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Enviros pump money and energy into Colorado Senate race
Democrat Mark Udall is a climate hawk. Republican Cory Gardner is a climate change denier. And their race could determine whether Dems hold onto the Senate.
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What are your climate questions for Ernest Moniz and Gina McCarthy?
The energy secretary and EPA administrator will join Grist for a live chat next week about Obama's climate initiatives. Submit your questions now!
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Marco Rubio: The Dirty Energy President
On Sunday’s ABC “This Week,” Senator Marco Rubio (R-FL) expressed two notable opinions. First, he said he’s ready to be president of the United States. Second, he asserted that climate change is not caused by humans and cannot be slowed by regulation: RUBIO: I don’t agree with the notion that some are putting out there, including […]
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How hip-hop, “Malcolm X,” and “Siddhartha” changed my life
Grist writer Brentin Mock remembers being 15 with the world ahead of him. Help Grist realize its own big dreams of eco-enlightenment.
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Frackers are flooding the atmosphere with climate-warming methane
Two new studies reveal the staggering disconnect between actual methane emissions and official EPA estimates.
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It’s Getting Ha in Here: A Grist happy hour with Eugene Mirman
If you're in Seattle, join us on May 22 for a drink, a joke, and happy hour snacks with comedian Eugene Mirman.
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The high cost of the solar middleman
If there’s no such thing as a free lunch, then how can Americans get solar on their roof with “zero money down” and lower their electric bill? Solar leasing, as it’s often called, is a clever market solution to poor federal and state policy design that otherwise requires Americans to do financial acrobatics to power […]
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Why solar net metering beats a value-of-solar tariff every time
In short: Don't fix what isn't broken.
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This bill would help build the kinds of communities where millennials want to live
A new Senate proposal would make it easier for local governments to do transit-oriented development.
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5 exciting new ways New York can deal with storm surges and rising seas
The competition Rebuild By Design challenges designers to reimagine flood solutions in and around New York.