Chicagoans fight the Kochs and their petcoke
May 1, 2014, 8:21 pm By John Upton
When tar-sands oil is refined, a nasty byproduct called petroleum coke, or petcoke, is produced —…These businesses buy the most clean energy
May 1, 2014, 7:41 pm By Holly Richmond
It may not be as sexy as TIME’s 100 most influential people (‘Yonce!), but the EPA’s Top 100…Turning his tiny ghost town green is this octogenarian’s dream
May 1, 2014, 7:33 pm By Holly Richmond
What do you call 30-some people living in the same area? A town, a village, a hamlet? Whatever you…Jesse Eisenberg, Dakota Fanning, and Peter Sarsgaard star in new ecoterrorism thriller
May 1, 2014, 6:33 pm By Holly Richmond
Are ecoterrorism thrillers the new would-be summer blockbuster? Last June’s The East may’ve been…Why is Environmental Defense Fund backing Lindsey Graham?
May 1, 2014, 5:36 pm By Ben Adler
Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) is not exactly what you’d call an environmentalist. His lifetime…Longtime Vegas water czar warns other cities to brace for climate change
May 1, 2014, 5:29 pm By Greg Hanscom
This is part of a series of stories about Las Vegas and climate change. Find the whole collection…Parking meters in Madrid will charge more for polluting cars
May 1, 2014, 4:46 pm By Holly Richmond
See a black cloud squirt out of someone’s tailpipe? Now you can smirk because that sucka will be…Is Monsanto’s Roundup linked to a deadly kidney disease?
May 1, 2014, 4:43 pm By John Upton
Entire communities of sugar-farm laborers in Central America are being crippled by a sometimes…Watch college kids cover Snoop in “Divest It Like It’s Hot”
May 1, 2014, 2:34 pm By Holly Richmond“Divest It Like It’s Hot” may be a mouthful, but rapping Santa Clara University students are…Republicans in Congress are trying to gut local fracking regulations
May 1, 2014, 1:44 pm By Molly Redden
Capitol Hill on Tuesday was home to a rare sight: House Republicans preparing a bill they say will…EPA takes on three villains at once: pollution, climate change, and racism
May 1, 2014, 11:46 am By Brentin Mock
You may have read something recently about the air being racist, which is of course ridiculous. It…Greenpeace activists arrested — again — for trying to block Russia’s Arctic oil activities
May 1, 2014, 11:18 am By John Upton
Greenpeace activists aren’t letting a little jail time dissuade them from continuing their…Make Me Care: What’s so great about tiny houses, anyway?
May 1, 2014, 8:08 am By Grist staffWelcome to Make Me Care, a new and experimental vlog in which we try to get our writers and editors…Ask Umbra: What’s the best way to get my local veggies?
May 1, 2014, 7:02 am By Ask Umbra
Q. Is it better to have a veggie box from a produce delivery service sent to my home each week, or…Why we talk about the Kochs
May 1, 2014, 6:42 am By Ben Adler
Are we all too focused on the Koch brothers? That’s the argument of a feature in the current issue…Is oil money turning the NRA against hunters?
May 1, 2014, 4:50 am By Hannah Levintova
Last week, as the National Rifle Association geared up for its annual meeting in Indianapolis, a…Oil train derails in Virginia, explodes, pollutes river
May 1, 2014, 12:13 am By John Upton
Oil trains keep exploding across Canada and the U.S. Canada has at least started making moves to…Arizona’s enormous solar plant is up and running
Apr 30, 2014, 6:46 pm By Holly Richmond
The Agua Caliente Solar Photovoltaic Facility might just be the happiest farm in the world. Instead…Why is Alaska fighting the cleanup of Chesapeake Bay?
Apr 30, 2014, 6:42 pm By John Upton
The EPA has a plan to clean up Chesapeake Bay, which has been polluted by agriculture interests for…Google’s self-driving cars treat cyclists better than real drivers do
Apr 30, 2014, 6:14 pm By Holly RichmondOK, Google, we’ll give you points for this. The company’s self-driving cars not only recognize…
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