Turkey’s nutty green idea for heating its eco-city? Pistachios
Apr 22, 2014, 12:42 pm By Holly Richmond
Pistachios may be a lot of hard work compared to Cheetos, but at least their shells could double as…Corn waste-based ethanol could be worse for the climate than gasoline
Apr 22, 2014, 12:20 pm By John Upton
Ron Nichols, USDAYoung corn growing in the residue of the previous crop. A lot of carbon-rich waste…Street artist Swoon takes on rising sea levels and drowning communities
Apr 22, 2014, 8:05 am By Amber Cortes
Brooklyn street artist Swoon creates art that makes you feel like a kid again. She’s wheat-pasted…The secret life of Rust Belt beekeepers
Apr 22, 2014, 7:08 am By Eve Andrews
Deep in the defunct industrial zones and backyards of Buffalo, N.Y., there’s a buzz developing…Numbers on the board: The Gulf Coast, four years after the BP disaster
Apr 22, 2014, 6:02 am By Brentin Mock
How could you relate when you ain’t never been great?And rely on oil money to keep food up on your…When it comes to climate change, don’t think of the children
Apr 21, 2014, 7:29 pm By Holly Richmond
No one wants their grandkids growing up in an apocalyptic world with soup-thick air and crusty land.…Here’s how the media is getting the story on cities & millennials wrong
Apr 21, 2014, 7:01 pm By Ben Adler
Another day, another article about millennials supposedly flocking to cities, leaving their native…“Climate change war” is not a metaphor
Apr 21, 2014, 2:55 pm By Eric Holthaus
The U.N. Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change has just completed a series of landmark reports…Minnesota can’t say no to coal power, judge rules
Apr 21, 2014, 12:18 pm By John Upton
Minnesota did something really cool in 2007. As part of its Next Generation Energy Act, which…Ukraine belatedly seeks renewable energy as weapon against Russia
Apr 21, 2014, 11:39 am By John Upton
It took a military invasion to get Ukrainian leaders to look seriously at renewable energy.…These shoes are completely made out of recycled trash
Apr 21, 2014, 7:42 am By Holly Richmond
Consumerism constantly promises that THIS ONE THINGIE will make you happy or hot or successful. In…Ask Umbra: How do I fight my city’s terrible litter problem?
Apr 21, 2014, 7:04 am By Ask Umbra
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…
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