Climate Climate & Energy
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Is Seattle a model for sustainable cities, or just a mess?
In a new series, Grist explores the Emerald City, where the future looks increasingly crowded.
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Most glaciers in Mount Everest area will disappear
About 5,500 glaciers could disappear or drastically retreat by the end of the century with severe impacts on farming and hydropower, say scientists.
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Detroit turns the lights back on with a solar experiment
A Detroit neighborhood that lost its streetlights because it couldn't afford the bill tests a solar-powered alternative.
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Get me off this planet, because we have climate change zombies now
Thanks to decades of ice melt caused by climate change, lost artifacts are now popping up all over the place.
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The Santa Barbara oil spill is already killing a lot of animals
The waters off Santa Barbara carry a mosaic of unusual species, all of which are at risk of being damaged by the oil spill.
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How one N.Y. museum is already prepping for the next big flood
The new Whitney Museum on the Hudson offers a glimpse of architecture's future: It's built like a bunker to ride out assault by a warmer global climate.
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Can the “whitest city in America” deliver green living for all?
Portland, Ore., has set out to bridge the "green divide," bringing environmental justice to poor communities and communities of color.
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The Navy gears up for huge war games in Alaska — wildlife and environment be damned
As climate change melts Arctic ice, the military is increasingly focused on the far north. That's bad news for ecosystems and native people.
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Climate change is messing with gravity again
Antarctic ice is still melting at a gravity-shifting rate. Climate change is really heavy stuff.
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Turns out Osama bin Laden had some strong opinions on climate change
Read what bin Laden had to say about global warming and Pakistan.