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Frustration and inaction color efforts to enforce the Clean Water Act.
The latest draft report from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change centers on a really scary word: irreversible.
As the charbroiled western states cool down for the winter, ranchers are bracing themselves for year-round fire risk. Here's what that means for the meat on our plates.
Now that Californians can get fined $500-a-day for overwatering their lawns, businesses that paint lawns green are expanding.
On Oct. 1, Massachusetts institutions producing more than a ton of leftovers a week must donate the scraps instead of dumping them.
If the dominant rats were further down in the tunnels, mostly submissive rats would have survived. Which could make rats nicer overall. Maybe. Probably not.
Now back to work after a sabbatical, Grist blogger David Roberts reflects on digital overload, work-life balance, and other good stuff.
You'd think insurance firms have a strong financial incentive to get ahead of climate change-induced trouble. Think again, says a new report.
After calls for voluntary conservation didn't work, the drought-stricken state is cracking down on profligate water use.
