Photo crop: Iowa high schoolers explain where your food comes from
Mar 11, 2014, 7:06 am By Nathanael JohnsonThe Lexicon of SustainabilityClick to embiggen. See more photos at the bottom of the story. You’ll…Mass transit ridership is increasing — from pathetically low to just low
Mar 10, 2014, 6:49 pm By benadlerThe media was impressed by a piece of good news on Monday: Last year, the number of trips Americans…Four new ozone-destroying gases found sneaking around the stratosphere
Mar 10, 2014, 6:38 pm By Amelia UrryNASAA record making hole in the ozone layer, in 2000. There are things we know that we know, there…Oreos were just the subject of international espionage
Mar 10, 2014, 4:57 pm By hrichmondFirst things first: DuPont’s chloride-route titanium dioxide, or TiO2 — the chemical that makes…Bogus, brah, climate change is stealing sick rides
Mar 10, 2014, 4:11 pm By Samantha LarsonCheck it, dude, climate change is gettin kinda aggro. It’s wiping out those bomb sets that come up…Dyin’ to live: Biggie Smalls and the silent killers in urban America
Mar 10, 2014, 3:39 pm By Greg HanscomMy Momma got cancer in her breast, Don’t ask me why I’m motherfucking stressed, things done…It takes HOW much water to make Greek yogurt?!
Mar 10, 2014, 3:38 pm By Darby SmithCalifornia is experiencing one of its driest years in the past half millennium. It also happens to…Big Ben could get covered in solar panels
Mar 10, 2014, 2:55 pm By hrichmondGood news about the world’s most famous clock! Big Ben and the Palace of Westminster are gonna get…Are women really a “secret weapon” when it comes to fighting climate change?
Mar 10, 2014, 12:38 pm By hrichmondNow THIS is gonna melt your brain: Women comprise a mere 49.8 percent of the global population, yet…Grainspotting: Farmers get desperate as coal and oil take over the rails
Mar 10, 2014, 12:33 pm By andrewseveThe U.S. agriculture and energy sectors might be facing a Jets and Sharks situation: Our railroad…Beef could get more expensive because cows are literally freezing their nuts off
Mar 10, 2014, 10:16 am By hrichmondHere are cattle farmers’ two least-favorite words: scrotal frostbite. (Actually, they’re…Alpha & Omega-3s: Salmon farmers’ quest for the ultimate green feed
Mar 10, 2014, 9:08 am By Amelia UrryFish farming gets a lot of flack, and salmon often bears the brunt of it. Much of this has to do…Dairy tale: New tech could turn small farms into the land of milk and money
Mar 10, 2014, 8:06 am By Nathanael JohnsonIt was after 6 p.m. and approaching 0 degrees Fahrenheit on a March evening when Doug Turner started…Ask Umbra: Is it irresponsible to use cloth diapers in a drought?
Mar 10, 2014, 7:06 am By Greg HanscomSend your question to Umbra! Q. I am about to have a baby. I had planned to use cloth…Thanks to these sweet posters, green habits have never looked cooler
Mar 9, 2014, 9:15 am By Grist StaffIt’s that time of year again! Do the Green Thing is celebrating Earth Hour by releasing a new…New report warns of “cascading system failure” caused by climate change
Mar 8, 2014, 8:06 am By Amelia UrryFrom roads and bridges to power plants and gas pipelines, American infrastructure is vulnerable to…Big Oil’s new strategy: If you can’t build a new pipeline, just overload the old one
Mar 7, 2014, 8:58 pm By Heather SmithYesterday, Canadian pipeline behemoth Enbridge won government approval for its plans for 9B, one of…No, we’re not “environmentalists.” It’s more complicated than that
Mar 7, 2014, 7:55 pm By Samantha LarsonWe’ve been called out: Millennials are not environmentalists. A new Pew Research Center…House Republicans just passed a good environmental bill, believe it or not
Mar 7, 2014, 5:45 pm By benadlerPolitical junkies have become so accustomed to House Republicans’ venomous hatred of environmental…We’re hypnotized by these artsy time-lapse animated GIFs of cities
Mar 7, 2014, 3:27 pm By hrichmond© Fong Qi WeiSunset at the Bund Fong Qi Wei is a super-talented photographer from Singapore who…
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