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How can we stop the world from having too many babies? Feed more people
If we aim to slow the rocketing population graph, all the evidence points in the same direction: prosperity cuts the birth rate, which will spare the planet.
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Are you there, God? It’s me, climate scientist
Scientists use handwritten letters to share their sad, sad feelings about climate change.
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Have you noticed our handsome new website?
We think our latest redesign is our best ever. But don't take our word for it -- let us know what you think.
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Frackers are sending sludge to the Mitten State
High radiation levels mean there aren't many places you can dump your Marcellus Shale fracking waste. Michigan, residents discover, is one of them.
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Joel Kotkin thinks you want to live in Houston. Here’s why you don’t.
Even many of the Americans who want to live in a single-family home would prefer that home to be in walkable neighborhood near transit.
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Here’s what Grist’s first fellows learned about journalism (and mac & cheese)
Back in February Grist added three journalism fellows. Their terms just ended -- and we couldn't be happier with the results.
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How one Pacific Northwest tribe is carving out a resistance to coal — and winning
A Grist fellow visited the Lummi Nation, to find out how the tribe has been able to successfully push back (so far) against Big Coal.
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Killing young black men like Michael Brown is unsustainable in every sense of the word
In a world that is heating and cooling at increasingly uncontrollable rates, we need more black youth learning how to work with sustainable technology, and less of them in jail or dead.
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Skip the Shark Week mockumentaries and watch real sharks on these live cams instead
Since the Discovery Channel is just making stuff up, we've put together a list of the best real-life shark cams. Call it The People's Shark Week.
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Ants will save the world! Wait, ants?
Ants might be able to speed up carbon dioxide absorption in rocks. Is this a viable way to fight global warming?
