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Uber, Lyft, and the growing problem of temp jobs
Riders love the convenience and availability of the swaggering, app-wielding, taxi-displacing car services. But they could turn us all into temps.
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We’re taking over Woman Crush Wednesday
Welcome to Grist’s own Woman Crush Wednesday, our weekly roundup of badass women in the news.
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This congressman doesn’t want a federal science board to be allowed to consider science
Rep. David McKinley is pushing legislation that would prohibit the EPA from even considering landmark climate reports when it’s working on climate pollution.
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Climate change is messing with leaves, and leaves are messing back
Climate change is basically like Mr. Miyagi, only a jerk.
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Even Europe isn’t doing enough to meet its climate goals
The European Union is not on track to cut CO2 emissions sharply enough -- and that’s bad news for all of the less ambitious nations out there.
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Whole Foods is selling you fish farmed by prisoners
According to a recent investigation by Pacific Standard, your tilapia may have come from a federal prison in Cañon City, Colo.
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Mitch McConnell, hemp hero
It's always seemed crazy that industrial hemp got swept up in the war on drugs. The senate's Republican majority leader thinks so too.
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One thing Netanyahu and Obama agree on: Climate change is a huge threat
They might have vastly different visions for how to deal with Iran, but Obama and Netanyahu agree on the necessity of climate action.
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India slaps taxes on coal, while China uses less of it
As both countries get more serious about cutting pollution and building up clean energy capacity, coal feels the brunt.
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What we can learn from Dr. Evil’s attack on Obama’s carbon rules
PR maestro Richard Berman serves the interests of the wealthy, but he’s just one cog in a machine. The attack on Obama's power-plant rules illustrates how.
