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How car-free streets can help with social distancing
Coronavirus is exposing our lack of walking space.
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How coronavirus creates empty shelves and toilet paper shortages
The sudden shift in the way Americans shop is stunning – we used a marble machine to unpack what's going wrong.
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How quickly do we need to ramp up renewables? Look to the narwhal.
Professor (and 2020 Grist 50 Fixer) Leah Stokes breaks down how the U.S. can meet ambitious clean-energy goals in the fastest way possible — with the help of the humble narwhal. Adapted from Stokes’ Short Circuiting Policy, out now.
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Here’s how youth climate activists are coping with the pandemic
Despite social distancing measures, they're finding ways to advocate for the planet
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Environmental destruction is making the next coronavirus more likely
Sprawling cities, habitat loss, and climate change are a dangerous mix.
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Did DDT play a role in my family’s cancers?
These four sisters all developed breast cancer, despite having no genetic markers for the illness. Was something in their environment responsible? One of their daughters is looking at the once widely-used insecticide DDT as the possible culprit.
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Malls are going back to their roots — as suburban town centers
You could fit a small town on the footprint of a mall. Now, some cities are doing that.
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Fertilizer feeds humanity — and it’s destroying the Gulf of Mexico
How can we slow down a pollutant we depend on for survival?
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North Carolinians battle the $7.5 billion Atlantic Coast Pipeline
The eastern part of the state is a frequent target for industrial projects that pose threats to human and environmental health.
