Articles by Ashley Braun
Ashley Braun is Grist's News Producer and (unofficially) its Official Puntificator. She's also a science nerd, a lazy runner, an organic container gardener, and an accidental "expert" on topics like cross-country relationships and social media.
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Organic candidate cocktails for your election-night party
Whether you’ll be toasting to triumph or drowning out defeat once the polls close, these four election-night libations will win over even the most partisan of voters. And they come Grist-tested, Grist approved*. *Approval of a candidate’s cocktail does not indicate endorsement by Grist or its employees. Just a drunken good time. Please enjoy (and […]
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Win money to weatherize your home in The Home Depot’s video contest
You can save energy. We can help. Photo: OsCataleptic. If weatherizing makes you complete, consider entering The Home Depot’s “Save Money. Save Energy. Win Big.” contest by submitting a short video about ways you save energy at home. Grand prize is a hefty $5,000 gift card to The Home Depot. At $6.88 for a 4-pack, […]
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Enviro-crimes predicted to rise with effects of climate change
Take a bite out of climate. Photo: A Hermida. McGruff, the police dog that takes a bite out of crime, might soon be biting off more than he can chew thanks to an expected rise in crimes related to climate change: The Australian Strategic Policy Institute pinpoints the risk of carbon market fraud, an increase […]
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With climate change bringing the heat, take a look at the next tourist hot spots
When we saw this list of so-called “Global Warming’s Winners” on ForbesTraveler.com, at first we thought, “Seriously?” And then we thought, “I sure could go for a cookie!” But after a quick snack, we reconsidered their hot-or-not travel judgments on places that stand to gain or lose from climate change, and made a few assessments […]
