We hand-package the week’s best Grist stories. Delivered free every Saturday morning.
Δ
A nonprofit, independent media organization dedicated to telling stories of climate solutions and a just future.
Johns Hopkins University has long been paid by coal companies to screen former miners for black lung disease.
Costs to fight fires in forests are climbing, forcing the Forest Service to drain funds intended for research and reforestation to help it battle blazes.
Concerned about the fate of the polar bears? Take heart -- apparently there are some spares living in the Himalayas, getting mistaken for Abominable Snowmen.
"As Good As It Gets" will increase your support for Obamacare. "The Cider House Rules" will make you pro-choice.
The biggest debate in climate science may be over whether global warming will create more winters like this one. If you care about weather, you'd better care about the outcome.
Poisoning the enemy is a long-standing military strategy.
If you want to avoid lung cancer, the United Nation's cancer-research body has some advice for you: Don't breathe.
A new study finds that even how you solve a difficult math problem can depend on your politics.
A new study dynamites a long agreed-upon climate goal.
