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Articles by Jess Zimmerman

Jess Zimmerman was the editor of Grist List.

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  • Tighter efficiency standards may lead to bigger, more ironic vehicles

    The idea behind fuel efficiency standards, nominally, is to end up with more efficient cars. But according to a new study from the University of Michigan, what they actually do is create a financial incentive for bigger cars — because bigger cars don't have to be as efficient.  Fuel economy goals are stated as an average […]

    Jess Zimmerman Technology

  • Study: The climate is changing faster than species can adapt

    Whatever the Republican candidates for president may have told you, climate change and evolution are both realities of nature. But it turns out that in a fight-to-the-death throwdown, climate change would win by a mile. A new study published in the journal PLoS One has found that over the next 90 years, the climate in […]

    Jess Zimmerman Science

  • ‘Organic water’ is a thing now

    A German brand of bottled water called BioKristall has gotten the official go-ahead to market itself as organic water. That's right, not a single pesticide was used to keep away the insects that feed on water crops, and it didn't need any chemical fertilizer either. Thank goodness SOMEBODY cares about our health. Okay, now all […]

    Jess Zimmerman Agriculture

  • Hungary destroys 1,000 acres of Monsanto maize

    Genetically modified seeds are banned in Hungary. So when government regulators found that 1,000 acres of maize had been planted with genetically modified seeds, they just plowed the suckers under. You stick it to the Monsanto, Hungary! Leaving aside the fact that this sort of sweep-the-checkers-off-the-board move is always kind of badass, this is also […]

    Jess Zimmerman Food