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Republican Coal Bill: Just Another Attack on Public Health Protections
Not satisfied with already being known as the most anti-environmental House of Representatives in history, this week House Republicans are again attempting to gut fundamental health and environmental laws to please polluters — specifically, the coal industry. In a new package of bills, House leadership is taking aim at a staggering array of basic laws […]
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Here is the future: GIGANTIC cities with HUGE skyscrapers
We at Grist List have taken out the crystal ball that our aunt gave us in third grade and found that it actually sees into the future. And we are here to tell you: The future is pretty intense. Because cities are giant. And skyscrapers are HUGE. Actually, our crystal ball is called Proceedings of […]
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There’s arsenic in your rice — and here’s how it got there
A new study found arsenic in 200 samples of both conventional and organic rice and rice products. The science also has big implications about our farming practices -- and their chemical legacies.
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Canadian gentleman willing to bet $7 on Keystone getting approved
He's like an ambassador or something? No idea.
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The world’s largest vertical garden is as long as a city block
At 13,595 square feet, the world's largest vertical garden is definitely bigger than your piddly window box -- think more like “hotel ballroom.”
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Wasp named for Lady Gaga sparks nerdy outrage
This wasp is named after Lady Gaga, and fittingly, some people are mad about it.
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Japan’s plan to phase out nuclear power lasted a week
The Japanese government has backtracked on plans to end the use of nuclear power.
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Very Cold War: China and the West rush to tap the thawed Arctic
Arctic states and international powerhouses are in the early stages of a new struggle to extract resources from way up north.
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Increasing Pollution, Dwindling Options
The Food and Environmental Reporting Network released a striking report this week (Sept. 18) describing how industrial agriculture and climate change are fueling massive blooms of toxic algae: Blooms have closed lake beaches or led to swimming advisories from Vermont’s Lake Champlain to Dorena Reservoir in Oregon and from Florida’s Caloosahatchee River to Wisconsin’s Lake Menomin. In addition to […]
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Meet the only person who made money off the drought
Renee Haugerud is a farmer's daughter, but she's also the founder of a fancy New York hedge fund. These two attributes have made her basically the only person in the country to have come out ahead from this summer's terrible drought.
