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A reader likes to get a little fresh air. Her husband says it's a waste of energy. Advice columnist Umbra Fisk settles this heated dispute.

Ask Umbra® Culture

The Energy Department pick is on the board of the company behind the pipeline.

Patrick Caldwell Politics

Meet the most pro-polluter administration in U.S. history.

Grist staff Politics

Sharing our resources is one piece of a more sustainable future -- if we can share fairly.

Aura Bogado Technology

We’ll need fearless, fact-based, in-your-face environmental reporting in the Trumpocene.

Grist staff Uncategorized

"I don’t recall ever having seen an appointment of someone who is so disdainful of the agency.”

Rebecca Leber Culture

A reader wonders about the impact of melamine sponges like the Mr. Clean Magic Eraser. Advice columnist Umbra Fisk investigates.

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The direction of federal environmental policy is about to shift abruptly.

David Konisky Politics

A leaked questionnaire left Department of Energy staff feeling "unsettled."

James West Politics

Trump is really just pushing a tax cut that wouldn’t fix our infrastructure needs.

Ben Adler Politics

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