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Farmers fatales: Here are the women who grow your food [SLIDESHOW]
Female farmers are as colorful as the crops they raise. These pictures will give you a taste of who they are and what they grow.
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Featured Friend: Samara B.
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. Samara B. “I’m one of those millennials getting all fussy about trying to save the world. I mean […]
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It’s hard to sea, but the globe is still warming
Did you hear that global warming has slowed down or even stopped? Sorry to burst your bubble, but the extra heat is just sleeping with the fishes. For now.
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Ice going, humanity: Arctic melting at alarming rates
There's less and less ice covering the Arctic every year, and the ice that's left is getting thinner. This is a very bad sign.
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Would Mount Everest’s first conquerors recognize it anymore?
This week marks the 60th anniversary of the first ascent of Everest by Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay. But thanks to climate change, these aren't the same peaks.
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Coal is the enemy of the human race, video edition
A short animated video explains exactly why coal has got to go.
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A Big Win for Clean Air in Pennsylvania – and Nationwide!
Coal pollution contains all sorts of nasty, dangerous things, but one of the worst pollutants is sulfur dioxide. Just five minutes of exposure to sulfur dioxide can lead to respiratory problems, difficulty breathing, and contribute to lung disease. So you can imagine the sigh of relief from Pennsylvanians with this major news: The Homer City […]
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Strengthening the food chain: Farmers and workers unite, find power in numbers
The Farm Labor Reality Tour showed how a system that pits farmers and workers against each other can also unite them to work for common goals.
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Secretary Jewell: Keep Our Coal in the Ground
Protesters called on Interior Secretary Sally Jewell to “Keep Our Coal in the Ground” as the Department of Interior held a lease sale for 21.3 million tons of coal at the Colorado Bureau of Land Management (BLM) field office today. While the BLM called this a “competitive” coal lease, as usual only one company, Blue […]
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Where greenhouse gases come from, in one graph
Check out this cool graphic that shows where climate pollution comes from, by source and sector.
