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Ask Umbra: Why is my face scrub full of tiny plastic beads?
A reader is having a hard time finding fish-friendly exfoliants. Umbra says therein lies the rub.
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Make Me Care: Why not just call ‘Game Over’ on climate change?
This episode of Grist's video podcast, Brentin Mock explains we can't afford to give up the climate fight just yet.
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Who would win the World Cup of climate change?
If we were counting carbon emissions (and a few other things) instead of goals, Switzerland and Ivory Coast would dominate, and the U.S. would still lose.
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Germans spend vacations at wind farms and solar arrays because, duh, they’re Germans
A new guidebook to 200 green projects around the country sold out its first printing. Don't these people have anything better to do?
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Hurricane Cristina just set a scary record
For the first time on record, the eastern Pacific basin has now had two Category 4 hurricanes before July.
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Ask Umbra: Which is lighter on the land, wild game or farmed meat?
A reader is searching for the most eco-friendly flesh. Umbra chews on the alternatives.
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Want to know what the future tastes like? Eat some bugs
Eating insects may be easier on the planet, but how about the palate? Watch us find out in this video.
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Four reasons why Portland became a cyclists’ utopia
It wasn't inevitable. Here are some of the things city leaders and residents did over the years to turn their town into a haven for bike riders.
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This meat lover isn’t giving up on the test-tube burger
Grist grills New Harvest's Isha Datar on her love of flesh, her beef with factory farms, and how close we are to lab-grown meats on shelves.
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Why we’re watching this climate scientist turned socialist politician
Jess Spear was a driving force behind the $15 minimum wage campaign in Seattle, and now she's running for the Washington State Legislature.
