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Climate & Energy

America’s first climate refugees: “It’s happening now … The village is sinking”

Residents of Newtok, Alaska, know they must evacuate, but who will pay the $130 million cost of moving them?

By Suzanne Goldenberg

19 hours ago

Cities

Macklemore credits Seattle’s park system with launching his rap career

Want more rappers? Make more parks.

By Jess Zimmerman

1 day ago

Food

California grocery chain turns food waste into electricity

Kroger has plans to feed food waste to bacteria, where it will be anaerobically digested in a vat to release methane to create energy.

By John Upton

1 day ago

Business & Technology

Harvard researchers, on road to useful discoveries, instead make tiny chemical flowers

Scientists at Harvard can make teeny tiny flowers out of chemicals. No, they can't do the flowers for your wedding. Unless everyone you know is invisible to the naked eye, too.

By Sarah Miller

2 days ago

Climate & Energy

Frackers get their own clothing line

The latest in fashion? Clothing that keeps you safe from fire. They're calling it frackwear.

By Sarah Miller

2 days ago

Climate & Energy

Draft fed rules would let frackers do whatever they want, but they’re still not happy

Environmentalists were dismayed by draft fracking rules released a year ago, but hoped the administration would tighten them up in the next round. The opposite happened.

By John Upton

2 days ago

Politics

Moniz confirmed as energy secretary, McCarthy’s EPA nomination advances

The Senate confirmed Ernest Moniz as the new energy secretary, and Gina McCarthy's nomination as EPA administrator cleared a committee.

By John Upton

2 days ago

Living

Green roofs don’t work unless you plant them with diverse, local plants

Planting your green roof with sedum is like hiring employees based on how long they can physically sit in an office chair instead of how good they are at doing the work.

By Sarah Laskow

2 days ago

Living

Holland is better than we are at everything, and they’re being smug about it, and we still want to go

OK, Holland, we get it! You have all the nice things!

By Sarah Laskow

2 days ago

Food

Undead farm bill: Everyone’s favorite legislative zombie shuffles on

Congress bakes up a ginormous gift to corporate ag, which may well collapse and die. But don’t start celebrating yet.

By Tom Laskawy

2 days ago

Climate & Energy

America’s first climate refugees: Can a baked Alaska deny climate change?

From Palin to Parnell, Alaska's politicians have struggled to reconcile policy with actuality.

By Suzanne Goldenberg

2 days ago

Climate & Energy

What the frack do we know? Not much, it turns out

A new report in the journal Science discovers there are a lot of things about fracking we don’t know. But since we've fracked half the country anyway, we're going to find out.

By Richard Schiffman

2 days ago

Food

Ag-gag bill chokes in Tennessee

Tennessee's Republican governor vetoed a bill that would have made it harder for animal activists to expose abuses by agricultural workers.

By John Upton

2 days ago

Politics

Heady Colo. farmers plowing ahead with hemp farming

One Colorado farmer has planted the nation's first big industrial hemp crop in 60 years. Yes, it's still illegal.

By Susie Cagle

2 days ago

Climate & Energy

As climate change broils the Arctic, John Kerry apologizes

At Arctic Council meetings in Sweden, the secretary of state wants the world to know the U.S. is very sorry for all that it has done to destroy the ice.

By John Upton

2 days ago

Climate & Energy

Deadly storms in Texas produce grapefruit-sized hail

As if deadly tornadoes weren't enough, Texas storms produced hailstones that have to be seen to be believed.

By Jess Zimmerman

2 days ago

Living

Volunteers picked up 10 million pounds of beach trash last year, including 2,117,931 cigarette butts

That's the weight of 5,000 cars. It’s heavier than the Capitol dome.

By Sarah Laskow

3 days ago

Living

Orphaned polar bear finds home and roommate

That adorable polar bear orphaned in Alaska found a home at a Buffalo zoo.

By Sarah Miller

3 days ago

Living

This house is designed to be eaten by plants

Italian architecture firm Act Romegialli designed this building to start as a little garden house, and then be gradually eaten by the garden.

By Sarah Laskow

3 days ago

Climate & Energy

California might borrow $500 million from its climate fund

California's governor saw $500 million sitting around, waiting to be spent on climate projects, and decided it should probably be spent in other ways.

By John Upton

3 days ago

Living

People are so addicted to KFC that they’re willing to smuggle it across the Gaza border

So far, the delivery service, Yamama, has brought in 100 meals, according to the New York Times.

By Sarah Laskow

3 days ago

Living

Antarctica’s “bleeding glacier” is kind of terrifying

Don't worry, it's just ketchup. No, wait, it's just runoff from a hidden lake.

By Sarah Miller

3 days ago

Climate & Energy

97 out of 100 climate scientists agree: Humans are responsible for warming

Say it again: Another exhaustive study confirms that there's virtually no disagreement among climate scientists about the cause of climate change.

By John Upton

3 days ago

Climate & Energy

America’s first climate refugees: One family’s great escape

Jeff and Lisa Charles -- and their six children -- lead the evacuation of Newtok, Alaska, to their new home in Mertarvik.

