Grist List
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It takes more than 70 countries to equal the U.S. on emissions
An image from the Sightline Institute shows how the U.S. measures up to other countries on emissions -- or, more accurately, how small state-sized chunks of the U.S. measure up.
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Pikas: The cutest animal you may never see again [SLIDESHOW]
Is the pika America's cutest rodent? Think fast about that one, because global warming is herding it towards extinction. We've put together a slideshow, so you can get your fill of their cuddly little faces before it's too late.
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'Road trains' can improve fuel efficiency — and driver downtime — by turning cars into conga lines
It's 2011, where's your self-driving car? With "road train" technology, now in development by Volvo, it could be the car you already own. Road trains, or platoons, create semi-autonomous conga lines of cars following one leader vehicle with a professional driver.
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Climate denier GOP presidential candidate Herman Cain encourages you not to 'snuff your seed'
The man who might be the first to declare his candidacy for the 2012 GOP nomination for president thinks climate change is a crock. He also once recorded an almost Dada-esque radio spot that you *must* hear.
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Windmade is the next Fair Trade, gets backers like LEGO
By December of this year, the next box of Legos you buy could be stamped "made with 100% Wind Power." Subsequently, countless other goods you buy could bear the Windmade stamp, which -- like Fair Trade, Organic, Recycled, etc. -- is competing to become one more differentiator for goods made with sustainability in mind.
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Mark Ruffalo's position on fracking deserves a standing O
Photo: Christopher HarteWe got all excited when we heard Mark Ruffalo was getting involved in the debate over the destructive natural-gas extraction process called “fracking.” Turns out that’s because we thought he was Mark Wahlberg. Mark Ruffalo is a serious actor, who was never in any Funky Bunch! We have no jokes about that at […]
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Flooded Queensland city may now be living every week like it's Shark Week
Artist’s conception Writing about the Queensland floods, Grist cities editor Sarah Goodyear wrote: “If you were to anthropomorphize the flood, you might say it is taking a perverse pleasure in pointing out just where the shiny, mighty city is weakest.” Little did we expect that it would start finding cities’ weakest points AND PUTTING SHARKS […]
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California city is the first, but not the last, to flee rising sea levels
Threatened by rising ocean levels, the city of Ventura, California is starting to pick up stakes and move inland. This "managed retreat" is the first of its kind in California, but it's not likely to be the last.
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Six reasons free parking is the dumbest thing you didn't know you were subsidizing
The U.S. has as many as eight parking spaces per car. That's more than a billion parking spaces, or one for every person in China, should they need them once they're done buying all our post-crash assets for jiǎos on the yuán. This isn't just overkill -- it's stupid, destructive, expensive overkill.