Beef could get more expensive because cows are literally freezing their nuts off
Mar 10, 2014, 10:16 am By hrichmond
Here 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 Urry
Fish 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 Johnson
It 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 Hanscom
Send 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 Staff
It’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 Urry
From 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 Smith
Yesterday, 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 Larson
We’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 benadler
Political 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…Bernie, if you care about the climate, don’t run for president as an independent
Mar 7, 2014, 1:39 pm By benadler
Are you feeling frustrated by the lack of action in Washington on the biggest problems facing the…This tool to design your own tiny house is way too fun
Mar 7, 2014, 11:42 am By hrichmond
Warning: If you like tiny houses, carve out the next half hour, because this is some serious tiny…The week in GIFs: Pee, pigeons, and pencils
Mar 7, 2014, 10:56 am By hrichmond
Inspiration meets desperation in this week’s green news. (Last week: Cheese, RuPaul, and an Amish…Please don’t knit a sweater for a penguin
Mar 7, 2014, 9:18 am By hrichmond
You’ve probably heard that penguins get covered in muck from oil spills, which makes them chilly.…Current events: Antarctic climate change is messing with the motion of the ocean
Mar 7, 2014, 9:00 am By Samantha Larson
If we learned anything from The Day After Tomorrow, it’s that disruptions in ocean currents lead…Addictive game lets you play subway god, weep at your inefficient creation
Mar 7, 2014, 8:03 am By Darby Smith
Have you ever scoffed at a subway delay? Rolled your eyes at yet another crowded Q train? Looked at…Here’s what to do with all that extra CO2 you’ve got hanging around
Mar 7, 2014, 6:53 am By andrewseve
What do fertilizer, superglue, and Plexiglas all have in common, aside from being things that you…America could soon face more days of extreme rainfall
Mar 7, 2014, 5:00 am By Darby Smith
NOAAClick to embiggen. Squelch, squelch, squelch — that could be the sound of future America, if…Leto calls on Kerry to reject this so-called Keystone XL once and for all
Mar 6, 2014, 7:35 pm By andrewseve
Our hearts are all aflutter, like so many flannel-clad, pouty-faced Angela Chases. Jared Leto has…America’s cities are still too afraid to make driving unappealing
Mar 6, 2014, 5:01 pm By Darby Smith
The morning I wrote this I took public transportation to work. I hopped on the bus around the corner…
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