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Clean Air Victory for Texas as Coal Plant Permit Struck Down

This week Texas residents cheered when a judge invalidated the state air pollution permit for the proposed Las Brisas coal plant in Corpus Christi. The Las Brisas proposal is only the second new power plant proposed to be built within city limits anywhere in the United States (Chicago’s Leucadia is the other), and a coalition […]

Why climate change doesn’t spark moral outrage, and how it could

Perhaps the biggest barrier to action on climate change is the fact that it doesn't hit us in the gut. But new research suggests ways to make it a more potent moral issue.

Welcome to Grist’s new home page

We just pulled the (biodegradable) wrap off our new home page design here at Grist. Come on in! Tell us what you think.

Here is everything people have written about sustainability at the Olympics

In no particular order, and, despite the headline, certainly not everything: The Olympic Games’ official sustainability site! How organizers plan to make the Games green! The top six green buildings at the Olympics! How the Games precipitated a green building boom! A U.N. guy, giving the London Games props! Action Sustainability, taking said props away! […]

Black Lung: Coal’s Dirty Politics

Reading and listening to the recent NPR, Center for Public Integrity, and Charleston Gazette articles about the rise in black lung cases for coal miners saddens and angers me. Like many, I had — mistakenly, it turns out — assumed that black lung was declining, thanks to the efforts of leaders like West Virginia Senator […]

What to expect when you’re expecting more drought (black widows!)

Bugs, expensive food, ruined highways. The future is not looking great.

Will Fox News be angry at this obvious indoctrination in our schools?

A recent seminar held for Oklahoma teachers could be the next big outrage. At least, in a more sensible world.

Greenwashing is better for business than real sustainability efforts

Disheartening news from a new study.

Heavy metal fish: How mercury ends up on your plate

How do we reduce our exposure to mercury? The answer requires both difficult changes to the world’s energy supply and simpler consumer choices.

After much trial and error, we’re finally generating power from the ocean

It's only taken a century or two, but it appears that we've cracked the nut. A new tidal power project in Maine is a first for the U.S.