Latest Articles
-
![]()
![]()
Parking meters in Madrid will charge more for polluting cars
See a black cloud squirt out of someone’s tailpipe in Madrid? Now you can smirk because that sucka will be paying more to park.
-
![Monsanto protest sign]()
![Monsanto protest sign]()
Is Monsanto’s Roundup linked to a deadly kidney disease?
Farm workers on sugar and rice plantations have been hit by a mysterious kidney ailment. Recent research suggests the herbicide glyphosate could be connected to the epidemics.
-
The Vampire, the Preacher’s Daughter, and Me: Behind the Scenes of the Years of Living Dangerously
This coming Sunday, May 4, Showtime will air the fourth episode in its Years of Living Dangerously climate series, which includes me and features the Beyond Coal Campaign. As the airing of the “Preacher’s Daughter” episode approaches, I keep thinking back on a particular, beautiful Blue Ridge summer day that I’ll never forget. As the […]
-
![]()
![]()
Watch college kids cover Snoop in “Divest It Like It’s Hot”
Pimps, Rolexes, and weed get updated to Big Oil, activism, and CO2. Bill McKibben even gets a shout-out! Oh, just watch it.
-
The Downfall of the Plastic Bag: A Global Picture
By Janet Larsen and Savina Venkova Worldwide, a trillion single-use plastic bags are used each year, nearly 2 million each minute. Usage varies widely among countries, from over 400 a year for many East Europeans, to just four a year for people in Denmark and Finland. Plastic bags, made of depletable natural gas or petroleum […]
-
![fracking site]()
![fracking site]()
Republicans in Congress are trying to gut local fracking regulations
House Republicans are preparing a bill they say will strengthen the authority of the EPA. Spoiler alert: It won't.
-
Study: Blacks, Latinos, Low-Income Live Closest to Dangerous Chemical Plants
A new study released today finds that the Americans who live near hazardous chemical industrial facilities are disproportionately African American or Latino, are more likely to live in poverty, and have lower incomes and education levels than the national average. These trends accelerate rapidly as one gets closer to the “fenceline” areas nearest dangerous chemical plants. […]
-
![]()
![]()
EPA takes on three villains at once: Pollution, climate change, and racism
Decades ago, the federal government recognized that people of color were getting unequal protection under environmental laws. That may finally change.
-
![Greenpeace activism in the Netherlands]()
![Greenpeace activism in the Netherlands]()
Greenpeace activists arrested — again — for trying to block Russia’s Arctic oil activities
The same protestors who were jailed in Russia last year got themselves arrested once more, this time for trying to block an oil delivery to a Dutch port.
-
![]()
![]()
Make Me Care: What’s so great about tiny houses, anyway?
Make Me Care is a new vlog from Grist in which we try to get our writers to explain why their topic du jour is worth paying attention to.
