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Seventy scientists spent two years putting together a complete picture of mercury in the ocean and in seafood. Will the results convince the U.S. to control emissions?
A reader wonders how to tell family and friends that their cards are making him crazy. Umbra offers one of her hallmark replies.
When you subtract out shady roofs, renters, and other factors, only about 25% of Americans have a place to install...
When industries make an effort to green operations, they add jobs, found a report from the Economic Policy Institute.
In short: About four coal plants' worth.
The New Yorker calls on Obama to put climate action at the top of his agenda. So does Republican Christine Todd Whitman and other non-hippies.
While not nearly making up for the other ways in which big-box stores degrade the environment, the focus on rooftop solar is an important step.
Who made the red party cup such a ubiquitous part of our disposable world -- and why'd they do it? Grist needs your help to fund this crazy documentary.
In Long Island Sound, just outside New York City, new aquaculture projects promise to clean the water while raising low-input sustainable seafood in vertical underwater gardens.