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Q. My city is littered with litter! It is all over the place. I try to pick up litter whenever I am…This Argentinian ranch sticks to the gaucho way of raising beef
Apr 20, 2014, 8:29 am By Daniel KleinIn 2012, Jessica Weiss wrote a story for Grist on factory farms replacing grass-fed beef in…Wanna know what’s happened to the Gulf Coast since the BP spill? Read this blog, now
Apr 20, 2014, 6:25 am By Brentin Mock
Danny E HooksThe oil-spattered Gulf Coast in 2010. How’s it faring now? On the fourth anniversary…Now available: 29 flavors of open source seeds, sans patents
Apr 19, 2014, 8:52 am By Nathanael Johnson
There’s been an argument going on for at least 100 years over seeds. Should they be free? Or…A surprisingly pleasant song about plastic pollution
Apr 19, 2014, 7:56 am By Amelia UrryIf you’re like the Amazing Mr. Smashing, you’re probably singing and chucking water bottles at…Three Gulf Coast victories scored since the BP spill
Apr 18, 2014, 10:36 pm By Brentin Mock
You will hear a lot of gloomy reports about the state of the Gulf Coast as we approach the…Obama delays Keystone decision — again
Apr 18, 2014, 4:25 pm By Lisa Hymas
Stop me if you think that you’ve heard this one before: The Obama administration is delaying a…Ex-BP official got rich on Deepwater Horizon spill, gets busted
Apr 18, 2014, 12:12 pm By John Upton
When Keith Seilhan was called in to coordinate BP’s oil spill cleanup after the Deepwater…The week in GIFs: Mark Ruffalo edition
Apr 18, 2014, 12:01 pm By Holly RichmondMark Ruffalo won our “Who’s your fave green celeb” poll, plus we’re way overdue to stare at…Making the road safe for biking’s nervous Nellies
Apr 18, 2014, 11:44 am By Heather Smith
I used to bike like everyone was trying to kill me. I was fresh out of college and had moved to San…These biologists created a gorgeous film about African glaciers
Apr 18, 2014, 8:03 am By Samantha Larson
Chasing Ice launched a new sub-genre of horror films: Watch big beautiful glaciers melt. OK, that…How BP turned a whole community into an endangered species
Apr 18, 2014, 6:07 am By Brentin Mock
Shawn EscofferyOystermen of Plaquemines Parish, La. Whether you live in Seattle, Baltimore, or…Chris Christie is still trying to force a pipeline through the New Jersey Pinelands
Apr 18, 2014, 12:28 am By Ben Adler
In January, on the heels of the embarrassing revelation that New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie’s (R)…People of color contribute least to smog, yet breathe more of it. WTF?
Apr 17, 2014, 5:43 pm By Holly Richmond
Get a load of this: It’s not poor people whose nostrils get the dirtiest air. It’s people of…Bill McKibben checks “have species named after me” off to-do list
Apr 17, 2014, 4:15 pm By Eve Andrews
If you had the power to name a living creature, would you use that power wisely? Would you name it…Airbnb can make your dreams of running a brothel come true
Apr 17, 2014, 3:27 pm By Holly Richmond
Thought you were renting your place so an exhausted sightseer could crash? Oh, she’s definitely…Screw being ladylike on a bike
Apr 17, 2014, 2:22 pm By Holly Richmond
Turns out the sexist soap bubble we live in doesn’t pop when you hop on a Surly. If anything,…New hurricane maps will show whether your house could drown
Apr 17, 2014, 12:39 pm By John Upton
The federal government will begin making its hurricane warning maps more colorful this summer,…Vermont poised to mandate GMO labels on food
Apr 17, 2014, 11:52 am By John Upton
Vermont is on the verge of becoming the third American state to require the labeling of foods…Ask Umbra: How do I know if my local swimming hole is safe?
Apr 17, 2014, 7:02 am By Ask Umbra
Q. Summer is coming, so I wonder if the river near my house (the famous Kamogawa) is safe for my…
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