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Why do you have to walk a mile to cross these streets?
In Burlington, Mass., you have to walk 1.2 miles to find a crosswalk between the mall and the movie theater, even though they’re right across the street.
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The Himalaya shows off how fast it can melt, too
Not wanting to get left behind its bigger bros in the global melt, the "third pole" has also been shedding its icy stocks.
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Thanks a ton! Plus, more mortifying Grist staff photos
With your help, Grist celebrated our 15th birthday by raising $70,000 in just 15 days.
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Here’s what to expect from Obama’s big new climate rules
The Obama administration is on the verge of taking its biggest-ever step to cut greenhouse gas emissions.
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Yes Men fool college students into thinking their school divested from fossil fuels
Seeing that Reed College has invested $5.4 million in cutting its carbon emissions, divestment is a logical next step. Too bad it's not true (yet).
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Millennials are the new oil barons? Wait, what happened to all of our green inclinations?
If you're a young person starting an oil company because you want to make a lot of money, fine. We clearly don’t have much in common.
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Pat Sajak ruins your sick-day game-show viewing with climate denial
Sajak likes to make 140-character jabs at environmentalists. Thankfully he’s not exactly a respected scientific authority.
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Oregon county bans GMO crops
Organic farmers, worried about contamination, win a local campaign, even though the state has its own new rules barring locales from regulating GMOs.
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Here’s why your uncle won’t give up those pesky climate & vaccine conspiracy theories
To correct incorrect beliefs, it’s not enough to just dish out the facts; you have to shed your defensive biases first.
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Good news: Warming waters extend swim season. Bad news: They’re full of monster jellyfish
Divers off of Corwall, England, are spotting record numbers of giant Mediterranean jellyfish. On the upside, Welsh fans of tentacle porn no longer have to travel.
