Articles by Jess Zimmerman
Jess Zimmerman was the editor of Grist List.
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How to cut carbon emissions: Get rid of middle-aged people
Don’t trust anyone over 30 (or under 70) when it comes to carbon emissions. According to data from the Max Planck Institute, your individual emissions rise steeply from birth through the early 20s, then keep rising a little less sharply for the next 40 years. Your carbon footprint doesn’t peak until after age 60, at […]
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Watch a jaw-dropping northern lights display
Here's the upside to a massive solar storm: Absolutely astonishing aurora borealis.
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How to make meat underwear
Do you have a surplus of humanely raised meat from your DIY slaughter? Alternately, have you been trying to go vegetarian but can’t quite shake the cravings? Either way, these instructions on making your own beef jerky briefs have you covered. Barely covered.
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The Gulf of Mexico’s seven-year oil spill
Whatever, BP; Taylor Energy Company was spilling oil in the Gulf of Mexico way before it went mainstream. A broken Taylor wellhead has been leaking as much as 4,000 gallons a day into the Gulf for the last seven years, according to a lawsuit filed by water conservation groups Apalachicola Riverkeeper and Waterkeepers Alliance.
