It’s official: People around the world really are eating more and more alike
Mar 5, 2014, 3:42 am By Nathanael Johnson
You’ve probably heard that the food people eat worldwide is getting more and more homogeneous. As…You can blame Warren Buffett for many of those exploding oil trains
Mar 4, 2014, 10:47 pm By Lisa Hymas
We’ve written a lot about the dangers of shipping extra-flammable oil in flimsy rail cars that…We’d love these new fair-trade sustainable condoms, if the marketing weren’t kinda sexist
Mar 4, 2014, 4:58 pm By hrichmond
Is there anything more fun than sexism in marketing? (See: Bic Pens for Her. And yes, everything…How to make natural gas more climate-friendly
Mar 4, 2014, 4:25 pm By benadler
This is a story about natural gas leakage, and we’re not talking about what happens after your…That old, rusty underwater pipeline? Nothing to worry about!
Mar 4, 2014, 3:23 pm By andrewseve
Recently, scenes from the frozen Great Lakes region have brought to mind the post-apocalyptic icy…New York could turn its trash into giant floating compost islands
Mar 4, 2014, 3:05 pm By hrichmond
First NYC firm PRESENT Architecture dreamt up a plus-sign-shaped strainer-pool that would filter…Tied to the rusty White House fence: Two Keystone protesters’ arrest odyssey
Mar 4, 2014, 1:14 pm By Heather Smith
Maria Langholz hadn’t been to class all week. She had transportation to Washington D.C. to wrangle…It only takes otters 25 years to recover from an oil spill
Mar 4, 2014, 12:23 pm By hrichmond
Kinda hard to believe, but the Exxon Valdez oil spill was 25 years ago. “Yeah, sheesh,” says the…Henry David Thoreau would have given “12 Years a Slave” the Oscar for best picture, too
Mar 4, 2014, 12:00 pm By Greg Hanscom
I’m glad to see that 12 Years a Slave won a few well-deserved Oscars Sunday night, including best…Naples is cleaning up its streets by DNA-testing dog poop and tracking down the perpetrators
Mar 4, 2014, 10:53 am By hrichmond
Dog shit doesn’t do(o) much for green space. Sidewalks, public parks — pretty much everywhere is…Iron Maiden singer will fly around the world in a giant hybrid airship
Mar 4, 2014, 10:30 am By talvarezgrist
Bruce Dickinson — yes, the Bruce Dickinson — plans to pilot a hybrid airship called The…South Korea wants to put endangered species in gigantic bubbles
Mar 4, 2014, 9:47 am By hrichmond
Yeongyang County is a remote, mountainous, and relatively untouched area that’ll soon be home to…Drought-plagued California tries to drink the ocean (hold the salt)
Mar 4, 2014, 8:29 am By Amelia Urry
Despite the pugnacious storms that had California on the ropes this past weekend, the state is still…Cabin fever: Are tiny houses the new American dream?
Mar 4, 2014, 7:04 am By andrewseve
Tiny houses have seemingly taken over the landscape of aspirational real estate, and not just for…Feedlot frenzy: Should we shun grass-fed beef for the sake of the climate?
Mar 3, 2014, 5:43 pm By Nathanael Johnson
We eat too much meat in the United States, and eating less of it is one of the most effective ways…Round up the usual suspicious studies (but don’t link to them)
Mar 3, 2014, 4:52 pm By Scott Rosenberg
Earlier today, we posted a brief item in Grist List about a new study reporting that the herbicide…Apple CEO says he doesn’t want stockholders who don’t believe in climate change
Mar 3, 2014, 4:51 pm By hrichmond
In Tim Cook’s three-year reign as Apple CEO, the company has roughly tripled its reliance on clean…Everything that’s wrong with the suburbs, in one image
Mar 3, 2014, 3:28 pm By hrichmond
Suburbia sucks for a lot of reasons: Public transit usually isn’t as timely or extensive;…Your car will soon be less polluting, thanks to EPA’s new gasoline rule
Mar 3, 2014, 3:21 pm By benadler
On Monday morning, the EPA announced the adoption of new rules that will require oil refiners to…Endangered slow lorises are fighting back, starting by biting Lady Gaga
Mar 3, 2014, 1:27 pm By hrichmond
Kate Green The slow loris may be an adorable, big-eyed creature that you want to tickle, but it’s…
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