Articles

Emma Thompson just won our hearts with some straight talk on climate change

Ms. Thompson just came back from a trip to the melting Arctic, and she has some stern words to say about it.

Amelia Urry Culture

Your coffee is about to get a lot more expensive

Suffering Brazilian farmers. The longest coffee slump in five decades. Skyrocketing retail coffee prices. Kind of horrifying, isn't it?

Liz Core Culture

Watch the U.S. face off against China on this carbon emissions map

China is the world's leading carbon polluter today, but the U.S. held the title for decades.

Sara Bernard Climate & Energy

The truth about Arctic sea ice melt, and its inevitable denial

Um, no, there is NOT more ice at the poles -- and other denier myths debunked.

Phil Plait Culture

These 10 countries have pledged $2.3 billion to fight climate change. The U.S. isn’t one of them.

Contributions to the Green Climate Fund have been slow and low.

James West Climate & Energy

Radical judge kneecaps clean electricity under cover of boringness

It might not sound like a big deal when a federal court nixes an obscure regulatory rule from an obscure federal agency. But it is! Why do you think that bunny is so alert?!

David Roberts Technology

Behind every crumbling downtown is a billionaire who wants to save it

Detroit ponders its dependence on billionaire Dan Gilbert just as another high-profile effort to revive a downtown in Las Vegas, led by another tech CEO, hits the rapids.

Heather Smith Cities

Twin Peaks’ real environmentalist hero(ine)

Here at Grist HQ, we are elated to hear that Twin Peaks shall be making a return to television in 2016.

Eve Andrews Culture

Climate activist explains why going green is like coming out

Gerod Rody is a business school grad and LGBTQ activist who wants to save the planet, one Earth Gay at a time.

Sara Bernard Culture

This Amish paradise goes beyond organic farming

Leave it to the Amish to modernize farming without harmful agri-chemicals.