Could the Keystone pipeline give you cancer?
Mar 3, 2014, 12:31 pm By Heather Smith
Last week, Sen. Barbara Boxer (D-Calif.), head of the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee,…You should be worried about the high levels of weed killer in air and water — here’s why
Mar 3, 2014, 11:18 am By hrichmond
Yeah yeah, the main chemical in Monsanto’s Roundup weed killer (glyphosate) has been found in air…Salami made from Kanye West and James Franco would make for the weirdest sandwiches ever
Mar 3, 2014, 10:12 am By hrichmond
Meat production is wasteful. Lab-grown meat is sometimes offered as a solution … but not…Pining for pines? Feeling fir-y? This map is like Yelp for trees
Mar 3, 2014, 9:05 am By Samantha Larson
ShutterstockI’ve been waiting for a tree like you to come into my life. When the late lunch hunger…Ask Umbra: Should I get my panties in a bunch?
Mar 3, 2014, 7:04 am By Greg Hanscom
Send your question to Umbra! Q. I buy organic, U.S.-made undies from a very eco-conscious company,…Hundreds arrested at anti-Keystone protest in front of White House
Mar 3, 2014, 1:43 am By Grist Staff
Nearly 400 anti-Keystone protestors were arrested on Sunday after zip-tying themselves to a fence in…Tempeh-rature rising: Here’s a tasty spin on vegan chili
Mar 2, 2014, 8:06 am By Amelia Urry
This article originally appeared on Food52.com: A New Kind of Vegan Chili. New…Low-lying islands are going to drown, so should we even bother trying to save their ecosystems?
Mar 1, 2014, 7:03 am By John Upton
Islands are hot spots of biodiversity, often home to rich and unique ecosystems. Despite covering…Five dumb bills just passed by the House would screw the environment
Feb 28, 2014, 7:04 pm By benadler
In an atmosphere of gridlock and partisan polarization, politicians in both parties produce…Celery’s an aphrodisiac — too bad no one told Steve Buscemi
Feb 28, 2014, 3:15 pm By hrichmond
Heirloom tomatoes: hot. Kale: hip. Brussels sprouts: dead sexy, especially with parmesan. But…Organic eggs are so expensive because the chickens eat fancy imported food
Feb 28, 2014, 2:18 pm By slaskow
There are lots of reasons to pony up a few extra dollars for organic eggs — they have those rich,…Get an up-close, face-to-face view of a rescued pelican learning to fly
Feb 28, 2014, 1:28 pm By slaskow
Bigbird the Pelican was a foundling. He swam in off Tanzania’s Lake Tanganyika one day, alone and…Most big countries have climate laws
Feb 28, 2014, 1:06 pm By John Upton
It’s easy to get depressed about the lack of global progress in fighting climate change. But most…Slope & change: The ski industry struggles to get its act together on global warming
Feb 28, 2014, 12:57 pm By ghanscom
Good news for you snow lovers out there: The ski industry finally seems to be serious about fighting…Millions of dolphins could be hurt as oil industry blasts along East Coast
Feb 28, 2014, 12:18 pm By John Upton
The Obama administration tentatively gave its environmental blessing to oil industry plans to look…The week in GIFs: cheese snacks, RuPaul, and an Amish paradise
Feb 28, 2014, 10:34 am By hrichmond
The week’s green news from a motley gang of animated eccentrics. (Last week: Loads of cats.)…Pot-flavored condoms keep you and the planet happy
Feb 28, 2014, 9:33 am By hrichmond
Enjoy weed; don’t spread your seed! That SHOULD be the slogan for Cannadoms, an awkward…In “The Sixth Extinction,” Elizabeth Kolbert reports from the frontlines of a dying world
Feb 28, 2014, 9:05 am By Grist Staff
The New Yorker writer and acclaimed author Elizabeth Kolbert has a penchant for depressing topics.…People-friendly streets: They’re not just for big cities anymore
Feb 28, 2014, 6:51 am By benadler
NYCDOTA tree-lined “complete street” grows in Brooklyn. Earlier this month, a pair of senators…Obama has a good transportation plan. Now we just need to raise the gas tax so he can pay for it.
Feb 27, 2014, 8:00 pm By benadler
The problems all started with Newt Gingrich. For decades, federal transportation funding had been a…
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