Don’t worry: Your rail trail is (probably) safe
3:01am By benadler
Rail trails — the biking and walking paths that have sprouted up on disused railroad lines over…San Francisco moves to ban plastic water bottles, scoffs at every other sad city
Tue 8:01pm By andrewseve
Two big pieces of news out of San Francisco this week: Barry Bonds started a brief stint coaching…Talk talk: Political junkies discuss Senate chat on climate
Tue 7:20pm By Grist Staff
When the Senate pulls an all-nighter, the world listens. Or do they? Grist’s Ben Adler joined…This invasive worm could wipe out escargot
Tue 4:40pm By hrichmond
Philippe GillotteHold on for one more day. A slimy worm has invaded France from Southeast Asia, and…Depressing new study says you’re right to freak out about climate change
Tue 2:42pm By hrichmond
Bad news, buffalos: The carbon dioxide we’re belching into the atmosphere will warm the planet…This depressing animated map shows Walmart taking over America
Tue 12:49pm By hrichmond
Here’s an unsettling look at the Walmart-ification of the U.S., starting in Arkansas in 1962 and…An annoyed Tesla employee created this coloring book about electric cars
Tue 12:03pm By hrichmond
Ayumi Kim works for Tesla and got tired of explaining to potential EV owners that yes, if you hit a…Who had the best one-liners at the Senate’s climate slumber party?
Tue 11:10am By Lisa Hymas
ShutterstockSens. Brian Schatz and Maria Cantwell share a light moment during the all-night…Abandoned boats get new life as gorgeous winery buildings
Tue 10:36am By hrichmond
Boats make excellent (and unexpected) roofs — they’re sturdy and waterproof by definition. And…Finally, someone wrote an opera about subsistence farming
Tue 9:23am By hrichmond
Reading Wendell Berry’s works might inspire some to tape “Manifesto: The Mad Farmer Liberation…Photo crop: Iowa high schoolers explain where your food comes from
Tue 7:06am By Nathanael Johnson
The 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 benadler
The 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 Urry
NASAA 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 hrichmond
First 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 Larson
Check 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 Hanscom
My 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 Smith
California 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 hrichmond
Good 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 andrewseve
The U.S. agriculture and energy sectors might be facing a Jets and Sharks situation: Our railroad…
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