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Denmark, Portugal, and Spain Leading the World in Wind Power
By J. Matthew Roney Denmark produced one third of its electricity from the wind in 2013. In no other country has wind’s share of annual electricity generation yet topped 30 percent. But the Danes are not stopping there—they are eyeing a goal of 50 percent wind by 2020, with most of the needed expansion coming […]
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Show Me Solar: Missouri’s Opportunity for Solar Power
What can solar power do for a single state? How about 21% of its energy, $14 billion in economic activity, and over 150,000 jobs. At a discount to existing electricity costs. Without subsidies. That’s what solar power can do for Missouri, but the state’s utilities may be about to pull the plug on local solar […]
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Sea-level rise is already eating our coasts
Facing the floodwaters are 94,000 miles of U.S. coastline and more than $1 trillion in infrastructure.
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Why the Koch brothers hate Detroit
The Koch-funded group Americans for Prosperity is trying to kill a deal that would rescue Detroit from financial ruin.
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These are the states where climate hawk Tom Steyer will wage political war
Steyer's super PAC plans to spend $100 million on races in Colorado, Florida, Iowa, Maine, Michigan, New Hampshire, and Pennsylvania.
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Defending Clean Energy in Ohio and Beyond
If you watched this week’s episode of Showtime’s climate series Years of Living Dangerously, you saw a fantastic piece by America Ferrera called “Against the Wind” that pierced the veil of the fossil fuel industry’s well-funded operation to try and dismantle state clean energy standards. The episode could not have been more timely, as that […]
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Meet me in New York in September, says Bill McKibben — time for a big march
350.org and a coalition of green groups plan a mass September protest in NYC -- just in time for a big U.N. climate conclave.
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The Himalaya shows off how fast it can melt, too
Not wanting to get left behind its bigger bros in the global melt, the "third pole" has also been shedding its icy stocks.
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Thanks a ton! Plus, more mortifying Grist staff photos
With your help, Grist celebrated our 15th birthday by raising $70,000 in just 15 days.
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Oregon county bans GMO crops
Organic farmers, worried about contamination, win a local campaign, even though the state has its own new rules barring locales from regulating GMOs.
