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Featured Friend: Nicole C.
Each month, we showcase one of our beloved Friends with Benefits — folks who have donated to support our work. Want to take your relationship with Grist to the next level? Just donate any amount to join the fun. Nicole C. “As an educator, I feel it’s critical for me to keep up with the latest news […]
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Court orders FDA to regulate antibiotics in livestock
After more than three decades of stalling on antibiotics in livestock, a court ruled Thursday the FDA must act. But just how long it will take before any real change occurs is another question.
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Katniss Evergreen: Do ‘Hunger Games’ fans care about climate?
Has the obsessive fandom surrounding Hunger Games led to more climate change awareness in the shiftless youth of today? We attend a midnight premiere to find out.
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Why Germany is phasing out nuclear power
Critics are after Germany for shutting down its nuclear plants, but they are missing the point: Germans think so-called "baseload power" is incompatible with a fully renewable power system. Eliminating baseload is a feature, not a bug.
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Ire drill: Obama lauds Keystone’s southern leg
In perhaps his worst speech yet, Obama boasted, "We've added enough new oil and gas pipeline to encircle the Earth and then some."
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Wooden skyscrapers are like log cabins on steroids
When most folks think “wooden building,” they conjure up images of rustic log cabins or ye olde fashioned outhouses. Architect Michael Green wants to whittle something decidedly more modern out of wood: skyscrapers.
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Gallery walls: Cities embrace street art as a ticket to success
This spring, Baltimore joins a growing list of cities that have co-opted an illegal art form, turning it into a tool for economic development. But in the clear light of day, can street art stay true to its roots?
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One giant, offshore wind turbine can provide power for 6,000 people
Off the coast of Belgium, truly gigantic wind turbines are going up. They're rated at 6.15 megawatts and the blades of these monsters cover the surface of two soccer fields.
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James Cameron descends the Mariana Trench
James Cameron is apparently missing his Titanic fame, and he’s willing to go pretty far to recapture it — like nearly seven miles straight down to the bottom of the ocean. (Hey, it worked for the ship.) Cameron is travelling in a submersible to the bottom of the Mariana Trench, the lowest known point on […]
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McDonald’s ditches Styrofoam … maybe
McDonald’s may be getting a little less evil … maybe … I guess … if consumers really, really want it to. The fast food behemoth recently announced plans to swap out Styrofoam cups for paper ones at 2,000 of its stores. If customers respond well to drinking their bargain coffee out of greener vessels, the […]
