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Featured Friend: Chris and Jo-Anne M.
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. Chris and Jo-Anne M. “We read Grist because you report the environmental news in a fresh and inspiring […]
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United Airlines Screws Polar Bears While Flying Over Them
You may not be able to tell from the sublime stillness of his hair, but United Airlines CEO Jeff Smisek is foaming at his strong-jawed mouth. The European Union at long last has ended United and other airlines’ exemption from the continent’s climate law, including both domestic European flights as well as flights that take […]
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How to make the opera more interesting: Eat algae the singer grew on her face
An opera singer sings and her exhaled breath makes algae grow and the audience eats it to experience the magic of biotechnology and the non-magic of super disgustingness.
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High schoolers run a solar-powered treatment plant that will give clean water to 750 families in India
This solar-powered water treatment plant, which will make 1,300 gallons of clean water every day, is owned and operated by high school students.
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Pork barrel spending: How Big Ag lobbyists use federal dollars to protect factory farms
A recent lawsuit accused the pork industry of using industry marketing or "checkoff" funds to keep pigs in factory farms.
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Deadly connection: New report on extreme weather and climate change
The links between climate change and costly, deadly weather events are robust and well-documented, according to a report from Reps. Ed Markey and Henry Waxman.
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In an era of post-truth politics, credibility is like a rainbow
Andrew Sullivan thinks Obama has earned "conservative credibility," but he's making a common mistake of post-truth politics.
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Donate $5 to charity and these guys will dance in a bear suit, fix your resume, or walk your dog
Raise5 lets you get the warm fuzzy feeling of donating to charity, PLUS have someone design your business card, draw a picture of your hair, or remind you of good bits from the Simpsons.
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Nazis kidnap Buddha statue from spaaaaaace!
There is an iron Buddha statue, just under 10 inches high, that has now been confirmed to be made from a meteorite
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Absolutely the best animal photobomb ever
This stingray is all "Hey guys! Are we doing a group photo? Rad! You'll tag me on Facebook, right?"
