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Thieves broke into a convent and stole all their organic Brussels sprouts
For shame! Steal from God and you’re gonna get smote. (Or at least get your daily dose of vitamin C and sulforaphane.)
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Dairy accidents spilled a million gallons of crap in Wisconsin this year
This is the kind of pollution that causes green slime in the Great Lakes and dead zones in the Gulf of Mexico.
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Who cares about this red party cup?
Why make a movie about the humble red party cup? And why with Grist?
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Video premiere: I, Party Cup
The classic red party cup didn't just appear out of the blue. Join us as we go deeper to find the who -- and the why -- in this video.
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The next generation of eco-heroes
Don't let green journalists go the way of the dodo. Support Grist's new fellowship program.
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Smokestack city: An industrial neighborhood decides it has had enough
Inspired by South African activists who fought government-imposed housing evictions, Baltimore youth battle plans to build a garbage-burning power plant in an already polluted community.
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Why we should raise the gas tax, and why we won’t
We Americans are so dependent on our cars that we fear a hike in the gas tax -- but it's exactly what we need to help wean us from our auto addiction.
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Turns out those old-fashioned ways of farming were actually pretty smart
To slow down the rate of species extinction, a U.N. biodiversity group recommends a return to traditional farming techniques.
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Forsaking GMOs helps some farmers rake in the cheddar
To meet demand, growers and seed suppliers are finding that the non-GMO category is a growth market.
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The U.K. government really, really wants to encourage fracking
The Tories are offering big tax breaks to fracking companies. Meanwhile, anti-fracking protesters get rowdy in Romania.
