heather Smith
A few days ago I wrote about the strange saga of the Joseph T. Simpson Public Library in…When did Republicans start hating the environment?
Aug 12, 2014, 2:02 pm By Chris Mooney
It’s one of those facts that sweeps you back into an alien, almost unrecognizable era. On July 9,…Australia responds to shark attacks by … attacking sharks first
Aug 12, 2014, 7:57 am By Jim Meyer
The Simpsons were wrong: Australian toilets don’t go backwards. Sadly, the same can’t be said of…Public art, environment, history, and the locals all collide in the Anacostia River
Aug 12, 2014, 7:02 am By Brentin Mock
The Anacostia neighborhood of Washington, D.C., reacted less than embracingly last month to the idea…Will climate change ruin Aspen’s economy?
Aug 12, 2014, 6:33 am By Ben Adler
Auden Schendler doesn’t seem like a worrywart. Tan, fit, blond, and perpetually smiling, he has…You’re happy and you know it — but how’s the rest of the world doing?
Aug 12, 2014, 5:06 am By Sara Bernard
Hey, global happiness meter! How we doin’? As NPR’s Eleanor Beardsley reports, the Organization…Coffee taste like dirt? That’s because it might be
Aug 11, 2014, 7:59 pm By Madeleine Thomas
By 2080, according to some estimates, nearly 70 percent of the world’s coffee supply could run…No solar, please — we’re Florida
Aug 11, 2014, 6:08 pm By Heather Smith
At the beginning of this year, I made a short list of predictions about what the future held for…Shark Week without sharks is just Week
Aug 11, 2014, 3:07 pm By Jim Meyer
It can be tough to convince people to care about a giant fish that lurks in the deep, making only…This architect builds with beer crates and recycled fabric, but don’t call him green
Aug 11, 2014, 2:11 pm By Brentin Mock
One of my fascinating reads this past weekend was a profile in the New Yorker of this year’s…Here’s your chance to chat with Michael Pollan
Aug 11, 2014, 2:04 pm By Grist staff
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