Latest Articles
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Black colleges deserve a spot in the green schools rankings
The Sierra Club's latest list of the greenest colleges doesn't include a single historically black college or university -- and that's not right.
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Why Montana is doing beef right
How Bozeman's Montana Meat Co. is building a better food system.
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Living close to a fracking well could have given you that rash
A new study from Yale -- the largest of its kind -- shows a correlation between living near a fracking site and having health problems.
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How to give a community a soul
Charming neighborhoods are not magic. They can be developed with smart public policy.
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The Weather Channel has your forecast for 2050
The Weather Channel joins the IPCC in predicting a chaotic future without climate action. Wear a raincoat.
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The secret to a happy life: revealed!
I don't want to brag, but while I was on sabbatical I discovered the secret to happiness.
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10 birds your grandkids may never see, thanks to climate change
A new study by the Audubon Society suggests global warming threatens a vast number of North American bird species.
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Beer: a magical mixture of hops, barley, and tiny pieces of plastic
Researchers took a microscope to a bunch of German beer. What they found will ruin your whole day.
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Want to feed people? Come hang out
On Thursday, Sept. 11, Grist's food writer will be hosting a discussion about providing food to people who need it and supporting local farms.
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How Hillary Clinton’s State Department sold fracking to the world
A trove of secret documents details the U.S. government's global push for shale gas.