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Making a Renewable Energy Revolution

What is needed if we are to have a chance of enacting a renewable energy revolution in enough time to prevent widespread and catastrophic climate disruption? Revolutions happen when: ~~A majority of people are either actively or passively in support of the changes that, cumulatively, would constitute a revolution; ~~The ruling powers-that-be are divided, unsure […]

Featured Friend: JoeAnn H.

Each month, we showcase one of our beloved Friends with Benefits — folks who have donated to support our work. Want to take your relationship with Grist to the next level? Just donate any amount to join the fun.  JoeAnn H. “I give to Grist because it rocks, and covers the environment where no one will go. […]

In “The Sixth Extinction,” Elizabeth Kolbert reports from the frontlines of a dying world

The New Yorker writer talks mass extinctions, climate inaction, and whether there's any hope (short answer: no. long answer: probably not).

People-friendly streets: They’re not just for big cities anymore

A bill in the Senate promotes "complete streets" that are more accessible to walkers and cyclists, and it appeals far beyond liberal urban areas.

Western Marylanders Arrested in Stop Cove Point Protest

CUMBERLAND—A local Unitarian minister and three western Maryland residents were arrested just before noon today outside the Allegany County Courthouse in Cumberland for peacefully protesting Virginia-based Dominion Resources’ plan to build a liquefied natural gas export facility at Cove Point in southern Maryland. The protesters blocked the courthouse entrance to demand justice in the controversial […]

Saline solution: When de-icing roads, we may want to pass on the salt

The overuse of road salt this winter might eventually mess up freshwater ecosystems. Thanks again, polar vortex.

Cheers! Grist has a new class of fellows

Remember back in October when we told you we were looking for a few good fellows? Well, we found ‘em. And we couldn’t be more jazzed.

Feds will help honeybees find food

The government will spend $3 million to encourage farmers and ranchers to provide nutritious honeybee nectar in the Midwest.

Fight the funk: This woman’s fight against garbage fumes became a national crusade

Vernice Miller-Travis connected the dots between the nasty haze that hung over West Harlem and the neighborhood's sky-high asthma rates. She is one of the unsung heroes of the environmental justice movement.

Marcellus energy development could pave over an area bigger than Delaware

A new study predicts 106,004 new gas wells will be drilled in the Marcellus region.