By Suzanne Goldenberg

3 days ago

Living

Unleash your inner seed demon: Three easy ways to grow herbs at home

Grist's green-living pioneer, the Greenie Pig, tries raising herbs from seed, and promptly goes gaga over her cute little sprouts.

By Elisabeth Kwak-Hefferan

3 days ago

Food

Americans’ main complaint about water is that it tastes too much like water

There are a lot of Americans who think water's boring unless it tastes like artificial flavors and sweeteners.

By Sarah Miller

3 days ago

Climate & Energy

Just in time for summer: Budget cuts force Forest Service to skimp on firefighters, trucks

Across-the-board spending cuts triggered by congressional uselessness will see more than 500 federal firefighting jobs cut this summer, despite the threat of major wildfires.

By John Upton

3 days ago

Food

Kosher salt: Don’t stress about sodium intake (unless you’re an average American)

A new study says limiting our salt intake to under 2,300 milligrams a day might not actually be that beneficial. But most Americans consume way more salt than that.

By Claire Thompson

3 days ago

Living

Gray whale spotted south of the equator for the first time ever

According to the Guardian, some scientists are "speculating that this much-hunted great whale -- reduced to near extinction in the 20th century -- is regaining ancient migratory routes.

By Sarah Laskow

3 days ago

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Take a photo of a glacier — it’ll last longer

America’s first climate refugees: “It’s happening now … The village is sinking”

Macklemore credits Seattle’s park system with launching his rap career

California grocery chain turns food waste into electricity

Harvard researchers, on road to useful discoveries, instead make tiny chemical flowers

Frackers get their own clothing line

Draft fed rules would let frackers do whatever they want, but they’re still not happy

Moniz confirmed as energy secretary, McCarthy’s EPA nomination advances

Green roofs don’t work unless you plant them with diverse, local plants

Holland is better than we are at everything, and they’re being smug about it, and we still want to go

Undead farm bill: Everyone’s favorite legislative zombie shuffles on

America’s first climate refugees: Can a baked Alaska deny climate change?

What the frack do we know? Not much, it turns out

Ag-gag bill chokes in Tennessee

Heady Colo. farmers plowing ahead with hemp farming

As climate change broils the Arctic, John Kerry apologizes

Deadly storms in Texas produce grapefruit-sized hail

Volunteers picked up 10 million pounds of beach trash last year, including 2,117,931 cigarette butts

Orphaned polar bear finds home and roommate

This house is designed to be eaten by plants

California might borrow $500 million from its climate fund

People are so addicted to KFC that they’re willing to smuggle it across the Gaza border

Antarctica’s “bleeding glacier” is kind of terrifying

97 out of 100 climate scientists agree: Humans are responsible for warming

America’s first climate refugees: One family’s great escape

Unleash your inner seed demon: Three easy ways to grow herbs at home

Americans’ main complaint about water is that it tastes too much like water

Just in time for summer: Budget cuts force Forest Service to skimp on firefighters, trucks

Kosher salt: Don’t stress about sodium intake (unless you’re an average American)

Gray whale spotted south of the equator for the first time ever

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Take a photo of a glacier — it’ll last longer

America’s first climate refugees: “It’s happening now … The village is sinking”

Macklemore credits Seattle’s park system with launching his rap career

California grocery chain turns food waste into electricity

Harvard researchers, on road to useful discoveries, instead make tiny chemical flowers

Frackers get their own clothing line

Draft fed rules would let frackers do whatever they want, but they’re still not happy

Moniz confirmed as energy secretary, McCarthy’s EPA nomination advances

Green roofs don’t work unless you plant them with diverse, local plants

Holland is better than we are at everything, and they’re being smug about it, and we still want to go

Undead farm bill: Everyone’s favorite legislative zombie shuffles on

America’s first climate refugees: Can a baked Alaska deny climate change?

What the frack do we know? Not much, it turns out

Ag-gag bill chokes in Tennessee

Heady Colo. farmers plowing ahead with hemp farming

As climate change broils the Arctic, John Kerry apologizes

Deadly storms in Texas produce grapefruit-sized hail

Volunteers picked up 10 million pounds of beach trash last year, including 2,117,931 cigarette butts

Orphaned polar bear finds home and roommate

This house is designed to be eaten by plants

California might borrow $500 million from its climate fund

People are so addicted to KFC that they’re willing to smuggle it across the Gaza border

Antarctica’s “bleeding glacier” is kind of terrifying

97 out of 100 climate scientists agree: Humans are responsible for warming

America’s first climate refugees: One family’s great escape

Unleash your inner seed demon: Three easy ways to grow herbs at home

Americans’ main complaint about water is that it tastes too much like water

Just in time for summer: Budget cuts force Forest Service to skimp on firefighters, trucks

Kosher salt: Don’t stress about sodium intake (unless you’re an average American)

Gray whale spotted south of the equator for the first time ever

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