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Pat Robertson: God caused a power outage to punk politicians who care about climate change
Harry Reid, Barbara Boxer, and others at the Senate all-nighter about climate change got a prank for the ages when the guy in the sky sent them a brief power outage.
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Grist is looking for the next class of fellows
Are you an early-career journalist, storyteller, or multimedia wizard who digs what we do? Then Grist wants you! We are now accepting applications for the next class of the Grist Fellowship Program.
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Can the pot industry make buds with sustainability?
Washington's legal marijuana boom could be a carbon bust. Some enterprising growers on Vashon Island hope to change that.
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How seeds could be our saviors — if we save them first
A new documentary underscores how many different problems seed diversity could solve for us. But first we have to stop casually losing varieties.
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Birthday, it’s ya birthday: Fracking technology turns 65
We’d personally like to take this moment to remind all the fracking wells out there that they’re now eligible for a free beverage at Taco Bell.
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These pictures of spring flowers will melt your frozen heart
Climate change is making spring happen earlier, and bringing wildflowers along with it.
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Self-cleaning subway strap could make your commute a little less sickening
Design award winner Cyclean is an alternative to the bars and straps we normally put our grubby mitts all over in the subway.
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Bill Koch is the latest executive to leave the coal business, saying it “has kind of died”
Another executive has apparently decided to ditch the shrinking US coal mining industry: Bill Koch, who made billions selling petcoke and coal with his company Oxbow Carbon. Energy and Environment News reports: “The coal business in the United States has kind of died,” Koch said during a phone interview Friday, “so we’re out of the […]
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What we can learn from millennials who opt out of driving
Even if young Americans are ditching cars for practical and economic reasons, not because of personal preference, that’s still a good thing.
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This eye condition means you don’t see pedestrians — but in many states, you can still drive
A small study of drivers with hemianopia found they didn't turn their heads far enough to see people at crosswalks.
