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San Diego set off all its fireworks at once, and HOLY CRAP IT LOOKED AMAZING

Check out photos and videos of San Diego accidentally setting off 20 minutes worth of fireworks simultaneously.

Japanese commission: Don’t blame Mother Nature for Fukushima

A lengthy report from a commission tasked with analyzing what went wrong at Fukushima issues its response: everything.

Let them eat kale: In Harlem, a farm share for the people

In order to get more healthy food to residents of Harlem and the Bronx, Corbin Hill Farm tweaks the community-supported agriculture model to work better for low-income people.

Plucking delicious: Last-minute foraging for a dinner party

Grist's green-living pioneer, the Greenie Pig, picked a foraging theme for a small dinner party with friends. Here's what she cooked up.

The future of solar

It'll be a while before we see the final shape of the solar industry, says Michael Liebreich of Bloomberg New Energy Finance.

Community-supported agriculture: Grist readers stand up for local food

Want to know why the local food movement matters to so many? Take a look at these articulate responses to our recent interview with the authors of the "Locavore's Dilemma."

What can our protected places teach us about saving the Arctic?

Protecting the Arctic is one of the great environmental challenges of our age. What lessons can we learn from earlier generations who won protection for the national parks we enjoy today?

The greenest Fourth of July

Fireworks displays are powered by fossil fuels and chemicals. Luckily, nature offers a captivating green alternative: lightning bugs.

How to put solar panels on your roof, even if you don’t have a roof

A bill advancing through the California legislature would make it easy for anyone who pays a utility bill to become a solar customer.

Media ignore climate change in reporting on wildfires

Only 3 percent of reports on Western wildfires by major TV and print outlets mention climate change, according to a new report by Media Matters.