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Does your supermarket flunk the green seafood test?

Greenpeace's useful annual report card tells you how each supermarket chain does, or doesn't, look out for the ocean and its wildlife.

Nathanael Johnson Food

Oh, Snapchat: Your smartphone just became a climate scientist

Citizen science connects researchers, enviros, and tech whizzes to figure out new ways to protect our planet.

Samantha Larson Technology

How women will save the Earth

A new dad ponders the fragility of life, and the power of strong women.

Nathanael Johnson Culture

Enviros pump money and energy into Colorado Senate race

Democrat Mark Udall is a climate hawk. Republican Cory Gardner is a climate change denier. And their race could determine whether Dems hold onto the Senate.

Ben Adler Climate & Energy

The Oatmeal’s illustrated love letter to Tesla

The artist has created a huge illustration to extol his Telsa Model S -- or Intergalactic SpaceBoat of Light and Wonder, as he calls it.

Holly Richmond Technology

Rap video exposes seedy underbelly of stolen bike black market

Froggy Fresh, the young rapper formerly known as Krispy Kreme, drops some dark truth about the rarity of recovering a stolen bike.

Holly Richmond Culture

End fossil fuel burning, save $71 trillion — and preserve civilization as we know it

Two new reports outline the economic boons that would follow if we would just dump our climate-wrecking dirty-energy addiction.

John Upton Technology

One use for 150,000 plastic bottles: Build your own personal island

If you weren't already convinced the creator is a total hippie: His shower water spouts out of a seashell.

Holly Richmond Culture

What are your climate questions for Ernest Moniz and Gina McCarthy?

The energy secretary and EPA administrator will join Grist for a live chat next week about Obama's climate initiatives. Submit your questions now!

Grist staff Climate & Energy

A whole lot of oil spilled in the U.S. in 2013

Drillers spilled 26 million gallons of oil and related contaminants last year. That's how much spilled during 11 days of the Deepwater Horizon disaster.