Articles

Bush said some stuff about climate change that sounded "moderate," but he still doesn't actually want to do anything about the problem.

Lisa Hymas Politics

Ex Machina, the new film written and directed by Alex Garland, explores -- quite sordidly at times -- what "power" really means.

Amelia Urry, Eve Andrews, Suzanne Jacobs, & Ana Sofia Knauf Culture

Executives from 43 major companies want real progress to come out of the U.N. climate talks in Paris this December.

Suzanne Jacobs Technology

It's been five years since the Deepwater Horizon blowout, and scientists are still looking for all that damn oil.

Suzanne Jacobs Climate & Energy

A Portland-based coffee company has developed a compostable pod that's compatible with Keurig 2.0 machines.

Liz Core Technology

The relationship between black lives, black hair, and nature is pretty kinky, and that's OK.

Brentin Mock Culture

Paperbacks? E-readers? None of the above? Umbra knows volumes.

Ask Umbra® Culture

A Grist podcast explores the issue of farm loss from the farmer's perspective.

Nathanael Johnson Food

Future historians may look back on 2015 as the year that the renewable energy ascendancy began.

Michael T. Klare Technology

China and India haven’t made any promises. Japan is poised to offer a weak plan. So far only the European Union is doing what it needs to be.

Ben Adler Politics

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